[ad_1] During the course of 2020 Air New Zealand has donated more than one million items to organisations around the country. This week, the airline donated more than 6,400 items of bedding, crockery, amenity kits and kids inflight packs to the Middlemore Foundation – a charity funding important and life-changing initiatives to help those in…
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Fines for overdue library items a thing of the past
[ad_1] From today, people bringing back overdue items to Christchurch’s public libraries will no longer face a fine. “Like a growing number of libraries around New Zealand and the globe, we have taken away the charges for overdue items and we are wiping all historic debt relating to fines,’’ says Christchurch City Council Head of…
Council votes to end fines for overdue library items
[ad_1] Library fines are on the way out and any owed debts will be removed. At their meeting today, Christchurch City Councillors voted to take away charges for overdue items and wipe all historical debt from 1 March 2022. “We are joining a growing number of libraries around the country and the globe which are…
Treasured items on display for museum’s 150th birthday
[ad_1] The world’s last remaining huia nest is one of the rarely-seen taonga on show in a Christchurch Heritage Festival exhibition marking 150 years since the Canterbury Museum first opened its doors. Since that opening day on 1 October, 1870, the Museum’s collection has grown from 25,000 objects to more than 2.3 million. To mark…
