Ngā Mihi o te wā me te Tau Hou | Seasons greetings and New Year good wishes to everyone.

As the end of the year is upon us, we wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude for all that you have done this year in terms of work here in the library and in contribution to the wider university. Omicron came to town, really made its presence felt in terms of impact on the University for both staff and students and of course our ways of working. All your efforts in helping us to plan, maintain services, keeping students and staff safe as far as possible are much appreciated.

This year marked the end of an era with Anne’s retirement, and now we look forward to Kat coming onboard in January. We are excited to see where we will head under her leadership and what her priorities for us might be, in a changing environment for learning, teaching and research institutions in an international covid era environment. We are excited to continue working together and achieving great things. Thank you for all that you do and we wish you all a happy, restful and as far as possible a covid-free holiday period.

Maybe something about taking time to recharge however works best for you… whether that’s spending time with whānau, eating lots of delicious kai, getting out and about, seeing or doing something new or revisiting something you love.

Helen, Aurelia and Tim