Julie James, who has worked in the Macmillan Brown Library since October 2004 (give or take a baby or two) has resigned from her position as a library assistant, effective 30 January. Julie and her husband Damian are the proud parents of 2 youngsters, Liam aged 2 ½ and Tessa, now 3 months old, and Julie has decided to be a fulltime mum for the time being. We will all miss her very much, she has been a great friend and colleague. We wish the James family all the very best.

The Library’s Strategic Biculural Plan, Nga Awa e Rua is here

Tena ra koe. Nau mai, Haere mai ra ki te kainga o Nga Awa e Rua. Ko teneki ano te Rautaki Mahere Matua o nga Puna Matauranga o Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha e mihi atu nei.

He huarahi teneki rautaki hai tohutohu mai, he aha nei nga whakaaro hai whakawatea mai Te Ao Mâori i roto i te wananga nei kia nukunuku haere ki mua noa atu. He kaupapa nunui teneki ma nga Kai-whakaako ratau-tahi ko nga Tauwira hai pou whirinaki.

Ko kore e roa, ka kitea nei e koe Nga Awa e Rua e rere mai ana. Ka haere kotahi atu te Tima Tikanga-Rua i whakatu teneki mahere, ki a koe kia whakawhitiwhiti korero, kia korero-tahi, kia whakamaramatia, kia whakautu i nga pataitai ranei.

No reira, me ata titiro atu ki tona taenga mai ki to wahi mahi.

Nga Awa e Rua was endorsed by LLT in October. The Project Team is looking forward to coming to one of your team meetings soon to talk about the Plan and to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you everyone who has responded to our plea for the blue hamper bags – we are now in a position to redistribute some to other areas of need! let us know and we will happily pass some on.

If there are any blue bags congregating out there can you please send some over to the Macmillan Brown Library – we haven’t had any responses to our earlier plea and we have NONE!