After months of effort, building noise and shifting things around, the makeover of Spreydon Library is complete.
In her first year with the organisation, community librarian Fiona Macdonald has had her plate full with a major refurbishment. It's been well worth the effort, she says. “The result for the customers I think is an inviting, comfortable library which is light and airy. It’s a library where they can sit and linger … we’re delighted.”
Te Kete Wānanga o Ōpāwaho - Spreydon Library
The area surrounding the Heathcote River - Ōpāwaho - was a plentiful mahinga kia, or food gathering place, especially for tuere (blind eel) and kanakana (lamprey). Once marshy and covered in grasses, raupo and tussock, the swamps draining the Opawaho were called Te Kuru and the upper reaches of the river at Spreydon bore the name Wai Mokihi after a smaller pā located there called O Mokihi meaning place of the flax staff rafts.
Read more about the pre-European history of Opawa, or Ōpāwaho and Beckenham in Tī Koūka Whenua
CINCH has Spreydon covered
There are three big community education providers in this corner of the city, and CINCH, our community information directory lists over eight hundred options. Cashmere High School, Hillmorton High School and Risingholme all offer a some fantastic courses, so pay CINCH a visit and find one to suit you.
Fantastic prizes on pulse
Young people aged 13 to 18 can win prizes in the pulse digital photo competition. There’s two vodafone cellphones with $500 credit and three Telecom cellphones with $50 credit up for grabs – plus airtime vouchers as consolation prizes.
Just send us a photo of your favourite place – where you went on holiday, a park, a beach – and go in the draw to win. It’s that easy!
Visit the pulse flickr to get ideas.
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'Inviting, comfortable' place to linger
