School Holidays

Heaps of holiday fun at Palmerston North City Libraries these July School Holidays to ignite and explore your imagination.

Local Manawatū author Erin Willson brings her exciting new session Animals in Winter to all our PNCL libraries! This activity session is inspired by a much-loved family book Animals in Winter. This fun, hands-on experience gets kids thinking about how animals survive the cold, both here in Aotearoa and overseas!

We are excited to bring you our next Beanstack reading challenge - Palmy Kids Read NZ's Best 4 exploring the finalists in the New Zealand Children's and Young Adult book awards 2025. Puanga is celebrated too with soup and movie sessions across the first week. There is also minecraft madness, craft, story times and a colouring competition designed by Granny McFlitter illustrator Lael Chisholm.

Jump in and enjoy these and other offerings across all our library locations.

Wed 25 Jun - Wed 9 Jul

Colouring Competition - Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm

Grab a colouring sheet from Wednesday 25 June at any PNCL location.

Mon 30 Jun - Sun 17 Aug

Palmy Kids Read NZ's Best 4 Online Reading Challenge

Celebrating NZ Children and Young Adult Book Award Finalists 2025.

Mon 7 Jul 11:00am - 12:00pm

Canine Friends Pet Therapy Visit @ Central Library

Come and say hello to our dog pals from Canine Friends Pet Therapy.

Mon 7 Jul 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Canine friends @ Awapuni Library

Get ready for tail wags, happy paws and lots of love from our furry doggo friends!

Tue 8 Jul 10:00am - 12:00pm

Craft Session: Smurf Land @ Central Library

Create your own mini Smurf Village or little creature habitat with the materials provided.

Tue 8 Jul 10:30am - 11:30am

Animals in Winter @ Te Pātikitiki Library

Erin is a local Manawatū author, business owner, scientist, and now a part-time ESOL teacher—and this winter, she is bringing an exciting new session to NZ libraries!

Tue 8 Jul 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Animals in Winter @ Roslyn Library

Erin is a local Manawatū author, business owner, scientist, and now a part-time ESOL teacher—and this winter, she is bringing an exciting new session to NZ libraries!

Tue 8 Jul 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Movies and popcorn @ Te Pātikitiki Library

Watch a movie and eat popcorn with us.

Wed 9 Jul 10:00am - 4:00pm

Mosaics creation station

Piece together your own artistic masterpiece!

Wed 9 Jul 10:00am - 11:30am

FULLY BOOKED - Story Writing for Kids

THIS SESSION IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.

Thu 10 Jul 10:00am - 12:00pm

Minecraft @ Roslyn Library

***BOOKINGS REQUIRED*** - For school-aged children.

Thu 10 Jul 10:00am - 11:30am

Like Minds: Explore Robotics

A session for neurodivergent kids and their caregivers to socialize and explore library robotics.

Thu 10 Jul 11:00am - 12:00pm

Panikeke (pancake) party @ Te Pātikitiki Library

Join us at the library where we'll have pancakes and a variety of toppings.

Thu 10 Jul 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Minecraft @ Roslyn Library FULLY BOOKED

***FULLY BOOKED*** - For school-aged children.

Thu 10 Jul 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Big screen blockbuster @ Awapuni Library

A brave builder, an epic quest, and a world made of blocks.

Fri 11 Jul 11:00am - 11:45am

Meet Illustrator Lael Chisholm & Colouring Competition Prize-Giving @ Central Library

Lael Chisholm will present prizes to award winning participants in the Granny McFlitter Colouring Competition, read the story Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm and also share some of her illustrative work with the audience.

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Fri 11 Jul 2:00pm - 2:40pm

Winter wellbeing session @ Te Pātikitiki Library

Join us at Te Pātikitiki Library for an interactive experience to support wellbeing.