Making Auckland Greater

Yesterday the government released their decision on the Royal Commission on Auckland Goverenance report. According to the website, this is what it means for Rodney residents

"If you currently live in Rodney, you will live within the Auckland Council boundaries.
You will get to vote for the Auckland Council Mayor and councillors in October 2010. The boundaries for the wards will be decided by the Local Government Commission by April 2010.
You and your local community will be represented at a local level by Local Boards.
Voters can elect representatives on these boards in the local elections in October 2010.
The present Rodney District Council will go out of existence as a result of these changes."

The report can be found here.

Storylines Notable Books 2009

The Storylines Community has published its list of Notable Books for 2009. These were selected from all New Zealand books published for the children and young adult market in 2008.

Picture Books 2009
Herbert, the Brave Sea Dog by Robyn Belton
The Apple by Ben Brown, illustrated by Tracy Duncan
Kei te Pehea Koe?: How Do You Feel? by Tracy Duncan
Every Second Friday by Kiri Lightfoot, illustrated by Ben Galbraith
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig by Diana Neild, illustrated by Philip Webb
The Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins, illustrated by Nikki Slade-Robinson
Roadworks by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock
The Were-Nana by Melinda Szymanik, illustrated by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson

Junior Fiction 2009
Five (and a Bit) Days in the Life of Ozzie Kingsford by Val Bird, illustrated by Rebecca Cundy
Night Hunting by Deborah Burnside, illustrated by Jeff Fowler
Big Fish, Little Fish by Melanie Drewery
Payback by Michelle Kelly
Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby
Thornspell by Helen Lowe
Land of Promise: The Diary of William Donahue, Gravesend to Wellington, 1839-40 [My Story] by Lorraine Orman
"Why I Hate School" by Michael Fatarsky by Kris Stanhope
Freaky Fish by Feana Tu'akoi, illustrated by Eleanor Meecham [Kiwi Bites]

Young Adult Fiction 2009
Juno of Taris by Fleur Beale
The 10pm Question by Kate De Goldi
The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner
Scorched Bone by Vince Ford [Chronicles of Stone, Book 1]
Gool by Maurice Gee
Shadow of the Mountain by Anna Mackenzie

Non-fiction 2009
Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood by Gavin Bishop
High-tech Legs on Everest by Mark Inglis with Sarah Ell
Let's Get Art: Children Look at Contemporary New Zealand Art by Brad Irwin, illustrated by John Ward Knox
Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers by Brigid Lowry
Atoms, Dinosaurs & DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists by Veronika Meduna & Rebecca Priestley
Back and Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O'Brien
Learn to Skateboard with Luka - Ko te Akonga ki te Papa Retireti I te Taha o Luka by Lee and Errol Petra, translation by Tokikapu Peta
How to Make a Piupiu by Leilani Rickard

Find more information at www.storylines.org.nz

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Scheduled Maintenance Outage
The online catalogues and Pay Online services on Rodney Libraries website will be unavailable from 8 to 8.30am on Sunday April 5th. This is for scheduled maintenance on our proxy server. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

I Like to Move It!

School Holidays are coming up and once again your local Rodney Libraries have scheduled a series of events for the children of the district. You can choose between Bear Hunts, Dancing (Scottish, Hip-hop, Ballet & Country), exercise, active stories and even a special guest at one of the libraries (think Big Red Dog).

Check out posters and handouts in your local library.

An Important Policy Announcement

Due to the current economic climate Rodney Libraries are re-evaluating all our resources and expenditure. As a result of this review, it has been brought to our attention that many of the authors we stock are dead.

Extensive studies have established that dead authors are largely unproductive. The decision has been made to remove all material attributed to dead authors.

More effort will be expected from living authors to fill the spaces vacated. Living authors who are deemed to be unproductive will be declared dead and their works removed.

The deadline for public submissions to this policy is 12pm April 1 2009.