Podcasting with the Library Detective
Podcasting is a method for creating audio content that can be distributed over the Internet via RSS. It provides the content creator (the "podcaster") with capabilities that were previously available only to professional broadcasters and around the world there are podcasts created on all sorts of topics. From arts to trades, for education or entertainment, there are podcasts for all tastes. Christchurch City Libraries has joined the world of podcasting with a documentary-style series about the behind-the-scenes world of our treasured local libraries.
More than books
Produced by New Zealand Radio Award winner Joanna Cobley and library staff, the podcasts show there’s much more to libraries than meets the eye. The first series is complete, and can still be subscribed to through an RSS feed so that you can download all the episodes. The podcasts were first aired as programmes on Plains FM96.9. Find out more about what podcasts are and how to listen to them on our podcasting page.
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This week in Christchurch history
What interesting things happened in Christchurch this week? Find out with the help of the Christchurch Chronology on the library website.
- November 22, 1986 Visit by Pope John Paul II (the first head of the Catholic Church to visit New Zealand).
- November 22, 1987 "Trans Alpine" express train designed specifically for the tourist trade, begins its daily run from Christchurch to Greymouth.
- November 23, 1988 Human remains dating back to pre-European Maori settlement found while excavating for YMCA building on the corner of Hereford Street and Rolleston Avenue. Area declared tapu for 24 hours until remains removed.
- November 25, 1940 "Holmwood", en route from the Chathams to Lyttelton, sunk by German raiders. Passengers and crew were taken aboard the German ships, and eventually made their way home 2 months later.
- November 25, 1956 Richard Pearse’s "convertiplane" taken to Auckland. It is now on display in Auckland’s Museum of Transport and Technology.
- November 25, 1980 Totem Pole placed in new location at Christchurch Airport.
- November 26, 1857 Opening of the first building (long since demolished) on the present Christ’s College site. The school’s original planned site was in Cathedral Square, but the land had been exchanged for the present Hagley Park site to allow room for expansion.
- November 26, 1910 The ill-fated second Scott expedition leaves Lyttelton on the "Terra Nova", bound for Antarctica. See 1988.
- November 26, 1959 Memorial Avenue (a memorial to airmen killed in World War II) officially opens.
- November 27, 1985 Remains of swimming pool uncovered when excavating behind No 1 stand at Lancaster Park. Pool used as venue for 1907 Australian and New Zealand Swimming Championships. See 1894.
- November 27, 1989 TV3 transmission starts.
- November 28, 1893 Women vote for the first time in parliamentary elections.
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