TV2 KidsFest is New Zealand's biggest annual children's festival. Aimed at kids up to the age of 12, there's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the country. TV2 KidsFest took place for the first time in 1992, beginning as an idea from the then Mayor, Vicki Buck. Since 1992 the festival has entertained over 350,000 children at over 1500 events.
TV2 KidsFest is on from Saturday 30 June to Friday 13 July: the theme for the 2007 TV2 KidsFest is transportation: planes, trains, boats, cars, skateboards, scooters
KidsFest 2007 Library Events
Individual sessions are listed on our events calendar by date.
All Aboard The Pirate Ship
Ahoy there me hearties! Come and join Christine and Lindsey for the Linwood Library Pirate Show. We will have stories, rhymes and songs all about pirates. Ooooh Arghhh!!!!
- Linwood Library, 10 Cranley St, off Linwood Ave, Thursday 12 July: 10:00 am.
- Age group: 3-7yrs. FREE.
- Caregiver Required, Free.
Belly Dance With Kashmir - fully booked
Watch an expert belly dancer and have a go at belly dancing yourself.
- Shirley Library (by the Palms Mall), 36 Marshland Road, Wednesday 11 July: 2:00 - 2:30 pm.
- Age group: 5-12yrs.
Clowning Around With Louise - fully booked
Come along to the Shirley Library and clown around with Louise Kerr, also known as Lou Lou the Clown.
- Shirley Library, 36 Marshland Rd (by the Palms Mall), Tuesday 10 & Thursday 12 July: 10:00 am - 10:30 am.
- Age group: 5-12yrs. FREE.
- To book please phone 03 9417923. Caregiver Required, Free.
Digital Travel Story Time
Come and see the presentation of digital travel stories. Students have created their own digital story using computers. Enter their land of adventures as you watch their presentations.
- South Christchurch Library, 66 Colombo St, Cnr Hunter Tce & Colombo St, Wednesday 4 July: 11:00 am - 11:30am.
- Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Road, Sockburn, Wednesday 11 July: 11:00 am - 11:30am.
- Parklands Library, 46 Queenspark Dr, Parklands, Friday 13 July: 11:00 am - 11:30am.
- Age group: 5-14yrs. FREE.
- Caregiver Optional, Free.
Magical Fun with Shad Rutherford
Join Shad Rutherford for Magical Fun and Clowning About.
- Papanui Library 35 Langdons Road (cnr Langdons Rd & Restell St), Thursday 5 July: 11.00 am
- Age group 4 - 8yrs, FREE.
- Caregiver Required, Free.
Peter Rabbit Puppet Show
Some of your favourite characters come to life with the magic of Juliet Neil's puppetry.
- Centre for the Child, Central Library, Cnr Gloucester St & Oxford Tce, Thursday 5 & Thursday 12 July: 10:30 am - 11:15 am.
- Age group: 3-7yrs. FREE.
- Caregiver Required, Free.
Travelling Tales
Escape to places you might never see, places where the impossible happens, places where the hair may stand up on the back of your neck - the world of fantasy. If you read books about imaginary worlds, you can live in these worlds while you are reading, the only problem being that you may never want to come back! Come travel into our travelling tales and enjoy the adventures as you listen to the story.
- South Christchurch Library, 66 Colombo St, Cnr Hunter Tce & Colombo St,
- Tuesday 3 & Thursday 5 July: 11:00 am - 11:30 am;
- Tuesday 10 & Thursday 12 July: 11:00 am - 11:30 am.
- Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Rd, Sockburn,
- Monday 2 & Friday 6 July: 11:00 am - 11:30 am;
- Monday 9 & Friday 13 July 11:00 am - 11:30 am.
- Parklands Library, 46 Queenspark Dr, Parklands, Wednesday 4 July: 11:00 am - 11:30 am.
- Age group: 5-8yrs. FREE.
- Caregiver Optional, Free.
Digital Travelling Stories
Enter the land of story telling. Create your own adventure story or adapt your favourite story and present it as a digital story. Use the technology, Paint pictures, Super Duper Music Looper music creation, and record narrations. Bring your characters alive by adding motion. There is an opportunity to present your Digital Travel story to an audience in the library. This is a multiple session course. Children need to bring snacks/lunch with them.
- South Christchurch Library, 66 Colombo St, Cnr Hunter Tce & Colombo St,
- Monday 2 & Tuesday 3 July: 9:30 am - 2:00 pm, &
- Wednesday 4 July: 9:30 am - 12:00 noon.
- Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Road, Sockburn,
- Monday 9 & Tuesday 10 July: 9:30 am - 2:00 pm, &
- Wednesday 11: 9:30 am - 12:00 noon.
- Parklands Library, 46, Queenspark Dr, Parklands,
- Wednesday 11 & Thursday 12 July: 9:30 am - 2:00 pm, &
- Friday 13: 9:30 am - 12:00 noon.
- Age group: 8-14yrs. $18.50.
- Phone Ticketek on 377 8899 CB7394. Please No Caregivers.
Travelling Reporter
Ever considered being a reporter or photographer? Learn from a professional photographer the tricks of the trade and capture the stories about how people travel to libraries. This is a one and a half day course. First day: Learn how to shoot a great image and convey a powerful message about people. Second day: Share these images and stories in a library exhibition. Children need to bring snacks/lunch with them.
- South Learning Centre, 66 Colombo St, Cnr Hunter Tce and Colombo St,
- Day one, Monday 9 July: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm;
- Day two, Tuesday 10 July: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm.
- Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, 71 Main South Rd, Sockburn,
- Day one, Thursday 12 July: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm;
- Day two, Friday 13 July: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm.
- Age group: 10-14yrs. $12.50.
- Phone Ticketek on 377 8899 CB7302. Please No Caregivers.
