Competitions
During the 150th celebrations the library ran a number of competitions.
One-Day Short Story Competition
Judges Kate De Goldi, Gavin Bishop and Sally Blundell announced two winners: Nic Gorman in the adult section, and Kerry Lane in the youth section.
Read the winning stories and selected entries
Library 150 tukutuku panels
Thirty three Christchurch City Libraries staff teams — from managers to shelvers — created their own unique contemporary tukutuku panels with help from customers during Matariki and customers were asked to pick their favourites.
YouTubing the Library competition
Customers were challenged to make a YouTube video for the 150 anniversary. There were winners in the kids, youth and adult categories.
Colouring-In
During KidsFest there was a colouring-in competition for 5 to 13 year olds.
Bookmarks
There was a fantastic response to their 150th anniversary children’s bookmark design competition with over 350 entries received from around Christchurch.
Bookmark competition brings out young talent
Website competition
To launch the special 150 website we had a competition to win a laptop.
Congratulations to Helen Yong our January website competition winner
Kids in Enterprise competition
Students from three schools, Mt Pleasant, Cashmere and Parkview, participated in a learning challenge to develop a marketing product that would appeal to Library customers, incorporate the anniversary logo and be produced within a set budget of $2,000. The winner was Jayden Cawood.
