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Hastings Information Marketplace Come to our Information Market Place on Tuesdays Hastings Library 2.00pm - 4.00pm Talk with people from various organisations who can help. Citizens Advice Bureau Volunteering Hawke's Bay The library also holds information about the Hastings District Council and local services. Career Planning Jobs Events Calendar New Settlers Mature Matters Community Job Seekers	Garden Competition Win a Raised Vege Garden To help you save your money and save our environment, Sus’d is giving away as prizes 3 raised garden beds to get you started, one for each of our libraries. Read more » Environment Sus'd Community
Hastings Community Directory Interested in contacting or joining a local club or organisation? Check out the Hastings Community Directory - a searchable guide to groups and organisations in the Hastings District. http://community.hdc.govt.nz Groups are welcome to add their details to this directory. Read more » Community Directory Community Our Community	Hastings Statistics Statistics New Zealand gathers comprehensive data on many aspects of our region. Visit their website to find the latest economic, social and demographic statistics for Hastings District and Hawke's Bay. http://search.stats.govt.nz/search?w=hastings Also Interactive Maps is useful. Read more » Statistics Hastings Library Local History Community
New to New Zealand New Kiwi Are you new to New Zealand? Want to meet other migrants to make friends, gain local information and make contacts? Come to New Kiwi! New Kiwi is a lunchtime networking group, meeting fortnightly at Opera Kitchen in Hastings, organised by Settlement Support New Zealand and the Hastings District Council. For more information contact: Diana Arnold (06) 877 5439 or Cheryl Paget (06) 871 5070 Read more » New Kiwi New Settlers Community	New to New Zealand Workshop series The New to New Zealand Workshop series is being held: at 6pm on the first Tuesday of each month, upstairs at Hastings Library. Jobs Events Calendar New Settlers Community
Books at Home Our Books at Home service provides library material on a regular basis for people who, for reasons of ill health or disability, are unable to come to the library. Fiction, non-fiction, large print books, talking books, music CDs, magazines, DVDs and videos may all be borrowed through the service. Talking books are available in various formats: on tape, CD, MP3, Mb4 & Playaway. Items issued on your Books at Home care are for your use only. If you are eligible to receive the Books at Home service please contact the Community Librarian at your library. You will be interviewed in your own home to find out your reading tastes, and to join you up if you are not already a library member. You will be given a volunteer courier who will choose your books and bring them to you. This service is free. Volunteer Couriers If you would like to help with the Books at Home service by being a courier for a housebound patron, please contact the Community Librarian at your library. Read more » Community	Community Noticeboards All three libraries have noticeboards for community notices and posters. To display these, please ask at the desk for the Community Librarian. You may also post notices and posters to: The Community Liaison and Promotions Co-ordinator, Private Bag 9002, Hastings 4156. Please send three copies if you would like these displayed in all three libraries. Our noticeboards are not used for: Commercial advertisements Private advertisements, e.g. flatmate wanted Party political material Religious material, apart from event notices or services to the community Read more » Community Our Community
Petitions Petitions may be made available for the public to sign, in all three libraries. These must be approved by Paula Murdoch, District Libraries Manager. Petition organisers are responsible for the maintenance and collation of pages. Read more » Community Our Community