2022 International Mother Language Week at Ara Library

Brought to you by Michal from the Ara Library.

We all have our own mother language. Some lucky people even have more than one.  Every year, International Mother Language Day gives us the opportunity to celebrate our mother tongue, no matter if it’s English, Māori, Russian, Japanese or Tahitian.

The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day is “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities”. 

I’m personally familiar with the concept, as I’m trying to raise a bilingual baby in an English-managed environment. Technology has been a great help for finding ways to support my baby to develop his bilingual skills.

At Ara Library, we’d love to spread the word about International Mother Language Day because we believe it has the power to unite people irrespective of their backgrounds. Please show us how diverse our learners and staff members are by commenting below this Facebook post. (It’s ok if your mother tongue is English!)

Happy commenting!

Update to Library Opening Hours for February 2022

There have been some updates to the hours we are open for the rest of February 2022.

We will be closed on Monday the 7th February for the Waitangi Day celebrations. The Library will reopen on Tuesday the 8th February at 8 am.

Waitangi Day celebrations occur on Monday 7th February in 2022

From Tuesday 8th February to Sunday 20th February the Library will only be open from 8am-5pm Monday to Friday. We will not be open outside of these hours so no evenings or weekends.

A decision will be made later in February about our opening hours for the rest of 2022.

We apologise for any disruption this may cause and we will make all endeavors to keep you informed about any further changes.