Your place for reading or research.
Open before school until 3pm.
Duty: Interval - Librarian
Lunch - Student Librarians & Duty Staff.
After school - for seniors who have permission to study.
Any Questions? Phone 03 319-5138 x223 9am-1:30pm
Insta: @kaikourahslibrary

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Get a general overview of your topic. Use Britannica School at home or at school. Username: kaikourahs Password: 52kaikourahs

All of our free resources in one easy-to-access place. Check out our Walkthrough Guides, Checklists and more for each of your main NCEA subjects. We’re updating this all the time so keep your eyes peeled for new stuff!

For NZ, start your research here.
‘Te ara’ in Māori means ‘the pathway’. Te Ara – Is the complete guide to our country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.

NCEA help from real students and teachers
Join to discuss achievement standards, and general study and exam advice for NCEA Science, Maths and English with other students and teachers.

Use EPIC Discovery to search across multiple EPIC resources or filter by year and subject to see the EPIC resources available to schools thanks to the Ministry of Education.
To login outside the school network: Username: kaikourahs Password: 52kaikourahs

Topic Explorer – these curations of digital resources are wide ranging and include a selection of specific topics to support Māori history. You can filter by learning area including Aotearoa NZ Histories and Te Reo Māori. There are new topics being added on a regular basis.

Browse the latest fascinating articles from NZ Geographic.

Includes 'today in history' , 'kiwi of the week', events, people and places.

Learn a kaikōhau (expression of hope).
Kaikōhau means to express your hopes and desires. When you say it, you are welcoming all things that are good and wishing for them to be plentiful in times to come.

We offer online help to assist New Zealand students with their inquiries. Between 1pm and 6pm weekdays you can log on and chat with a real librarian about your inquiry.

Re-Draft 2023
Any New Zealand teenager can enter using the online entry form or using the form found in the back of the current edition of Re-Draft. Entries can be any creative writing genre and will be judged by award winning New Zealand writers. Deadline 25 Aug 23.

Held on 21 October 2023 is a fundraiser for Kaikōura High School and Kaikōura Lions. Run across the iconic peninsula, along the beach and up to Mount Fyffe. There are 5km, 10km, 21km and 42km options.

April 19th - 21st 2024. Adventure Racing is a sport combining multiple disciplines including trekking, mountain biking, kayaking, and navigation, into a complete journey.

Learning in Kaikōura.

Join us in our mission to achieve International Dark Sky Sanctuary status for Kaikōura and protect our night sky for the generations to come.

Visit Hauora Hub Wellness padlet.

eBooks & eAudiobooks are available via Kaikōura District Library with the BorrowBox app. User names &password:
* Kaikōura District Library
* kaikourahighschool
* booksrock

Test your knowledge with daily quizzes by Stuff.co.nz

Toitoi invites young writers and artists ages 5-13 who are curious, courageous and creative to submit original material in English or te reo Māori that reflects the cultures and experiences of life in New Zealand.