１５０冊の日本の電子書籍がOverdriveに加わりました

こんにちわ！

Christchurch City Libraries は、この度１５０冊の日本の電子書籍を購入しました。

Japanese on OverDrive

新しく加わったタイトルには、今まで図書館では置いてなかった日本の近現代文学を中心に、料理本、Dr. Prakash Dheeriya のFinance for Kidsシリーズなどが含まれています。

また、日本語が母国語ではない子供向けの日本語の教材も加わりました（もしお知り合いのお子さんで日本語を学びたい方がいましたら是非教えてあげてください）。これらは今までの図書館の本のコレクションにはなかったものですので、皆さんが活用してくれると大変嬉しく思います！

Overdriveで日本語の本をお探しの場合は、advanced searchからLanguageをJapaneseに選択してください。iPadやタブレットコンピューターなどをお持ちの方は、専用のOverdrive Appをインストールすればこれらの電子書籍を直接ダウンロードできます。電子書籍リーダーの場合は、パソコンにダウンロードしてそこから専用端末にデータを移すことができます（詳しくはこちら）。また、Overdriveを使うにはパスワードが必要です。

Overdriveへのアクセス、電子書籍のダウンロード、図書館のメンバーシップの更新、パスワードの設定など、問題がございましたら何でもお手伝いさせていただきます。直接最寄の図書館へお越しいただくか、電話でお問い合わせください。

Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Last week I was lucky enough to attend the red carpet premiere of Taika Waititi’s new film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

The film is based on the 1986 novel Wild pork and watercress by legendary literary kiwi bloke, Barry Crump (though recently his ex-wife has revealed that she had a hand in outlining the story).

So how was the movie, and how does it differ from the book?

Ricky and Uncle Hec, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Ricky and Uncle Hec, Hunt for the Wilderpeople (image supplied)

I found Hunt for the Wilderpeople a delight from beginning to end. It’s a distinctly Kiwi film that features a raft of idiosyncratic characters but which centres on the relationship between an irascible older man and a Māori boy. It’s not so much a film in the vein of “a man alone” as “a man not quite as alone as he’d like to be”.

Needless to say “hijinks ensue”. There are chases, gunplay and eventually grudging respect. If you can imagine a cop “buddy” movie but set in the Ureweras instead of downtown Los Angeles, you’ll start to get an idea of the dynamic and humour. There are also some notable and hilarious cameos.

But it’s not all played for laughs. One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about Waititi’s films is the way that he reveals the very human vulnerabilities of his characters – whether it’s a neglected Māori boy, a socially awkward couple, or a centuries old vampire – they all have fears, hopes, and insecurities.

In Hunt for the Wilderpeople we slowly get under the skin of taciturn bushman, Uncle Hec (played by the always excellent Sam Neill), and gangsta-wannabe Ricky Baker (played with charm and humour by newcomer Julian Dennison) and we find, despite their obvious differences, that there’s a whole lot of heart and genuine warmth there.

Julian Dennison as Ricky Baker
Julian Dennison as “bad egg”, Ricky Baker, Hunt for the Wilderpeople (image supplied)

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is probably in my top five movies of the last couple of years and I’m even considering a rewatch (in a cinema – waiting for it to come out on DVD is just too long).

But is it a good adaptation of the novel? Well, it differs a lot from the book and Waititi has gone on record as saying that he wanted to create a film that was “in the spirit” of the novel rather than being a straight adaption.

Cover of Wild pork and watercressUpdating the novel for a modern audience has meant certain changes – cellphones and selfies were certainly not a thing in the eighties when Crump was writing it. In addition the ending of the movie is a tad more upbeat than that of the source novel, and there’s less of a focus on bushcraft and more of a focus on comedy, all of which makes the movie a more enjoyable experience for me than if it had stuck to the straight and narrow.

But if you’re curious, the novel has been rereleased to with a movie tie-in edition and we’ve got copies of this just ripe for your reserves list (as well as a downloadable e-book version).

More information

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Te Kupu o Te Wiki – Aroha (love)

Kia ora. To encourage the use of Te Reo Māori we are publishing weekly kupu (words) and phrases that can be used with children.

Kupu (word)

aroha
love

Ka nui taku aroha mōu, e te tau!
I love you very much, darling!

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