Imagine This! Summer festival programme

Imagine This!

We are super-excited to announce the Imagine This! 2025 festival programme release, packed with bookish, crafty, interactive, musical, dance-happy experiences to shake up your summer, and make Porirua the best place to spend it.

Download the programme here.

Wiki Tahi | Week One

Imagine Rainbow Circus!
Monday 6 January | 2–4pm | City Centre Library
Taylor Swift-inspired pop star party. Facebook event

Imagine Authors Club!
Tuesday 7 January | 2–3.30pm | City Centre Library
Become a VIP member in a club of aspiring authors. For ages 8–12 years. Limited numbers, RSVP [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine Hands Up!
Wednesday 8 January | 10.30–11.30am | City Centre Library
Calling all rock stars – join us for a musical crafty morning. Facebook event

Imagine Digital Discovery!
Thursday 9 January | 10.30am–12.30pm | City Centre Library
Stop motion & Codey Rocky. Limited numbers, RSVP [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine a Song!
Friday 10 January | 10.30–11.30am | City Centre Library
Join us for a musical story time featuring some of the greatest songs ever written. Facebook event

Wiki Rua | Week Two

Rocking Rockstars Dance Party!
Monday 13 January 10.30–11.30am | City Centre Library
Celebrate like rock stars with a morning of dancing, dance games, and rock and roll stories. Facebook event

Imagine Authors Club!
Tuesday 14 January 2–3.30pm | City Centre Library
Become a VIP member in a club of aspiring authors meeting. For ages 8-12 years. Limited numbers, RSVP to [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine Unity Through Diversity!
Wednesday 15 January 10.30am–12pm | City Centre Library
Join our very special guests, Across the Great Divide, for an entertaining and educational concert exploring music as a vehicle for communication and cultural understanding. Facebook event

Imagine Digital Discovery!
Thursday 16 January 10.30am–12.30pm | City Centre Library
Using AI with Scratch and coding the Sphero Bolt. Limited numbers, RSVP [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine Brick Party!
Friday 17 January, 10.30am–12.30pm | City Centre Library
Love the LEGO Masters TV show? Brick Antics are bringing the good times for children and adults aged 5–100. Facebook event

Wiki Toru | Week Three

Imagine Authors Club!
Tuesday 21 January 2–3.30pm | City Centre Library
Become a VIP member in a club of aspiring authors meeting. For ages 8-12 years. Limited numbers, RSVP [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine a Multicultural Playdate!
Wednesday 22 January 10–12.30pm | Kai Tahi
Multilingual story and song sessions for little ones of all sizes, multisensory craft zones, Scottish harp with a view of the harbour. Facebook event

Imagine Digital Discovery!
Thursday 23 January 10.30am–12.30pm | City Centre Library
Using AI with Scratch and coding the Micro:bit. Limited numbers, so please RSVP to [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine Rocking Rockstars Dance Party!
Friday 24 January 10.30–11.30am | City Centre Library
Join us for an interactive story time, incorporating gentle movement and yoga poses. Facebook event

Wiki Wha | Week Four

Imagine Teen Emotions!
Monday 27 January 2–3.30pm | City Centre Library
Join poet and young adult novelist Erin Donohue in a workshop on how to bring emotions to life on the page. For ages 12+ (this will be a safe place to explore sensitive themes). Limited numbers, RSVP to [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine Authors Club!
Tuesday 28 January 2–3.30pm | City Centre Library
Become a VIP member in a club of aspiring authors meeting. For ages 8-12 years. Limited numbers, RSVP to [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine Superstars!
Wednesday 29 January 10.30–11.30am | City Centre Library
Come dance and sing your way through the ages of a tonne of kids’ classics. Facebook event

Imagine a Crankie!
Thursday 30 January 2–2.45pm | City Centre Library
Folk Tales from Aotearoa and Wales! Facebook event

Imagine Mini Crankies!
Thursday 30 January | 3.30–5pm | City Centre Library
Extend the experience of this afternoon’s storytelling with a mini crankie-making workshop – Limited numbers – RSVP [email protected] | Facebook event

Imagine a Mini Book-Builders Studio!
Friday 31 January 10am–1pm | City Centre Library
Make a book from story to page, then create your own book character in our multisensory environment. Facebook event