School holiday fun
Kāpiti Summer Reading Challenge – Te Wero Pānui Raumati 2025/2026
Whānau edition
Are you ready for an epic summer reading adventure?
Let’s read our way to one million minutes!
This year, we want the whole Kāpiti community to help us reach a giant goal: one million minutes of reading. The Kāpiti Summer Reading Challenge – Te Wero Pānui Raumati runs until 6 February 2026, and everyone's welcome to jump in anytime! Tamariki, teens, parents, grandparents – every reading minute counts!
Help us reach our goal of 1,000,000 minutes
Check the full leaderboard to find your placing and your total reading minutes.
How to play
Pick up your Summer Reading Challenge pack [PDF 2.66 MB] from your local library to start.
Then:
- Put a copy of our Activities Calendar [PDF 734 KB] on your fridge so you don't miss out!
- Explore our awesome collections and load up on books.
- Complete a challenge from our Summer Reading Bingo [PDF 1.28 MB] list.
- Read anywhere you want – up a tree, at the beach, on a trampoline, under the blankets.
- Log your reading minutes on the reading log in the activity booklet or log your reading minutes online to help our total grow and enter our prize draw.
- Get your friends and whānau involved to help boost our reading minutes together.
Bonus time!
- Join in our library hub activities for extra bonus minutes (calendar below).
- The more you visit, the more minutes you can earn!
- Finish more Bingo challenges for even more bonus minutes.
Prizes! Prizes! Prizes!
Log 990 reading minutes to enter our prize draw. The more you read, and the longer you read, the more chances you’ll score in our awesome summer prize draws!
So, what are you waiting for? Grab some books and your whānau, and let’s read our way to one million minutes! Kāpiti, let’s do this!
Get extra bonus minutes with our summer reading activities
Our school holiday activities are designed to be accessible and inclusive for all children. We aim to provide quiet spaces for children with sensory needs, as well as different options to join in the activities.
Please note:
- Children under 8 years old must be actively supervised by a parent or caregiver when on library premises or at one of our library events.
- Children between 8 and 14 years old must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver who stays in the library building or at the event location and can be easily and quickly reached by the child if needed.
Explore more of what's on this school holidays with fun activities at our pools and events across the district.