Toi tū te kupu, hold fast to your language Toi tū te mana, hold fast to your mana Toi tū te whenua, hold fast to your land Tinirau whakatauki   Located on the hill near the central public library and the newly opened Te Whare o Rehua Sargent Gallery, Te Rerenga mai o te Kāuru […]

Pacific Language weeks, Matariki, Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, ANZAC Day, exam/study tips, research symposiums and other events such as Pink Shirt Day and Daffodil Day are some initiatives that were celebrated through library displays at Unitec Library last year. We explored new and different ways to promote our library collection to our staff […]

We are delighted to feature Westland District Library in this issue of Library Life. The library supports a community from Hokitika to Haast, on the lovely West Coast. Library manager, Natasha Morris shares what they do and how the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Funding is making a difference to library services on the Coast. Westland […]

Did you know Te Papa Tongarewa has a library? The Te Aka Matua Research Library has supported the research output of the museum since 1867. It is classified as a special library but is more akin to an academic library in scope. Te Aka Matua is an integral part of Te Papa’s Knowledge and Information […]

The New Zealand Cartoon Archive was launched on April 1 1992 as a partnership between the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library. Over the archive’s nearly 30-year history it has managed to collect over 60,000 cartoons, covering a range of social and political events across Aotearoa’s history. In 2005, the Cartoon […]

Te Awe Library is the third and final pop-up library to open in the Wellington CBD following the unexpected closure of the Wellington Central Library Te Matapihi Ki Te Ao Nui in March 2019. The library is located in the Harbour City building running between Panama and Brandon Streets, just off Lambton Quay and opened […]

People have lived on Stewart Island since the 13th Century, when the Māori named it Rakiura, meaning “Land of the Glowing Skies”. Although the island has a total area of 172 square kilometres (similar in size to Singapore), its 400 inhabitants are concentrated around the township of Oban. The island’s first library, the Stewart Island […]

There’s a lot that is unique about the Victoria University Te Herenga Waka Law Library. The library supports study, teaching and research for the Faculty of Law at Pipitea campus through an extensive range of online and print material. It is one part of the extensive university library situated in what’s known as New Zealand’s […]

A collective dream ten years in the making, Te Paataka Koorero o Takaanini is a reo-rua (bilingual) community hub, a library, and a home away from home nestled in the emergent South Auckland community named for Ihaka Takaanini, paramount chief of Te Ākitai Waiohua. The Hub was officially opened on 27th March 2021 by Auckland […]

Buller District has an ageing population of around 10,000 people and stretches across 8,574 square kilometres. Our small library is based in Westport (population 4,500) with a branch library in Reefton (population 1,500). Before the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme (NZLPP) funding, our digital literacy support consisted of Stepping UP classes once a year on […]