Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau (AUT) became a university in 2000. Built on a proud vocational education foundation and is now Aotearoa New Zealand’s second-largest university. And this year, for the first time, is ranked New Zealand’s second-placed university in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023. The library is, therefore, the […]
Read more >Tupu Youth Library is based at Clover Park in Ōtara, Manukau City. The library turned 21 in August. Located close to local schools, its establishment was highly fought for by the community so tamariki and rangatahi would have a space outside of school and home, to grow and learn. It’s the only youth library in Australasia. […]
Read more >“This place saved my life over the last three years”. Words like these confirm we are making a difference to the wellbeing of the Rotorua community. They were spoken by a young migrant woman whose husband and young son were still in India. She lived in a hostel room while studying for a degree and […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >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 […]
Read more >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 […]
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