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This list of libraries in New Zealand includes libraries operated by territorial authorities, universities, central government and the private sector, as well as public and community libraries. New Zealand libraries
In 1924 a new wing of the library was opened including a separate children's room. A new heating unit was installed that same year. The 1930s saw a decline in the service to the public due to the Great Depression, although in 1935 the Canterbury Public Library Journal was started. If in 1940 some 1,500 people a day were using the library, the ...
Auckland Council Libraries, usually simplified to Auckland Libraries, is the public library system for the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It was created when the seven separate councils in the Auckland region merged in 2010. [5] It is currently the largest public-library network in the Southern Hemisphere with 55 branches from Wellsford to ...
Dunedin Public Libraries Kā Kete Wānaka O Ōtepoti (Māori) Location Dunedin, New Zealand Established 1908 Branches 6 + 2 mobile Collection Size 700,000 items Other information Website www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz Dunedin Public Libraries is a network of six libraries and two bookbuses in Dunedin, New Zealand, owned and operated by the Dunedin City Council. The Libraries' collection includes ...
Tūranga is the public library located in Central Christchurch, New Zealand. It opened on 12 October 2018 and replaced the nearby Christchurch Central Library that was closed on the day of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Public Libraries of New Zealand represents the Association of Public Library Managers Inc. (APLM) which was set up in 2007 to represent the interests of New Zealand’s public libraries. The purpose of APLM is to advocate for the information and library needs of the New Zealand public.
This is a list of Carnegie libraries in Oceania. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other English-speaking areas of the world. New Zealand, with 18 Carnegie libraries, received the fourth-most libraries of any country.
A poll under the Public Libraries Act 1869 rejected a rate to set up a library by 17:7 in 1883; [10] without a council decision, the Act required at least 10 ratepayers to request a poll. [11] Next year a new library was established by subscriptions in the Union Bridge toll house, [ 12 ] tolls having ended in January 1883, [ 13 ] and it was ...