Staff discover homeless people had been carefully hiding books under shelves at Auckland library so they could return to them without losing their place A library in New Zealand has solved a ...

Mt Roskill Library collects points for its pretty kowhai door patterns and carpet that looks like lollies that someone should invent: mint caramel liquorice all-sorts. Fun fact: Auckland Libraries is ...

Woman checked out Myths and Legends of Maoriland from Auckland library in 1948 and had been ‘meaning to return it for years’ A woman has brought back a book to a New Zealand library 67 years after it ...

The Fit for the Future programme aims to future-proof Auckland's 55 libraries by better resourcing digital, online and telephone services and expanding mobile services to reach isolated communities.

Auckland Libraries has celebrated a poem that has been engraved on the steps leading up to the Auckland Central City Library. The poem, Kawe Reo (Voices Carry), by renowned poet Robert Sullivan is ...

Other cutbacks of an hour or half-hour are minimal and several libraries will be open for longer. Most libraries will have reduced opening hours, while some others will be extended, in a bid to save ...

Curling up with a good book is one of the best ways to spend long cold winter months. A trip to your local library opens a world of fiction, planning your next holiday or a place to take the kids for ...

Visit your local library during Diwali and immerse yourself in the rich world of Hindu culture. Bring the kids along to Storytime, view a beautiful exhibition of water colours by Sunil Govind Gadgil ...

More Auckland libraries are going to open on Sundays, and it's not going to cost ratepayers an extra cent. The council's libraries department has made some changes to how it spends its money, and is ...

Auckland library lovers are being urged to speak up if they want their libraries to stay open on the weekend. The cash-strapped council is set to slash library budgets. Councillor George Wood says ...

A woman, who was issued a book from a New Zealand library in her childhood, returned it to its rightful place only after 67 years. But she escaped a late fine of NZ$24,605 (£11,755, $17,176). The ...