Latest News Nov 13, 2026 Librarians' favourites of 2026 Posted 22 hours ago Nov 13, 2026 Microsoft outage 13 Nov 2026 Posted 23 hours ago Nov 13, 2026 Holiday Hours 2026/27 Posted 23 hours ago Nov 12, 2026 What's this message on the library catalogue? Posted 1 day ago Nov 05, 2026 New Titles 5 Nov 2026 Posted 1 week ago Nov 03, 2026 Ngā Pou o te Mauri Tau exhibition Posted 1 week ago All News I Want To Join The City Library Search The Catalogue Renew Library Items Find Locations Get The City Library App Upcoming Activities Sat 14 Nov 7:00pm - 9:00pm Pūrerehua: True stories told live in Palmy (2) True stories told honestly from the heart, bringing community together. Mon 16 Nov - Mon 30 Nov Summer Reading Registrations Open 9am 16 November Registrations open 9am Monday 16 November Mon 16 Nov 2:00pm - 5:00pm Play Rummikub @ Te Pātikitiki Library Come and play or learn how to play the game of Rummikub with us. Tue 17 Nov 9:00am - 12:00pm Pop Up Open Play Come and play with our interactive kit in our First Floor Parenting area. Tue 17 Nov 10:00am - 12:00pm A cup of tea @ Te Pātikitiki Library This is an opportunity to gather to connect with others and combines a hot drink, great chatter, a beautiful library, and one of the best views of Highbury. All Activities Diwali Meri Diwali Sneha Prasad Binny's Diwali Umrigar, Thrity N. Archie Celebrates Diwali Mitali Banerjee Ruths, Parwinder Singh Let's do Diwali Roy, James Lilu's Bright Diwali Amin, Anita Nahta. Belloni, Valentina Diwali Percy Leed Let's Celebrate 5 Days of Diwali! Chakraborty, Ajanta. Kumar, Vivek Once Upon a Diwali Mishra, Anita. Chakraborty, Diah. Deepak ki Diwali (Hindi & English) Karwal, Divya. Diwali in My New Home Kaushik, Shachi. Tandon, Aishwarya Diwali Christina Earley Dipakakāē Dipāvalī (Nepali & English) Karwal, Divya Let's Learn About Ramayana! The Story of Diwali Chakraborty, Ajanta. Kumar, Vivek Garland of lights Soundar, Chitra Finalists - NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults A guide to rocks Sacha Cotter Koro Wētā Heather haylock Left to Nowhere Ian Chapman Pūkeko who-keko? Toby Morris The only dinosaur in school Leonie Agnew Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum Hannah Tunnicliffe Dreamslinger Graci Kim Kimi the kekeno's big adventure Shelley Burne-Field The terrible trio. 1, The (not so) superheroes Swapna Haddow Violet & The Velvets: The case of the angry ghost Rachael King Hiva & heartbeats Selina Alefosio It's a bit more complicated than that Hannah Marshall In the city of spies Brian Falkner The lost saint Rachael Craw The retreat Helen Vivienne Fletcher Hooked Al Brown Omnibird Giselle Clarkson Survive Aotearoa Bronwen Wall Taniwha Gavin Bishop Whenua : Māori pūrākau of Aotearoa Isobel Joy Te Aho-White At home on the farm Ned Barraud Folk remedy Jem Yoshioka Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi Mat Tait Kupe & the great octopus of Muturangi Mat Tait He taonga te toka Sacha Cotter Matariki ki te ao Rangi Matamua Taku ikura tuatahi Qiane Matata-Sipu Te Onehaumako Zeb Nicklin Hunt for niu tupu Inangaro Vakaafi The lost words Kimberley Ngareta Kearney Newsletter Sign up for our Newsletter Sign up and get email updates about new books & more Sign Up