Latest News Sept 02, 2026 Dying Matters Week 2026 Posted 5 hours ago Aug 29, 2026 Tahuna-ā-Rua Local History Month 2026 Posted 4 days ago Aug 21, 2026 Off the Page: Celebrating National Poetry Day 2026 & Poetry Postcards Posted 1 week ago Aug 19, 2026 Tonga Language Week Posted 2 weeks ago Aug 13, 2026 New Zealand Children's Book Week 15-21 August Posted 2 weeks ago Aug 07, 2026 He toikupu rānei e rere mai ana i a koe? Posted 3 weeks 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 Fri 4 Sep 6:00pm - 7:30pm Book Launch: Aftermath Join us to celebrate Jackie Davis's new book Aftermath to be launched by Tim Upperton. Wed 2 Sep 3:00pm - 5:00pm Reading Unleashed @ Central Library Would your school age child like to read to one of our cute and friendly Canine Friends dogs? These dogs are super friendly, well behaved and have lovely handlers to help guide your child's session. Thu 3 Sep 10:00am - 10:45am Baby Bop Join us for a fun session designed for baby's brain development through nursery rhymes, activities, songs and having FUN. Thu 3 Sep 10:00am - 11:00am Community Morning Tea @ Awapuni Library Come in and have a cuppa! Casual morning tea with the occasional guest speaker and activities. Thu 3 Sep 10:00am - 12:00pm Quiet time @ Te Pātikitiki Library What does Quiet Time involve at Te Pātikitiki ? All Activities Papua Niugini Tok Pisin Wik - Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week 6 Sep-12 Sep The book of Pidgin English = Buk bilong Tok Pisin Murphy, John J Escape to Papua New Guinea - One of the World’s... Libor Spacek Papua New Guinea Stori Tumbuna: Ancestors' Tales Paul Wolffram Sung tales from the Papua New Guinea highlands... Rumsey, Alan Mothers of Mindima Cunich, S Voices of the future : stories from around the... Bokova, Irina writer of foreword Culture in Papua New Guinea Guile, Melanie Goal Achieved Grade Six Dropout to University... Simon Kange Moresby Modern Brendan Walsh Man Without Pigs Chris Owen Eat Pacific : the Pacific Island food... Oliver, Robert Nuanua : Pacific writing in English since 1980 Wendt, Albert Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands Brown, Lindsay 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