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Gone fishing with a reel 3D-printed at Te Manawa library
For just the cost of materials, Aucklanders can make use of 3D printers at eight Auckland Council Libraries across the region.
'Food for Thought' exhibition tempts Auckland's tastebuds
Take your tastebuds along to Food for Thought at the Central City Library and prepare to leave feeling hungry.
Wrap-around services in uncertain times
Auckland Council Libraries are responding to emerging community needs as the city moves to recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
Libraries help demystify election process
Auckland Council Libraries has recently launched the ‘Your Vote Counts’ programme, designed to support Aucklanders in the lead-up to the 2020 General Election.
EBook readers look on the bright side during lockdown
Auckland Council Libraries record 140,000 e-issues in latest Alert Level 3.
Auckland libraries 'call to check'
Redeployed librarians make welfare calls to vulnerable residents as part of Auckland Emergency Management’s COVID-19 response.
eBooks flying from Auckland library in record numbers
Aucklanders are borrowing eBooks at unprecedented rates, as a free and easy way to keep people and families entertained at home.
Te Manawa community facility wins architecture award
Te Manawa Westgate Library and Multi-Purpose Facility has been named as a winner in the public architecture category at this year’s Auckland Architecture Awards.
Call for submissions for ‘COVID-19 - A Snapshot in Time Archive’
Be a part of history and submit your writing, photographs, drawings, videos and sounds from lockdown.
Libraries reach out to support kaumātua Māori
During lockdown, a group of Māori specialist staff from Auckland Council Libraries identified an opportunity to establish a service to engage with kaumātua Māori in these unprecedented times.
Aucklanders flock back to libraries to borrow over half a million items
Since re-opening, customers eager to refresh their reading material after lockdown have kept library staff busy restocking shelves.
On the job hunt? Get ahead of the pack with Auckland Council Libraries’ free resources
Free resources and services to help with your job search from Auckland Council Libraries.
New exhibition challenges perceptions of the Pacific
Discover the people and stories of the Saltwater Realm at Waitui Ātea: Saltwater Realm.
Two Auckland Council Libraries heritage collections receive UNESCO heritage recognition
The earliest New Zealand land weather records and a 1900s photographic collection have been recognised as being of national significance.
Record numbers of budding book worms take part in summer reading programme
More than 13,000 Auckland children joined Kia Māia te Whai Dare to Explore this summer.
