Keep tamariki engaged during the school holidays with free library events and books hand-picked by librarians.
Take the fun home with you! Borrow games from one of 10 libraries or reserve online.
Find tense and atmospheric page-turners set in the dead of winter.
Skip the queue and borrow the hottest bestsellers when you visit a library!
Step into sci-fi at Central City Library, open until 2 August. Visit for free and join special events exploring a genre that's out of this world.
Good Friends Group
Community, Cultural
Whānau Friendly Exercise Classes
Community, Health / Wellbeing
Dough modelling
Arts, Community
Mandarin Storytime at East Coast Bays Library
Community, Craft / Hobby
Reading to Mango
Educational, Kids / Family
Waitaa ki te Maanuka, Waitii ki te Mangatangi, Waipuna ki te Rangi - WORKSHOPS
Arts, Cultural
Notes on Tāmaki: From Mozart to Matariki
Rongoa Māori Medicine Talk and Kawakawa Balm Making
Stars and Stories
Kids / Family
Matariki kids star making
Moana Ora: A Healthy Ocean
Matariki Clay Star Decorations
Wonderful World of Tiger Worms
Environment, Kids / Family
Life after Stroke
Educational, Health / Wellbeing
Watercare Rain Gauges
School holiday storytime
Kids / Family, School holidays
Matariki storytime and songs
Harakeke Weaving with Whaea Deidre
Te ora i roto i to tatou awa – Discovering freshwater macroinvertebrates
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