Language collections

Kohinga Reo

We have a wide range of language collections to serve the many communities in Auckland.

View the list below and browse the catalogue for a specific language collection or find which library holds the collection you are looking for.

Libraries that have an Afrikaans collection:

Remember: You can place a request on a title and select which library you want to pick it up from.

All items from the Chinese collection move between all Auckland Council Libraries locations. The only items that don't move are newspapers and magazines.

Remember: You can place a request on a title and select which library you want to pick it up from.

Libraries that have a French collection:

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Libraries that have a German collection:

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Libraries that have a Gujarati collection:

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Libraries that have a Hindi collection:

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Libraries that have a Japanese collection:

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Libraries that have a Korean collection:

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We recognise the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. We seek to promote te reo Māori and to provide access to Māori knowledge, heritage and identity for Māori and for everyone who seeks this information through libraries.

Each library has its own Māori collection.

A Māori collection is placed prominently in each library. This may include some reference items that are for in-library use only.
A Māori reference collection is held at each of our research centres. Some of these items can be borrowed.
Adult fiction written in English by a Māori author is in our general collection, which moves around all Auckland Council Libraries locations.
All children’s Māori collections may be in either the children’s collections or the Māori collection.

Browse the entire Māori collection in our catalogue

Browse our Māori eCollection

Browse Māori kids titles

Remember: You can place a request on a title and select which library you want to pick it up from.

All items from this collection except newspapers and magazines move around all Auckland Council Libraries locations. Find Niuean titles in the Pacific collection at any of our libraries.

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Libraries that have a Punjabi collection:

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Libraries that have a Russian collection:

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All items from this collection except newspapers and magazines move around all Auckland Council Libraries locations. Find Tokelauan titles in the Pacific collection at any of our libraries.

Remember: You can place a request on a title and select which library you want to pick it up from.

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