Services

Papakura Library Services became part of Auckland Libraries on 1 November 2010.

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You can use your library card at any of Auckland Libraries’ 55 library branches and 4 mobile libraries.

Internet, Microsoft Office and more available. 30 min session per person per day. Free access.

Papakura Library Servicess became part of Auckland Libraries on 1 November 2010.

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Housebound Delivery

Fortnightly delivery to those unable to leave their homes to come to the library to choose their own books. Please ring 978 2665 or ask at the library help desk for more information.

Family History

The library has many microfiche and books to help you with your search. Some of the resources available for use in the library are:

• Ancestry Library Edtion - (library member access only)
• Indexes to New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages (microfiche)
• New Zealand Cemeteries (microfiche)
• New Zealand Burial Locator (CD)
• Papakura Cemetery Index and Transcriptions (A4 files)
• Early Wellington settlers (CD)
• Alexander Turnbull Library Biographies Index (Microfiche)
• Alexander Turnbull Library Biographies Clippings (Microfiche) 1881
• British Census and National Index (CD)
• Turtons Land Deeds of the North Island (Microfiche)
• Index to Maori Land Court Minute Books
• NZ Gazette Archive

The library has several experienced family researchers on the staff to help you in this area.

Reference & Information Services

The library has a range of reference material, including atlases, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias and reference books on specific subjects. The library receives newspapers from the main centres around New Zealand. EPIC resources are available online to members. You need a borrower card to access the EPIC databases.

Inter-Library Loan

Some books not held at The Sir Edmund Hillary Library can be requested from National Library and other libraries within New Zealand. There may be a charge. Please enquire at the Help Desk.

Adult Literacy Collection & ESOL

The library has a collection of books suitable for those adults learning to read or for those where English is their second language.

Listening Post

You can listen to Audio books or music on CD before you borrow or just come and relax for a bit with your favourite music or story. Enquire at the Help Desk.

Sheet Music

There is a selection of sheet music, mostly for piano which may be borrowed.