Latest News Jun 24, 2026 Versions writing project - submissions close soon! Posted 2 days ago Jun 07, 2026 Filipino Culture in Aotearoa Posted 2 weeks ago May 18, 2026 How2 Art Exhibition 2026 Posted 1 month ago May 15, 2026 Central Library's 30th birthday, 2026 Posted 1 month ago May 12, 2026 Pacific Language Weeks Posted 1 month ago Apr 30, 2026 Author chat Posted 1 month 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 26 Jun 9:00am - 1:00pm Sensory Play Station Welcome to our sensory play time. Fri 26 Jun 3:30pm - 4:30pm Feature Friday @ Roslyn Library Hey kids! Come and join us after school for some fantastic Friday fun! Games, books, crafts, quizzes- anything could happen! Come along and find out what this week's Feature Friday is all about! Sat 27 Jun 10:00am - 11:00am Have a go - with robots! Drop by the Central Library and get hands on with a selection of our robots – construct, programme and interact. Sat 27 Jun 10:10am - 11:10am Toddler Time @ Roslyn Library Come along for stories, action songs, and crafts with Lindsey. Mon 29 Jun 2:00pm - 3:00pm Play Rummikub @ Te Pātikitiki Library Come and play or learn how to play the game of Rummikub with us. All Activities New Zealand Chinese Language Week 29th June-5th July New Zealand Chinese in historical images :... Li, Phoebe H Chinese folktales for language learners :... Ling, Vivian Complete Book of Mah Jongg Lo,Amy Mandarin Chinese English: Bilingual Visual... Arthur, Christine translator Chang'an de li zhi = The Litchi Road Ma, Boyong Cantonese phrasebook & dictionary Cheung, Chiu-yee Chinese fish : new poems Yee, Grace Si ren tu shu guan yuan : bei er yu mo gen da tong Benedict, Marie Ya zi nong fu = Farmer Duck Waddell, Martin Chinese New Year colors = Chun jie de yan se Lo, Rich Bao Family : recipes from the eight culinary... Chung, Céline Feng guo xi yang mei = Sunset glow in Canada Xu, Lijing Chinese and English nursery rhymes : little... Wu, Faye-Lynn Bi jing shi kai xin de = Happy after all Forzani, Anneke Vanmarcke The Little Kiwi's Matariki = Te wā Matariki o... Slade-Robinson, Nikk Wang zi de ci bei = A prince and his porcelain... Li, Jian (Art teacher) illustrator 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