Latest News Jul 02, 2026 Living Rooms Posted 2 days ago Jun 26, 2026 Puanga Matariki 2026 Posted 1 week ago Jun 24, 2026 Versions writing project - submissions close soon! Posted 1 week ago Jun 07, 2026 Filipino Culture in Aotearoa Posted 3 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 All News I Want To Join The City Library Search The Catalogue Renew Library Items Find Locations Get The City Library App Upcoming Activities Sun 5 Jul 9:00am - 11:00am Football World Cup - Round of 16 Game 2 Live and Free: Teams TBC Sun 5 Jul 1:00pm - 3:00pm Recycle-A-Device RAD Club In partnership with Recycle-A-Device (RAD), these monthly sessions are for 13-19yr olds to learn how to refurbish laptops that are then donated to the community. Mon 6 Jul - Fri 17 Jul Design Competition @ Roslyn Are you looking for some simple holiday fun? We have lots planned! Mon 6 Jul Tō Puka Whakauru Te Putanga mō Puanga - Your Passport to Play Puanga Edition Have you tried the passport to Play Puanga edition yet? This year we have created a te reo Māori version! Pick up a Passport from the City Libraries and follow the map to find the various posts located around the city. Mon 6 Jul 8:00am - 10:00am Football World Cup - Round of 16 Game 3 Live and Free: Teams TBC All Activities New Zealand Chinese Language Week 29th June-5th July Adrift in the south Hai, Xiao Niuxilan (25-26 nian ban) : xun you tan mi chen... Kaman Miao qi qi shi wu suo. Zheng jiu bao yu wei ji Li, Zhuoying Golden enterprise : New Zealand Chinese... Li, Phoebe H Fu dan ji = Fudan fragments Dushilaozhang Mengna Lisha de mi mi = The secrets of Mona Lisa Zou, Fanfan Si ren tu shu guan yuan : bei er yu mo gen da tong Benedict, Marie Hauraki Broo = Ngā purū o Hauraki = Háo lā jī... Slade-Robinson, Nikki Ni sha le shui = Anata ga dareka o koroshita Higashino, Keigo Chinese folktales for language learners :... Ling, Vivian This is my world Yin, Jiulong 5 sui kai shi xue gou tong : ren zhi pian Saitō, Takashi Zhongguo jian shi. Hulijia Ya chi jian kang quan shu Uota, Masahiro Zhen shi an jian cai geng shen ren Meiyaohuayuan Cantonese phrasebook & dictionary Cheung, Chiu-yee Mandarin Chinese English: Bilingual Visual... Arthur, Christine translator Wo dai shang le yan jing Haraštová, Helena Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City Dillon, Michael Chinese made easy : simple, modern recipes for... Wan, Kwoklyn Traditional Chinese medicine Rhee, Mi-Yung L Hua sheng lu Li, Xuewu Chinese and English nursery rhymes : little... Wu, Faye-Lynn New Zealand Chinese in historical images :... Li, Phoebe H Feng guo xi yang mei = Sunset glow in Canada Xu, Lijing Chang'an de li zhi = The Litchi Road Ma, Boyong Bao Family : recipes from the eight culinary... Chung, Céline Tuo la ji, kuai kuai pao Xue, Tao Bi jing shi kai xin de = Happy after all Forzani, Anneke Vanmarcke Chinese fish : new poems Yee, Grace Wang zi de ci bei = A prince and his porcelain... Li, Jian (Art teacher) illustrator The Little Kiwi's Matariki = Te wā Matariki o... Slade-Robinson, Nikk Complete Book of Mah Jongg Lo,Amy Ya zi nong fu = Farmer Duck Waddell, Martin Chinese New Year colors = Chun jie de yan se Lo, Rich 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