Story: Libraries

Self-issuing machine, Wellington Central Library, 1995

Christopher Andrews tries out a new self-issuing machine, installed at Wellington Central Library in 1995. The machines reduced queues and waiting times.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1995/4669

by Melanie Burford

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Julia Millen, Libraries – Public libraries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41626/self-issuing-machine-wellington-central-library-1995 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Julia Millen, published 13 May 2013.