Directory of New Zealand Libraries

This list of all New Zealand libraries contains contact details and other information.

Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa/Te Rau Herenga o Aotearoa (LIANZA)

LIANZA is the professional organisation for the New Zealand library and information management profession.

National Library of New Zealand

The National Library develops and maintains extensive collections relating to New Zealand, the Pacific, and New Zealanders overseas. It is open to all.

Public Libraries of New Zealand

The Association of Public Library Managers promotes and supports public libraries in New Zealand, and this is their website.

SLANZA

The School Library Association of New Zealand Te Puna Whare Matauranga a Kura (SLANZA) aims to strengthen and promote the role of school libraries.

Te Rōpū Whakahau

Te Rōpū Whakahau unites Māori librarians and information specialists, aiming to teach, strengthen and unite, and advocates for the improved management of Māori workers, Māori materials and Māori clients.

Barrowman, Rachel. The Turnbull: a library and its world. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1995.

McEldowney, W. J. Geoffrey Alley, librarian: his life and work. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006.

McKeown, Brian, ‘Libraries’, in Book and print in New Zealand: a guide to print culture in Aotearoa, edited by Penny Griffith, Ross Harvey and Keith Maslen: 168–196. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1997.

Martin, John E., Parliament’s library: 150 years. Wellington: Steele Roberts in association with Dunmore Publishing, 2008.

Millen, Julia. Te Rau Herenga: a century of library life in Aotearoa: The New Zealand Library Association & LIANZA 1910–2010. Wellington: LIANZA, 2010.

Ronnie, Mary A. Freedom to read: a centennial history of Dunedin Public Library. Dunedin: Dunedin Public Libraries & the Dunedin Public Library Association, 2008.