Christchurch City Libraries Nga Kete Wananga o Otautahi

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

New Zealand

Our library network has 20 libraries around Ōtautahi Christchurch and Banks Peninsula Te Pataka o Rakaihautū. We have a Mobile library service Waka Hau-kōrero and a contact centre Fingertip Library. The Digital Library is your access point to information, reading recommendations, local history, Māori resources, and collections including eBooks, eAudiobooks, movies, music, magazines, comics, online courses, and encyclopaedias.

Our purpose statement: Connecting people, inspiring discovery, enriching communities.

Christchurch City Libraries actively practices biculturalism and supports diversity and aims to be representative of all our Christchurch communities.

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