Our Te Pātaka Collection and Distribution Centre houses Wellington Central Library’s collection, and for two afternoons you can visit, browse and borrow!

Looking for some special holiday reading? Want to delve into a topic more deeply?

We’ll be opening our Te Pātaka Collection Centre to the public for a special exploration. You’ll be able to browse and borrow books from our off-site storage lending collection, including:

• Fiction, including classic literature, mysteries, sci-fi
• Non-fiction – small and large books on all your favourite topics : science, history, arts and crafts, music and beliefs
• Biographies
• Large print
• Books in community languages
• Graphic novels
• Teen fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels
• Children’s fiction, non-fiction and comics
• Picture books
• Other collections such as scores, songbooks, car manuals, DVDs and CDs

Books will be issued for 6 weeks. We can’t wait to see you!

Spots are limited and visits are restricted to one hour, so bookings will be essential — book your slot below!