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Hours:

• Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 9:00pm
• Saturday - Sunday, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Parking:

• Farmers car park (first hour free)
• Rydges Hotel car park

Services

• Artworks on display
• Services available at all Christchurch City Libraries
• Christchurch City Libraries events calendar
• Free wireless internet access:

Floorplans

Ground floor floorplan

• Customer Services & Membership
• Popular Centre - fiction, talking books, music (CDs/tapes) and magazines
• Bestsellers - books, CDs and DVDs
• Young Adults - reading area
• Centre for the Child

First Floor floorplan

• Info-Centre
• Interloans
• Music (sheet music)
• Directories collection - trade, statistics & telephone
• Photocopying

Second Floor floorplan

• Aotearoa New Zealand Centre
  • Family & local history, archives, research room, microfilm & microfiche centre
• Ngā Pounamu Māori Centre
• Newspapers

Third Floor

The Libraries Manager is located on the 3rd floor. Please ring the bell at reception for assistance.

Central Library Floorplans - all floors [2.45 Mb PDF]

Te Kete Wānanga o Ōtākaro

About our Māori name

Listen to our Māori name [71Kb MP3]

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More information about the Central Library

• The Central Library building was designed by architects Warren and Mahoney, and officially opened by The Governor-General, Hon. Sir David Beattie, GCMG GCVO, QC on 2 February 1982.
• Canterbury Public Library opening - booklet was published to celebrate the opening of the central library.
• The Library in the Heart of the City
• The Central Library is a member of the Cultural Precinct