About the Library

Contact Details

Christchurch City Libraries
work PO Box 1466,
Christchurch 8140,
New Zealand.
workp: +64-3-941-7923
faxf: +64-3-941-7075
urlw: christchurchcitylibraries.com

Pay PCInternet access

  • All internet computers are available to anybody who wishes to use them.
  • All internet access is governed by our Internet Use Policy.
  • Most PCs may be booked for periods of up to an hour. If not booked, PCs are available first come first served. If other people are waiting to use PCs you may be asked to stop using them after an hour.
  • Both free and pay PCs also have office applications installed which are free to use.

Free PCs

Free access to thousands of selected internet sites, including:

  • most New Zealand web sites (those ending in .nz)
  • the government domains for over 100 countries (e.g. ending in .govt.something, .gov, .gob, .gub etc)
  • access to the academic domains (.ac and .edu) of UK, Australia and the USA
  • plus thousands of other hand selected sites listed in the Internet Gateway

We restrict email, instant messaging and chat on our free service but permit access to many popular social networking sites.

Pay PCs

We have at least one Pay PC in each library except for Diamond Harbour, Little River and the Mobile Library, for email and general browsing.

Email and general internet browsing is charged at 5 cents per minute, starting at 4 minutes for 20 cents and up to 50 minutes for $2.50. See table below for detail.

Pay for 4 minutes $0.20
Pay for 10 minutes $0.50
Pay for 20 minutes $1.00
Pay for 30 minutes $1.50
Pay for 40 minutes $2.00
Pay for 50 minutes $2.50

USB driveThe Pay PCs can access USB drives at all our libraries. You can purchase a USB from many of our libraries for $20. Some Pay PCs have a flash memory card reader attached to enable access to your memory card e.g. Sony memory stick.

Adding Internet Time

If you have no internet time left, follow these steps to ensure you extend your time without disrupting your work.

  1. Open another Internet Explorer window by clicking the ie 6 icon icon at the bottom of the screen.
  2. In this new window, you will be asked to ‘Click Here’ to choose how much time you want on the internet. Please remember: do not select more internet time than session time, as no refunds are given for time not used.
  3. Your internet time should now be refreshed, and you can close the new Internet Explorer window and return to what you were working on.

Hover your mouse over this icon Pharos Time icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen to confirm how much time you have left.