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Nau Mai, Haere mai

Welcome to the Hastings District Libraries in sunny Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Hastings, Havelock North and Flaxmere

Photo:  Storyteller Tanya Batt at Flaxmere Library
Photo: Flaxmere Library holiday programme fun.
Photo: Summer Reading Programme finale
Photo: Flaxmere Library Children's Section
Photo: Havelock North Library Children's activity area
Photo: A quiet read at Flaxmere Library
Photo: Havelock North Library desk area
Photo: Hastings Library downstairs desk with entertainers upstairs

Your information and entertainment hub for books, DVDs, talking books, CDs, magazines, newspapers, online databases and more.

Photocopying, Internet, email, word processing, printing and fax service - available in all three libraries.

Celebrating Te Reo:  Te Wa Pakiwaitara - Preschool Storytime on Friday morning.

Join in the Te Reo Writing Competition online - for ages 9 - 14 years old.  More on these

Photo: Sir James Wattie Business Section

The books in the Sir James Wattie Business Collection are being shifted downstairs or over to the main Reference Collection, making way for our new group study room upstairs - to be called the Sir James Watties Memorial Room.  More...

Image: Mr Muggs the Library Cat

It's that time again!  New Zealand's BIGGEST Storytime! Children, librarians, parents and teachers will gather in libraries all over the country on Wednesday 18 August, at 10.30am, for this very special Library Week event.  More...

Coming Up

Image: kids reading
Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 2:30pm
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 11:00am
Photo: Newcomers Marketplace
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 11:30am
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 6:00pm
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 10:30am
Events Calendar

Events Calendar

Check out our events calendar to see what's on at your local library.

Flew over to Paharakeke today - Ruth was making te mata parāoa with the tamariki. Tautoko Te Mahi Kai. Kia ora, Gannets love fairy bread!
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