Hamilton City Libraries

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Hamilton City Libraries is the city-council-owned public library system of the city of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.[1] The library lends fiction and non-fiction (for all ages), magazines, audiobooks, and DVDs.

From November 2016 to 9 July 2018, a substitute library compensated for the temporarily closed Central branch,[2] and the libraries closed for over 2 months for COVID-19 in 2020.[3] Waikato District residents living close to Hamilton City can freely use the Hamilton libraries.[4]

Public library history

In 1871 Hamilton Institute appointed a librarian,[5] with support from Auckland Provincial Council. By 1874 its reading room had 209 books and 72 subscribers,[3] but, although its books were largely saved from a fire,[6] the secretary then decamped with the funds.[7]

A poll under the Public Libraries Act 1869 rejected a rate to set up a library by 17:7 in 1883;[8] without a council decision, the Act required at least 10 ratepayers to request a poll.[9] Next year a new library was established by subscriptions in the Union Bridge toll house,[10] tolls having ended in January 1883,[11] and it was officially opened on 10 October 1884. A new building at the south end of Victoria Street opened on 22 April 1899. Andrew Carnegie library, designed by Rigby and Warren,[3] opposite Garden Place,[12] was opened by Sir Joseph Ward on 17 February 1908.[13] By 1928 it had 892 subscribers and 10,000 books[14] and, by 1948, 2,344 subscribers and 130,674 books.[15] In June 1960 a new council building opened on Worley St and the library moved from the Carnegie site, which was sold.[3] The Carnegie Library briefly became a Lions opp shop,[16] before being demolished about 1961.[17] In 1968 it moved to William Paul Hall, formerly the Waikato Winter Show building and has been in Garden Place since 20 March 1993.[3]

Frankton Library officially opened on 22 September 1923[18] and in 1950 became a branch of Hamilton Public Library.[3]

As of 1980Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Hamilton had one of the country's largest public libraries.[19]

Branches

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Hamilton Central Library, located in Garden Place, converted from the Arthur Barnett department store (former Drapery and General Importing Company - DIC) and opened on 20 March 1993. The facade is being replaced between August 2025 and February 2026[20]

There are seven current branches:

Branch Notes
Central Library - Te Koopuu Maania o Kirikiriroa In November 2016, the Central branch was closed until 9 July 2018 for earthquake strengthening.[21] A pop-up library operated temporarily out of the reception lounge in the nearby municipal building while the Central branch was closed.[2]
Chartwell Library - Kukutaaruhe Opened 10 September 1984.[3]
Dinsdale Library - Te Tiwha O Pareiiriwhare Opened 17 August 1985.[3]
Glenview Library - Mangakootukutuku Opened 8 November 1989.[3]
Hillcrest Library - Manga-o-nua Opened in August 1982 and moved to Masters Ave in 1997.[3]
St Andrews Library - Waiwherowhero Opened 23 February 1990,[3] as a replacement for Frankton Library,[22] on Hall Street,[23] which was demolished about 1983 to make way for the new bridge over the railway.[24]
Te Kete Aronui - Rototuna Library Opened 21 July 2023.[25]

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