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Hours:

• Monday to Friday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Services include:

• Art displays
• Games PCs, PlayStations and Sky TV
• Get Well Bags
• Local history collection
• Parenting room: child's size toilet and basin, adult basin, pull down nappy changer, sanispray for spraying changer, microwave, adult chair / feeding chair
• Pier photograph collection
• Public toilets in foyer, including disabled access
• Wheelchair available for use in library
• No public phone in library
• Niwa piercam situated at the library
• Wireless internet access
• Parking is close to library, with disabled access
• Bike stands outside the restaurant next door to library
• Services available at all Christchurch City Libraries
• Christchurch City Libraries events calendar

Te Kete Wānanga o Karoro

About our Māori name

Listen to our Māori name [65Kb MP3]

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Kate Ogden - community librarian (interview)

About the New Brighton Library building

Architects: Andrew Barclay and Scott Koopman of Architecture Warren and Mahoney
Construction: Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd
Cost: $4.5 million
Date opened: July 1999

Awards:

2000 NZIA Resene National Award for Architecture
2000 NZIA Resene Regional Award (Urban Design)
1999 NZIA Resene Branch Award for Architecture (Community and Culture)
1999 NZIA Resene Colour Award for Architecture (Interior Design)

New Brighton Pier

• New Brighton Pier: includes a brief history of the current and original piers and links to additional resources
• Pier construction photographs
• New Brighton: a selection of historical photos from our collection
• Big Storm at New Brighton Pier, 20th July 2001