About Us

We are your local library. Use us!
As a local resident there is no charge to join up and make the most of our resources. Children of any age may have their own library cards as long as they have an adult guarantor.

What we do : we've got answers to a million questions

  • Information files on matters of local interest,  Local History collections
  • Maori Land Court Minute Books (Levin library)
  • Help with homework inquiries
  • Funding Information Service
  • Breakout careers funding service
  • Maps on paper, CDROM and the Internet
  • Encyclopedias, dictionaries, telephone directories, electoral rolls, business directories
  • Consumer magazine, Mercantile and Tenders Gazettes, Statistics bulletins

Liven up your leisure

  • Novels for every taste, paperback and hardback
  • Board books for babies through to picture-books for teens
  • Books with large print, for when the glasses aren't as strong as they were, and books on tape when even large print isn't large enough
  • DVDs and Videos galore - classic movies, travel, sport, arts and crafts
  • Magazines
  • Jigsaw puzzles
  • Get involved with Kete Horowhenua and help us to gather your local history as it happens.  Learn how to use Kete Horowhenua by following our Kete Handbook.
  • Access Ancestry.com at Levin library to research your family history 


Note: there are charges for new novels, DVDs, talking books (unless you are sight disabled), magazines and CD-ROMs. Everything else is free to borrow

Internet@the library

  • We can help you set up your own personal email address.
  • We'll help you learn to use the Internet so you can find that elusive fact
  • Internet use is free in all Horowhenua libraries for the first half hour of use.  There is a charge of $2.00 for each additional half hour.
  • Ask us about having a password attached to your card so that you can request books or renew your issues from your home PC

Requests

  • You can request any item from the Horowhenua Libraries collections.  There is a $1 charge for reserving adult material, no charge for children's or teen items if you use your children's/teen library card.
  • You can request an item from most other libraries in New Zealand. There is a minimum $5.00 charge for using this Interloan service. If the lending library makes a charge, our charge to you may be higher. (We will ask you before we incur any extra charges.)

Homelink

  • If disability, illness or age makes it difficult for you to make your way to one of the district libraries, ask about Homelink. Our Homelink Librarian will select books for you.
  • Volunteer couriers will deliver and pick up as often as you need.
  • Contact Homelink Librarian Jenny by email or telephone 3681953

Holiday Programmes

  • Head for the Children's pages for information about Holiday programmes and much more

Photocopying and Laminating

Black and white (all libraries)

  • A4 - 20 cents per copy
  • A3 - 40 cents per copy

Colour (Levin only)

  • A4 - $2.00 per copy
  • A3 - $4.00 per copy

Laminating (Levin only)

  • A4 - $3.00 per sheet
  • A3 - $4.00 per sheet

Email Ema or call at any library for details about any service

The beautiful graphics on our web page are the work of local artist and illustrator Wendy Hodder.