Nga Mihi o te Wa & Happy Holidays
Christmas & New Year Hours
| Timetable | ||||
| Davis Library | Alexander Library | Gonville Library | Mobile Van: Tahi | |
| Wednesday, 24 December 2025 | 9.30am to 5.00pm | 9.30am to 1.00pm | 9.00am to 5.00pm | Regular Stops |
| Thursday, 25 December 2025 | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Friday, 26 December 2025 | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Saturday, 27 December 2025 | 10am to 3.00pm | Closed | 9.30am to 2.00pm | Closed |
| Sunday, 28 December 2025 | 10am to 3.00pm | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Monday, 29 December 2025 | 9.30am to 5.00pm | Closed | 9.30am to 5.00pm | Regular Stops |
| Tuesday, 30 December 2025 | Closed for Stocktake | Closed | 9.30am to 5.00pm | Regular Stops |
| Wednesday, 31 December 2025 | Closed for Stocktake | Closed | 9.30am to 5.00pm | Regular Stops |
| Thursday, 1 January 2026 | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Friday, 2 January 2026 | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Saturday, 3 January 2026 | 10am to 3.00pm | Closed | 9.30am to 2.00pm | Closed |
| Sunday, 4 January 2026 | 10am to 3.00pm | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Monday, 5 January 2026 | 9.30am to 5.00pm | 9.30am to 5.00pm | 9.30am to 5.00pm | Regular Stops |
Reading matters
“What do libraries do for us? Well, they introduce many into the world of literacy and learning and help to make it a lifelong habit; they equalise; they teach empathy and help us to learn about each other; they preserve our cultural heritage; they protect our right to know and to learn; they build communities; they strengthen and advance us as a nation; they empower us as individuals.”
Malorie Blackman, UK Children’s Laureate 2013 to 2015
“People flock in, nevertheless, in search of answers to those questions only librarians are considered to be able to answer, such as “Is this the laundry?” “How do you spell surreptitious?” and, on a regular basis, “Do you have a book I remember reading once? It had a red cover and it turned out they were twins.”
Sir Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
More readers, reading more: Whanganui District Library Strategic Plan 2018-2023
Te Kāuru Māori Access Framework
Whanganui’s public libraries offer free access to a world of literature, learning and entertainment. Membership is free for everyone. Encouraging and facilitating reading is the heart of our operation and we have more than 100,000 books and magazines to help us do it, as well as over 30,000 audiobooks, eBooks and eMagazines (and DVDs and CDs as well). We look after our community’s memories and enable people to discover and connect with their own and their community’s stories. We welcome around 400,000 people every year. We are safe, welcoming community spaces that connect people to literature, to knowledge, to entertainment and to the whole world. We are public spaces that connect people to one another.