 Waitakere Local
History
Local history service provides and collects information about the history of Waitakere and West Auckland.
The collections are held at the
Waitakere Central Library and are available in the
J. T. Diamond Reading Room. Access to the collection is restricted.
All items are for use in the reading room only and may not be borrowed.
Local history resources
The collection includes:
- Books
- Archives
- Manuscripts
- Maps and plans
- Memorabilia and ephemera
- Local Newspapers including the Western Leader
- Photographs
- Research files
- Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives from 1860
- Oral Histories
Please contact
us.
Western Leader
Waitakere Library and Information Services pride itself to be the only place
in New Zealand to hold all copies of the Western Leader since its inception
(1967). The Local History Collection also holds the complete run of West Weekly
and The Aucklander West edition.
West Auckland local history goes virtual - Local History Online is now live
at:
www.localhistoryonline.org.nz providing indexing access to 1000s of local
newspapers. Local History Online is a joint project between Waitakere, North
Shore and Rodney Libraries (ROWANS).
Local History Online will ultimately provide access to the existing digital
and electronic local history collections of Waitakere, North Shore and Rodney
Libraries. At the moment access is to the indexes for the local newspapers. The
Waitakere Newspaper Index covers the Western Leader, West Weekly and Aucklander,
West ed. from 2002. Customers can read the full text of the newspapers in the
J.T. Diamond Reading Room,
Waitakere Central Library,
or interloan their request.
You can also access online the full stories of the most recent Western Leader
by visiting: Western Leader
Online
Finally, The Reference Department has
holdings of the Western Leader on microfilm.
For further information on the Western Leader, please see its parent company
(Fairfax) website:
For any Local History inquiries please email the
localhistory@waitakerelibs.govt.nz
J.T. Diamond Reading Room
Location & Opening hours
The J.T. Diamond Reading Room is a place for in-depth study of the West
Auckland region and is located in the
Waitakere Central Library, Henderson. The room was named in
recognition of Jack Diamond's contribution to West Auckland history.
John Thomas (Jack) Diamond M.B.E. extensively researched, documented,
collected and wrote about West Auckland history. In 2001, Jack's archive
was donated to Waitakere Libraries. The collection primarily covers the timber, brick and pottery industries,
the history and archaeology of the
Waitakere Ranges and Maori history. It includes original research, published and
collected works and photographs. A finding aid as well as reference assistance
for the collection is available from the Reading Room information desk.
Location & opening hours
Level 2
3 Ratanui Street
Waitakere Central library
Henderson
| Monday to Thursday |
9 am - 8 pm |
| Friday |
9 am - 5 pm |
| Saturday & Sunday |
10 am - 4 pm |
Preserving Your Family heritage
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