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Reference Services

The main reference collection is held at the Waitakere Central Library - Henderson in the Reference Department and there are Reference Librarians to help you with your search. All items are for reference only and may not be borrowed.

Each local library has a smaller reference collection, and both the New Lynn and Massey libraries have Reference Librarians to assist you with your search.

Reference Department opening hours Reference resource
Genealogy information Newspapers
eResources Computer-based information
Te Kohinga pukapuka taonga Maori Nga Rātonga Māori - Māori collection
Waitakere local history J.T. Diamond Reading Room
Contact your Reference Librarian Eco Booklists

 

Reference Department opening hours

Level 2
3 Ratanui Street
Waitakere Central library
Henderson

Monday to Thursday 8.30 am - 8 pm
Friday 8.30 am - 5 pm
Saturday & Sunday 10 am - 4 pm

Reference resources

The Reference Department has: 

  • New Zealand and Pacific reference collections
  • NZ Government publications
  • NZ Acts and Statutes
  • NZ and Australian Standards (selected)
  • Vehicle workshop manuals
  • Encyclopaedias
  • Dictionaries and thesauri
  • Atlases
  • Microfiche/microfilm readers /printers
  • Genealogy information newspapers

For any reference inquiries please email the Reference Librarians.


 

Genealogy

The Genealogy collection has books, magazines, microfiche and microfilm on:

  • How to research family history
  • Published family histories
  • Street directories
  • Electoral rolls from 1865
  • Genealogical indexes
  • Births, deaths and marriage records
  • Cemetery records
  • Shipping records
  • Settler records
  • Expeditionary Force rolls and rolls of honour
  • Maori Land Court Minute Books
  • Waitangi Tribunal Raupatu Documents
  • Waitakere Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Collection (List of contents)
  • Books and websites list for Children
Open access, for reference only.

Waitakere Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Collection

Society of Genealogy logo


The Waitakere Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists has made their collection of books, indexes, magazines and microfiche available for everyone to use in the Reference Department of Waitakere Central Library. These items may not be borrowed and an appointment must be made before viewing the CD-Roms.

A NZSG member will be available in the Reference Department of Waitakere Central Library to answer your questions Monday - Friday 9am - 1pm and weekends by appointment only.

Contact us on (09) 818-2161 for an appointment.

Browse the collection.
 


 

Computer-based information

Staff have access to a selection of CD-Roms and to national and international databases, to answer information enquiries.


 

Newspapers

The Reference Department has holdings of the Western Leader on microfilm. To access the hard copies of the Western Leader, please refer to the J.T. Diamond Reading Room.

It also includes hardcopies of the last three months of the New Zealand Herald and the microfilms from 1863. Various other regional newspapers are also stored for up to two months.

Contact your Waitakere Central Reference Librarian for holdings.  Newspapers are for reference only.

For more information or local history enquiries, please contact us.

 


Te Kohinga pukapuka taonga Maori: The Maori Collection

Te Kohinga pukapuka taonga Maori,  the main Maori Collection, is located at Waitakere Central Library - Henderson on the second floor in the Reference Department. This collection is for library use only, however there are often copies available for borrowing from your local library. These can be easily identified by the Kowhaiwhai or a Māori symbol on the spine of the book.

Resources from this collection include.

  • Iwi / Hapu histories
  • Maori Land Court Minute Books
  • Raupatu Document Bank
  • Government Official publications
  • Maori newspapers and magazines
  • Births, deaths and marriages registers
  • Health
  • Education
  • Arts
  • Te Tiriti O Waitangi

Māori services :

The Maori Services include:

  • Story time in Te Reo Māori
  • Whakapapa (Genealogy)
  • Community outreach programmes at: Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa and Marae

The Kaiwhakahāere/Māori Librarian is available to help patrons access the above resources (appointments are advisable).

For more information or local history enquiries, please contact us.

 

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