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
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
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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