Waitangi Day and weekend hours 2016

Libraries are closed Saturday 6 Feb - some libraries are open Monday 8 Feb.

6 February is Waitangi Day, a public holiday which commemorates the signing, in 1840, of the Treaty of Waitangi between Māori and representatives of the British Crown. All Christchurch City Libraries branches will be closed on Saturday 6 February. Some libraries will be open on Monday 8 February.

Saturday 6 February - closed

Sunday 7 February - open normal hours

Monday 8 February - Waitangi Day observed. Fendalton, Te Hāpua: Halswell, Shirley, South, and library phone service will be open from 10am to 4pm (all other libraries are closed).

Waka, Okains Bay
Waka, Okains Bay, 6 February 1977. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ. HWC08-SO-102

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