You are welcome to bring your dog into the library if it is certified as a “disability assist dog” by an approved organisation. If your dog does not have this certification, it may not come with you to the library. You can share the certification with us and we’ll update your library membership to show you are entitled to have a dog with you at the library.
Disability assist dogs must be certified by one of the following organisations:
- Assistance Dogs New Zealand Trust
- Hearing Dogs for Deaf People New Zealand
- K9 Medical Detection New Zealand
- Mobility Assistance Dogs Trust
- New Zealand Epilepsy Assist Dogs Trust
- Perfect Partners Assistance Dogs Trust
- Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Incorporated
- K9 Search Medical Detection.
Each organisation issues a coat for the dog to wear with the organisation’s name on it, and some form of identification for the handler.
Read more: Disability assist dogs and rights of access Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission.
