Christmas and New Year holiday hours 2020 / 2021

Check our opening hours for the holidays

Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou. All our libraries will be closed on statutory public holidays.
See our normal hours and locations.

Opening hours and services over the holidays

  • 3D printing: Our 3D printing service will be unavailable 20 December 2020 until 4 January 2021.
  • Mobile Library: Last day of service for the Mobile Library Friday 18 December 2020. Service resumes on Wednesday 6 January 2021.
  • Interloans will be closed from Thursday 23 December and will resume on Wednesday 6 January 2021.
  • JP Justices of the Peace sessions. Papanui, South, Shirley, and Spreydon JP sessions continue over the holidays. More JP session holiday hours.
  • Little River Library closes on Thursday 24 December at 4.30pm, and reopens Tuesday 5 January at 8.30am.
  • Service Centres. The Papanui, Riccarton and Shirley Service Centres will be closed from 5pm on 24 December until 29 December. They will be open from 9am to 5pm from 29 to 31 December. They will be closed again from 1 to 4 January 2021. Normal hours will resume from 5 January. The service desk at Te Hapua will close at 6pm on 24 December and reopen at 9am on the 26 December. Between 26 and 30 December, the service desk will be open from 9am to 7pm. On New Year's Eve it will be open from 9am to 6pm. On New Year's Day it will open from 10am to 7pm. On 2 and 3 January it will open from 9.30am to 7pm, with normal hours resuming on 4 January.

Thursday 24 December All libraries open as normal and close at 6pm (or their usual closing time if it is earlier). 

Friday 25 December (Christmas Day) - All libraries closed.

Saturday 26 December (Boxing Day) - All libraries closed.

Sunday 27 December Tūranga open from 10am to 5pm; all other libraries closed.

Monday 28 December - All libraries closed.

Tuesday 29 December All libraries open as normal and close at 6pm (or their usual closing time if it is earlier). Little River Library and Mobile Library closed.

Wednesday 30 December All libraries open as normal and close at 6pm (or their usual closing time if it is earlier). Little River Library and Mobile Library closed. 

Thursday 31 December All libraries open as normal and close at 6pm (or their usual closing time if it is earlier). Little River Library and Mobile Library closed. 

Friday 1 January 2021 (New Year's Day) - All libraries closed.

Saturday 2 January 2021 (New Year Holiday) - All libraries closed.

Sunday 3 January 2021 Tūranga open from 10am to 5pm; all other libraries closed.

Monday 4 January 2021 - All libraries closed.

Tuesday 5 January 2021 - Normal hours resume (except Mobile Library service resumes on Wednesday 6 January).

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