About Wadestown Library
Our library and community
Wadestown library is a branch library in the Wellington City Libraries network. Wadestown's library service first started in 1932 in a building that was previously owned by the Working Men's Club at 46 Pitt Street. On the 29th of February 1988 a new library was built on land gifted to Wellington City Council by the Myers family in memory of their son Philip. The new building was designed by Wellington City Council City Design Team and features artwork in glass over the entrance.
The late poet/author/comedian and ex Goon Show member, Spike Milligan was known to meet a friend and sit on the corner of the land on which the library now sits. Consequently the area was named "Spike Milligan corner" to acknowledge this favourite spot. A seat was installed in Wadestown's Centenary year (1881-1981) and is known as the "Wadestown Centenary Seat".
There is a public toilet available to the side of the library but it is only open during library hours. Just up from the library there is a hairdresser, chemist, dairy, and more public toilets. A telephone booth is next to these toilets and a post box can be found next to the dairy. Wadestown School and pre schools are located nearby. Another dairy is located further down from the library.
More information about local community groups is available from the Wadestown Community Liaison Group website.
Our library team
The staff at Wadestown library come from a variety of backgrounds. Staff interests and areas of expertise are equally varied but include:- Local history and genealogy
- Children and children's literature
- Film
- Music
- Horticulture
- Travel
- Sailing
- And more...
If you have any questions for the staff please come in and see us or phone. Being a smaller library we can often offer a more personal level of service. So come in and get to know us!
Services we offer
Local pre-school and primary school groups visits
We arrange visits on site or away with local school groups. Please contact us to find out if this is possible for your group. We also run pre-school storytimes once a week.
Free Internet computer (access to pre-selected sites only)
Wadestown Library has one computer providing free access to pre-selected Internet sites. Our "free internet" computers offer free access to websites we think are useful for information or research. These include websites such as online newspapers, government websites, most NZ websites, the websites recommended in our Kids Catalogues and many more.
Photocopying
We also have a black and white photocopier which provides A4 copies (20 cents per page) and A3 copies (40 cents). It is coin-box operated, but we are able to give change.
Fax machine
We have a fax machine available. There is a $4 base charge for all faxes, plus per page charges for National and International faxes ($1.50 per page for National faxes, $6 per page for International faxes).
Our Collection
In addition to the normal library collection Wadestown has photos supplied by the Wadestown Historical Society for interested customers to view. There are new magazine display stands and layout.
Wadestown holds daily copies of "The Dominion" newspaper as well as various local news and information, including bus timetables.
