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Research

Balneavis Collection

Some 500 New Zealand books and pamphlets focusing on early Māori and European settlement in New Zealand are included in the unique Balneavis Collection.

Government Publications

The library is a depository library for selected NZ Government Publications. Includes the Education Gazette, Census Statistics, Parliamentary Debates, and the NZ Gazette.

Newspapers

Information about current and historial newspaper available.

Whakapapa Genealogy

Get started on researching your genealogy whakapapa.

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News

About

  • Contact Us
  • Opening hours
  • Library Membership
  • Our Story
  • Stained Glass Window
  • Loan Periods and Charges
  • Fine Free Tairāwhiti
  • Returning Books
  • Lost Items and Payments
  • H B Williams Memorial Library Book Trust

Services

  • Book a Librarian
  • Info for Parents and Caregivers
  • Internet and Wifi
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Meeting Rooms
  • Printing and Photocopying
  • Holds and Inter-Library Loans
  • Outreach Services
  • Skinny Jump
  • Suggest a Book or eBook to buy

Events

Digital Library

  • My Library Online
  • Library Apps
  • eBooks and eAudiobooks
  • eLibrary
  • eNewspapers and eMagazines
  • Beamafilm
  • Gisborne Photo News
  • Local Resources

Homework Help

  • Anzac Day
  • Matariki – Māori New Year
  • Resources

Research

  • Balneavis Collection
  • Government Publications
  • Newspapers
  • Whakapapa Genealogy

HB Williams Memorial Library
PO Box 747
34 Bright Street
Gisborne 4040
Aotearoa New Zealand

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Phone: 06 867 6709

 

Opening times

Daily: 9am to 5:30pm

Tuesday: 9am to 8pm

Saturday: 9:30am to 1pm

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