Community Hub – aka the Town Library

Find the Miniature Library.

When was the last time you visited the library in Martinborough (or in Carterton, Featherston and Greytown)? If it’s been a few years, you’re in for a pleasant surprise.

We are now part of a large network of lower North Island libraries that includes Masterton, Hutt City, Porirua and Kapiti Coast libraries. This means a greatly enlarged collection with more than a million items to borrow. 

If we don’t hold a book you want, chances are we’ll be able to borrow a copy for you from one of our partner libraries. Best of all, it now doesn’t cost anything to reserve and borrow books, and there are no charges for overdue items. 

Your library also offers more than just books. Did you know you can use our computers for free? Check your email, browse the Internet, and perform other online activities such as banking? We also offer printing and scanning services: you can even print directly from your mobile device if you wish.  

And it’s a great place for little ones too, where imagination, fun and learning come alive! We hold weekly story-time sessions for pre-schoolers as well as after-school activities for older children. Our holiday programmes are always a hit, with boredom-busting activities to engage young minds and bodies. 

As a community hub, you can find all kinds of support at regular clinics held by Digital Seniors, Justices of the Peace and Wairarapa Community Law. 

Get together with like-minded people – come along for a friendly game of Scrabble, join our reading groups, or start one of your own with our bookclub sets. 

For those who are creatively inclined, look out for free craft and sewing workshops taking place throughout the year led by the talented team from Divine River. 

We work with Wai Word to host frequent talks by writers. Listen and learn a variety of topics from local plants to poetry, sustainable farming, history. 

If you can’t come to the library for any reason, let us come to you! Sign up to our Homelink service and we’ll deliver a selection of reading materials to your home every three weeks. In addition, we can help you download the Libby app to your mobile device and show you how to access thousands of digital items from the comfort of your home.

Whether you want to catch up on the newspaper headlines, browse the shelves, or just chat with our friendly library team, you can expect a warm welcome. And a surprise or two – can you find the miniature library?

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For information on membership and events, please visit our website www.wls.org.nz, follow us on Facebook, or email us library@wls.org.nz