Library

Kawerau Library

Street Address: Jellicoe Court, Kawerau

Postal Address: P.O. Box 103, Kawerau, 3169

Phone: (07) 306 9041

E-mail: library@kaweraudc.govt.nz

Opening Hours

Monday-Friday 10am-5pm

Saturday 10am-1pm

News And Events

School Holiday Fun

Do you need something for the kids to do over the holidays? The Kawerau District Library has the answer with the following fun activities over the July school holiday period. Sessions run for 30 minutes to 1 hour and children need to be accompanied by an adult. Any queries can be made to the Library on 07 306 9041.

TODDLER TIME: FOOD FUN

Enjoy a story about the food fiend and use breakfast to make crafts. A session for the littlies (under 5).
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 10.30am (at the Library)

TREASURES PAST

Play games with Irene (Sir James Fletcher Kawerau Museum) and make your own treasured memories.
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 10.30am (at the Library)

FAT COWS AND FLAT CATS

Listen to Andy Griffiths stories and be inspired to make your own Andy animal craft.
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 10.30am (at the Library)

CRAZY CREATIONS

What can you make? Use up all our leftovers and make anything you want.
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 10.30am (at the Library)

Vacancy - Assistant Librarian (Responsible For Youth Services)

Do you have a passion for young people and the delivery of Library Services to them? We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and experienced Librarian or Teacher with a strong interest in young person’s literature and expertise with working with youth. You will also be responsible for administration of some library processes and need to be able to multi-task in a challenging environment. The ideal person that Council is looking for will have:

Excellent customer service and communication skills
Expertise in the delivery of library services to children and teenagers
Knowledge of books and electronic resources for youth
An appropriate tertiary library or educational qualification
Familiarity with Tikanga Maori and Te Reo skills
Understanding of public libraries, education services and learning processes
Good ICT skills and a familiarity with information retrieval searching and Microsoft applications
Well organised with the ability to manage time effectively

Naturally, we are looking for a person interested in managing and developing the youth services and collections of the Library, along with general customer service and other library duties. This is a full-time 40 hours per week position.

The Position Description and Application Form are available from:

Chief Executive Officer’s Secretary
Kawerau District Council
Private Bag 1004
KAWERAU 3169
Telephone: (07) 306 9009
Facsimile: (07) 323 8072
Email: janette.jamieson@kaweraudc.govt.nz

Applications close on 7 July 2009 and should be marked “Confidential” and addressed to:

Chief Executive Officer
Kawerau District Council
Private Bag 1004
KAWERAU 3169

R B George
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Wireless Internet Is Now Live

The Kawerau District Library has switched on its new wireless internet service. This means people can access the internet around the Library for free through their own wireless equipment such as wifi enabled laptops, cable phones and pdas, rather than wait in a queue to use the Library’s existing machines. This service is provided through National Library’s Aotearoa Peoples Network (APN) project and this is the internet service that users connect to. The wireless internet runs while the library is open (weekday 10am-5pm and Saturday 10am-1pm) and is filtered and behind a firewall in the same manner as the APN public PCs (blocks on offensive content, viruses, non-standard connections like Runescape, chat and IM). People can use the service inside the building or out on the seating around the Library in Ranfurly Court. District Librarian, Susan Harris, said “this is a fantastic asset that APN has added to our community and I can see a real benefit for visitors and locals who have their own equipment and need to use the internet, but don’t have the time to wait for the Library PCs to become free".

Kawerau was the first community in New Zealand to benefit from the Aotearoa People’s Network, which provides free access to broadband internet services through public libraries, and the wireless internet is an added feature to this service. “Our aim is to have every public library in New Zealand connected to the internet so that New Zealanders from all communities, both large and small, can benefit from creating, accessing and experiencing digital content" says John Truesdale, Programme Leader, National Library of New Zealand. “With the Aotearoa People's Network in place, libraries will become even more of a hub for the next digital wave, catering to patrons that are tech-savvy as well as giving those who are not yet familiar with the online world an opportunity to participate."

“It’s great for a small community like Kawerau to be first with such an exciting initiative. Not only will it give Kawerau people free online access to content, it will also provide tools for individuals to create and store their own content," says Susan Harris, Library Manager of the Kawerau District Library. The Network is a collaboration between National Library of New Zealand, public libraries and business, with initial funding received from the Government’s Community Partnership Fund. The funding, covers equipment, networking, training and access to web based tools and services. It is also supported by Telecom New Zealand, which has provided sponsorship funding as well as staffing resources in setting up the network.

The Aotearoa People’s Network is a key project that comes under the wider government Digital Content Strategy aimed at unlocking New Zealand’s stock of content to build opportunities for participating, creating and accessing digital content for all New Zealanders.

For more information, look on the Projects page.

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