Library Services

Reserve, Click and Collect

How to order: 

What do you need? 

  • You will need your library card and PIN number.

*Please note normal rental fees apply.

Bag o' Books

Grab a ‘bag of books’ selected by a librarian. We have a range of options available. You can order today and collect tomorrow.

FREE for library members.

How to order:

What do you need?

  • Your Library card.

Service available at

  • Whakatāne: Monday – Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
  • Murupara: Monday – Friday, 10 am - 5 pm from 25 May

Interloans

The Interloans service supplements our own collections by making the resources of other New Zealand (and some Australian) libraries available to you.

We charge a small interloan fee of $7.00, which you pay when you collect the item. Sometimes there may be an additional cost, but we will contact you first if this happens.

We can interloan:

  • Books (standard and large print)
  • Articles (from magazines and newspapers)
  • Car manuals
  • Music scores, CDs
  • DVDs
  • Audio (talking) books

Housebound

Our library staff will select items for members of the Whakatāne Horizon Energy Library who, for reasons of illness or frailty, are unable to visit the library and who have no family able to assist.

We can select from the following:

  • Books (standard and/or large print)
  • Audio (talking) books
  • Magazines
  • Jigsaw puzzles

Volunteer drivers will deliver and collect items fortnightly. Please call us to request a form to join this service.

Group or Class Visit

Tell us what you need:

  • Introduction to the library
  • Layout of this library
  • How to find items using the catalogue
  • Research skills and strategies

We need to know:

  • Time and date
  • Particular focus of visit
  • How many coming
  • The age range of the group

If members of the group are interested in becoming members of the library, they are welcome to fill out an enrolment form. To join the library or become a member, they will need to provide two forms of identification.