Ngā Pātengi Raraunga mā ngā tamariki Kids' databases
Resources you have access to with your library card. Also included in this list are a number of freely available websites that can be accessed without a library card login. You can filter these by toggling the buttons below.
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- PressReader NZ Newspapers
- Story Box Library
- Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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AnyQuestions
AnyQuestions offers free online homework help to New Zealand school students. You can log on to the website from 1pm to 6pm Monday to Friday during the school year and chat online with a friendly librarian about a schoolwork question.
BorrowBox
eAudiobooks & eBooks (mainly eAudiobooks) from Australia's leading provider - over 3500 titles
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online offers over 73,000 encyclopaedia articles, along with a world atlas, an online dictionary and thesaurus, articles and news headlines
Kids' eReading Room
Free eBook and downloadable eAudiobook collection containing thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for children. This is Overdrive's website, which is great for browsing - for app use, we recommend Libby.
LanguageNut
LanguageNut is a fun way to learn different languages for kids and adults. There are songs, stories and games for each language so you'll be adding to your vocabulary without really realising it!
To get started, enter your library card number into the box on the site labelled "barcode"
ManyAnswers
Complementary to the AnyQuestions homework reference service - for those times when AnyQuestions librarians are not online, you can visit the ManyAnswers section of the website to find information on popular schoolwork questions.
National Geographic Kids
Discover the world in a way you've never seen before - National Geographic Kids will take you on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. National Geographic Kids includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images.
PressReader NZ Newspapers
Gives same day, unlimited access to full-page replicas of many New Zealand newspapers and magazines, with titles going back 90 days.
Note: Stuff Ltd PressReader publications, including The Post are now only available for in-library use (more information about the Stuff Ltd PressReader publications change).
Story Box Library
The best place for children to watch and listen to celebrated stories read aloud by Australian and New Zealand storytellers. Intended as a complementary form of delivering the experience of being read aloud to, Story Box Library provides a growing number of titles suitable for preschool and primary aged children
Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
In Māori, Te Ara means 'the pathway'. Through interlinking text and image trails, the Encyclopedia takes you on a journey of discovery. The site also includes New Zealand's last official encyclopedia from 1966. It is published here in full, with all the original drawings, maps and photographs