Are you looking for books that aren’t in English or te reo Māori? You’re in luck. On this page, you’ll find a list of all of the languages we hold and where you can find them. If a language has “Central Storage” as its location, it means you’ll need to use our online catalogue to reserve books in that language from our collection warehouse, Te Pātaka, to be collected from the branch of your choice. If you’re stuck, ask a librarian for help, or send us an email and we’ll help you find what you need.

Note: The list below is for adult and YA books — our branch libraries’ children’s collections include Pacific languages and locally-spoken world languages as well.

Afrikaans [Afrikaans] — Central Storage

Arabic [اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ] — Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) Library and Central Storage

Catalan [català] — Central Storage

Chinese [汉语] — Johnsonville, Karori, Newtown, Arapaki Libraries and Central Storage

Cook Islands Māori [Māori Kūki ‘Āirani] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

Dutch [Nederlands] — Central Storage

Fijian [Na vosa vaka-Viti] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

French [français] — Arapaki Library and Central Storage

German [Deutsch] — Arapaki Library and Central Storage

Greek (ancient) [αρχαία ελληνικά] — Central Storage

Greek (modern) [ελληνικά] — Central Storage

Gujarati [ગુજરાતી] — Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) Library and Central Storage

Hebrew [עִבְרִית‎] — Central Storage

Hindi [मानक हिन्दी] — Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie), Johnsonville Libraries and Central Storage

Hungarian [magyar nyelv] — Central Storage

Italian [italiano] — Central Storage

Japanese [日本語] — Arapaki Library and Central Storage

Korean [한국어] — Central Storage

Latin [lingua latīna] — Central Storage

Niuean [ko e vagahau Niuē] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

Persian/Farsi [فارسی] — Central Storage

Polish [polski] — Central Storage

Portuguese [português] — Central Storage

Punjabi [ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پن٘جابی ] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

Romanian [limba română] — Central Storage

Russian [русский] — Arapaki Library and Central Storage

Sāmoan [Gagana Sāmoa] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

Serbian [српски] — Central Storage

Sinhala [සිංහල] — Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) Library and Central Storage

Spanish [español] — Arapaki Library and Central Storage

Swedish [svenska] — Central Storage

Tagalog [Tagalog] — Central Storage

Tamil [தமிழ்] — Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) Library and Central Storage

Thai [ภาษาไทย] — Central Storage

Tokelauan [Faka-Tokelau] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

Tongan [lea fakatonga] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

Turkish [Türkçe] — Central Storage

Tuvaluan [Te Ggana Tuuvalu] — Newtown Library and Central Storage

Vietnamese [Tiếng Việt] — Central Storage

Welsh [Cymraeg] — Central Storage