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