Kohinga Reo o te Ao - World Language Collection
From Amharic to Urdu, our libraries hold books in over 50 languages for both kids and adults. Explore our language collections, and the libraries which hold them, below.

Catalogue Quicksearches
Language | Locations | On the Catalogue |
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Afrikaans |
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Amharic | አማርኛ |
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Arabic | َلْعَرَبِيَّة |
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Bengali | বাংলা |
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Burmese | မြန်မာဘာသာ |
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Chinese | 汉语 |
All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown |
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Cook Islands Māori | Māori Kūki ‘Āirani |
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Dutch | Nederlands |
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Farsi/Persian | فارسی |
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Fijian | Na vosa vaka-Viti |
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French | Français |
All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown |
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German | Deutsch |
All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown |
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Greek | Ελληνικά |
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Gujarati | ગુજરાતી |
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Hindi | हिन्दी |
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Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia |
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Italian | Italiano |
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Japanese | 日本語 |
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Korean | 한국어 |
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Malay | Bahasa Melayu |
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Nepali | नेपाली |
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Niuean | ko e vagahau Niuē |
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Oromo | Afaan Oromoo |
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Panjabi/Punjabi | جابی | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ |
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Polish | Polski |
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Portuguese | Português |
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Russian | Pусский |
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Samoan | Gagana Sāmoa |
All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown |
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Sinhala/Sinhalese | සිංහල |
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Somali | Af-Soomaali |
Kilbirnie, Miramar, Newtown, Off-site Storage |
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Spanish | Español |
All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown |
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Swedish | Svensk |
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Tagalog/Filipino | Wikang Filipino |
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Tamil | தமிழ் |
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Thai | ภาษาไทย |
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Tigrinya | ትግርኛ |
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Tokelauan | Gagana Tokelau |
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Tongan | lea fakatonga |
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Tuvaluan | 'gana Tuvalu |
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Ukrainian | українська |
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Urdu | ُردُو |
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Vietnamese | tiếng Việt |
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eLibrary Resources
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LOTE4Kids
LOTE4Kids is an online database of digital books in world languages,that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). LOTE4Kids has over 4500+ digital picture books in 70+ languages, with new books and languages released each month.
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PressReader
Same day access to full-page replicas of newspapers & magazines from NZ and around the world in 60+ languages.