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Tapu Te Ranga | Island Bay Library will close at 5:30 today due to staff illness. The afterhours slots will be open and we expect to be open as usual tomorrow.

Systems maintenance - Wednesday 23 July

From 8.30am-9am you may experience a short outage as we undertake some work on this website - we apologise if you experience any impact. NB. The online library catalogue and access to your library card will not be affected by this work.

Celebrate Friendly Cities: Dear Falasteen

By WCL librarians

We're introducing a new digital pen pal programme with the Leila Miqdadi Al-Qattan Library in Ramallah, Palestine.

Yasser Arafat Square in Ramallah, Palestine (2025) by Ligia Horta and Al-Hisbeh 03 (2023) by Heba Tannous

Yasser Arafat Square in Ramallah, Palestine (2025) by Ligia Horta

Pōneke | Wellington and Ramallah, Falasteen | Palestine, are on the path to becoming Friendly Cities. Ramallah is in the West Bank, 16km from Jerusalem, is famous for its cultural heritage, and is a hub for art, nightlife, music, and cuisine.

The A. M. Qattan Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit developmental organisation working in the fields of culture and education, with a particular focus on children, teachers and young artists. It was founded in 1993. The Leila Miqdadi Al-Qattan Library is located at the A. M. Qattan Foundation in Ramallah.

By facilitating a digital letter exchange between Ramallah and Pōneke, we hope to further our cities’ relationship and encourage meaningful conversations that enable us to explore one another’s cultures. Join us on this international letter exchange and learn about another culture over 16,000km away!

Register today!

For more information and to register for the programme, visit the information page.

Al-Hisbeh 03 (2023) by Heba Tannous

Courtesy of The A.M. Qattan Foundation

The A.M. Qattan Foundation building.

Courtesy of The A.M. Qattan Foundation

Leila Miqdadi Al-Qattan Library in Ramallah, Palestine.