Shelf Help

Home & DIY:

(Or try this Sustainable Living Catalogue Search)

Gardening:

The majority of Gardening books are located 635 but some books are found in other areas.

Gardening Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

The library holds a number of gardening encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Useful Websites

• Property search
• WCC Property services overview
  The Council can help you with a range of building information needs and requirements. Have a look here for an overview.
• Building Research Association of New Zealand
  BRANZ is an independent and impartial research, testing, consulting and information company providing resources for the building industry.
• New Zealand Legislation
  This site contains New Zealand Acts, Bills, and Regulations. You can read and download any of these free of charge.
• Resource Consents
  Any development, subdivision or other proposed use of a site must be assessed against the Council's District Plan. The District Plan contains rules about different types of activities in different parts of the city. Anything not permitted by the Plan requires a resource consent, which will be for either a land-use consent or a subdivision consent. Find out more information here.
• Sustainability
  Wellington City Council has information regarding sustainable building to help homeowners, tenants, commercial property owners, architects, developers and builders make Wellington's buildings more sustainable.
• WCC archives overview, including family history, rates books, publications, rating and valuation records
• Building Act 2004.

Contact us

This page is written and maintained by library staff. Our aim is to keep you informed about the home and garden collection at the library and to highlight parts of the collection which may interest you. We'd be pleased to hear from you about this page - you can email us with any feedback.