Council fees and charges for libraries for 2024/2025.

  • Fees and charges set under section 12 Local Government Act 2002.
  • GST inclusive (15%).
Item Fee
Stock
Bestseller collection $3
Audio-visual materials
CD single $3
CD set $3
DVD single $3
DVD set $6
Non-city resident charges
Annual subscription $154
Overdue fines
There will be no overdue fines from 1 March 2022 onwards  
Holds and interloans
Adults - per item $0
Interloan - per item $13
Urgent interloan - full charge per item $43
Replacements
Membership cards: Adults $5
Membership cards: Children $2.50
Lost stock  Replacement cost plus $21 fee
Cassette and CD cases General Manager's discretion to set fees
Other services
Information products General Manager's discretion to set fees
Reprographics General Manager's discretion to set fees
Products General Manager's discretion to set fees
Preservation General Manager's discretion to set fees
Item delivery service General Manager's discretion to set fees
Gift voucher General Manager's discretion to set fees

Hire of meeting rooms and public spaces

Fees below are hourly unless otherwise noted.

Item

Fee
Community not-for-profit group hires
Booking party is a community group for community benefit and does not charge attendees per session (hourly rates)
Tūranga - TSB Space $33
Tūranga - Activity Room $16
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room $49
Tūranga - Spark Place $16
Meeting rooms - Sydenham Room at South Library; Community Room, Learning Rooms 2 and 3 at Upper Riccarton Library and New Brighton $16
Computer Rooms at Te Hāpua, Tūranga, and Upper Riccarton $16
Computer Room block bookings negotiated on time and set up $16
Resource Production  Cost recovery
Admin Support for tasks e.g. Marketing and Communications Cost recovery
Staffing  $75
Tūranga - after-hours host Cost recovery
Tūranga - after-hours security guard Cost recovery
Community not-for-profit group hires
Booking party is a community group/tutor. Attendees are charged a fee to attend each session. (Hourly rates).
Tūranga - TSB Space $116
Tūranga - Activity Room $58
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room $140
Tūranga - Spark Place $58
Meeting rooms - Sydenham Room at South Library; Community Room, Learning Rooms 2 and 3 at Upper Riccarton Library and New Brighton $25
Computer Rooms at Te Hāpua, Tūranga, and Upper Riccarton $63
Resource production Cost plus $26.25
Staffing $75
Tūranga - after hours host Cost recovery
Tūranga - after hours security guard Cost recovery
Commercial and private social event hires
Commercial business, corporate, government and private social functions hire.
Tūranga - TSB Space $156
Tūranga - TSB Space (daily rate) $1005
Tūranga - Activity Room $112
Tūranga - Activity Room (daily rate) $670
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room $223
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room (daily rate) $1340
Tūranga - Spark Place $112
Tūranga - Spark Place (daily rate) $670
Meeting rooms - Sydenham Room at South Library; Community Room, Learning Rooms 2 and 3 at Upper Riccarton Library and New Brighton $40
Computer Rooms at Te Hāpua, Tūranga, and Upper Riccarton, one-off booking $63
Resource production Costs plus 10%
Admin Support for tasks eg Marketing and Communications Costs plus $52.50
Staffing  $150
Tūranga - after-hours host Cost recovery
Tūranga - after-hours security guard Cost recovery
General Manager has discretion to change fees in response to external funding/sponsorship opportunities