City Council fees and charges for libraries for 2021/2022.

  • 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 $140
Overdue fines  
Per item per day $0.70
Maximum fine per item $21
Holds and interloans  
Adults - per item $3
Interloan - per item $12
Urgent interloan - full charge per item $40
Replacements  
Membership cards: Adults $5
Membership cards: Children $2.50
Lost stock  Replacement cost plus $21.00 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
3D printing General Manager's discretion to set fees
Laser cutting General Manager's discretion to set fees
Products General Manager's discretion to set fees
Bindery 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

Not-for-profit community hires

  • For community groups, for community benefit, with no charge for attendees.
  
Tūranga - TSB Space $32
Tūranga - Activity Room $15.50
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room $47
Tūranga - Spark Place $15.50
Tūranga - Meeting rooms No charge
Smaller community spaces (see below) $15
Computer Room No charge
Computer Room block bookings, negotiated on time and set up No charge
Resource Production  Cost recovery
Admin Support for tasks e.g. Marketing and Communications Cost recovery
Staffing  $70
Tūranga - after hours host Cost recovery
Tūranga - after hours security guard Cost recovery

Not-for-profit community hires

  • For community groups or tutors where attendees are charged a fee or payment.
  
Tūranga - TSB Space $104
Tūranga - Activity Room $52
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room $125
Tūranga - Spark Place $52
Tūranga - Meeting rooms $22
Smaller community spaces (see below) $22
Computer Room $56
Resource production Cost plus $25
Staffing $70
Tūranga - after hours host Cost recovery
Tūranga - after hours security guard Cost recovery

Commercial and private social event hires

  • For auctions, meetings, birthdays, weddings, funerals, private events etc.
  
Tūranga - TSB Space $140
Tūranga - TSB Space (daily rate) $900
Tūranga - Activity Room $100
Tūranga - Activity Room (daily rate) $600
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room $200
Tūranga - TSB Space plus Activity room (daily rate) $1,200
Tūranga - Spark Place $100
Tūranga - Spark Place (daily rate) $600
Tūranga - Meeting rooms $35
Smaller community spaces (see below) $35
Computer Room, one-off booking $82
Computer Room, block bookings $56
Resource production Costs plus 10%
Admin Support for tasks eg Marketing and Communications Costs plus $50
Staffing  $140
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  

Smaller community spaces for which these charges apply:

  • Upper Riccarton Library community room
  • Upper Riccarton Library learning room 2
  • Upper Riccarton Library learning room 3
  • South Library Sydenham Room