General Services

Housebound delivery

We offer a limited delivery service for our members who are housebound through illness or injury. For further information contact Jeanette or Irene at Kaiapoi Library, (03) 375 5009.

 

FREE INTERNET - Aotearoa People's Network

All our libraries have free computer access supplied by the Aotearoa People's Network. The computers have a wide range of functions including internet, email, word processing, Skype, etc.

 

Free WiFi

All our libraries have free WiFi access for your wireless-enabled laptop or mobile device during library hours. With the wireless network enabled, your laptop should automatically detect the library's wireless network. You will be redirected to the Aotearoa People's Network welcome page, where you will need to accept the terms and conditions before you can use the WiFi service.

 

Other Services

  • Photocopiers (not currently available in Kaiapoi)
  • Fax service (not currently available in Kaiapoi) - we will fax documents for you nationally or internationally. This service costs $2.00 for the first page and $0.50 per subsequent page.
  • Laminator (not currently available in Kaiapoi)
  • Print enlarging reader (Rangiora only)
  • A3 Flat-bed scanner (Rangiora only) - scan to one of our APN computers, or to your USB stick
  • A wheelchair is available for use in the Rangiora Library - ask at the desk
  • Electoral rolls - full sets of electoral rolls for New Zealand are held at Rangiora Library. Kaiapoi and Oxford Libraries have rolls for the local areas.

 

Genealogy Research

Cemetery Records

  • Waimakariri District Burial Records CD is available at Rangiora and Oxford Libraries (not currently available at Kaiapoi). This covers 17,260 entries from public and private cemeteries in the District, including headstone transcriptions.
  • Transcripts for headstone inscriptions 1910-1950 are held on microfiche at the Rangiora Library.
  • Cemeteries administered by the Waimakariri District Council can be searched on the Council's Search Cemeteries Database.

 

Births, Deaths and Marriages Records

Rangiora Library has copies of the District Keys to the New Zealand Registration Indexes for births and deaths. The following microfiche are available at Rangiora Library:

  • Births 1840-1950
  • Marriages 1840-1950
  • Deaths 1848-1950

Book at the desk if you would like to use the microfiche reader.