The future Waikanae Library
We're investigating options for the permanent Waikanae Library and Service Centre replacement, following the closure of the building in November 2018. We’re committed to having a library in Waikanae, so we’ve been working with a Project Advisory Group made up of community members, iwi, and business and school representatives, which confirmed the preferred location for the future library is in Mahara Place.
Share your ideas for a new Library/ Service Centre below.
Your comments will inform our Long-term Plan bid for a new or upgraded facility.
Note: responses collected through community events and drop boxes located at libraries and Council Service Centres are shown under the name 'Community voices'. We have included these for transparency and reporting purposes.
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Please tear down the old library and rebuild. The mould is right through the old building and it would be impossible to eliminate it all.
about 1 month ago
Reflect the demographic in your changes, in particular the needs of seniors: quiet reading spaces and access to the internet.
about 2 months ago
An exciting redesign of the old library, with the already landscaped "library plaza", will give us back the heart of our town centre.
Nearly 1100 residents signed a Destination Waikanae petition for work to start urgently to rebuild our library. The comments from a large proportion of them talked about how important this facility was, and will be again, to young families. KCDC owns this site. You have it in your power to make it happen really quickly. Please don't take another two years to decide - "Our library is an integral hub for a connected community With so many young families moving to Waikanae we need a community library "First rule of property ownership: Maintain what you already own "The old library was a social hub; the children's area was a wonderful place to meet other families and for children to develop a love of reading "We need all its services back, for people who can't afford technology and for people to have somewhere to go to avoid social isolation "There is nowhere for community groups to meet in the town centre: modern libraries provide this, hotdesks for people who don't have an office, space for children and families to play and learn, a good selection of books for browsing and discovering new authors instead of having to know what you want and order books as we do now"
about 1 month ago
make isles wide for walkers, wheelchairs and social distancing, Low counters for wheelchairs. A cafe space for small meetings reader/writer
3 days ago
Extended hours, more events, more space and books!
I'd love to see extended hours (ie a late night) and evening events as I work in Wellington. Appreciate that this requires extra staffing! I like to browse shelves, so a greater range of books on site would be great. Agree with the other posts that accessibility is important - wider paths between shelves, large print, computers and computer literacy support etc. Our elderly community is a treasure in Waikanae, need to make the space great for them.
