Fiction suitable for adults — Adventure, Crime, Horror, New Zealand, Romance, Short Stories, Thriller,Western — check the genre guides in the library.
Fantasy Series Guide
Non-fiction on a range of topics suitable for adults. Learn more about how non-fiction is organised.
Fiction and non-fiction suitable for visually impaired readers.
Fiction and non fiction titles on tape or CD. These are free of charge for those who are registered with the library as having physical disabilities and who are unable to use the general book collection. Other customers can borrow these for $3.00 for 3 weeks.
The collection also has Talking Books on loan from National Library available to those on the libraries' disabilities register. This collection is replaced monthly.
Material for those with English as a second language or adults new to reading. The collection contains high interest fiction and non fiction titles in simplified English. Book and tapes sets are also available.
A selection of block buster titles — books and magazines. Best seller books cost $4.00 for 2 weeks and Best seller magazines are $2.00 for 1 week.
A selection of popular titles, including children's and teens titles. Titles include:
- Art New Zealand
- Family Tree
- Mana
- Metro
- NewScientist
- North and South
- The National Business Review
- The New Yorker
- Time
and many more.
We also hold back issues of magazines at Paraparaumu. They may not be complete sets, although generally contain most issues.
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Art New Zealand
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1980 – 2004
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Booklist
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2007
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Forest and Bird
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1972 – 2006
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Landfall
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No. 107 – 212
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Listener
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1991 –
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Mana
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2001-
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Metro
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1996 - 2001
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Music in NZ
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1998 – 2002
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NZ Geographic
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1997 –
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NZ Heritage
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2002 – 2006
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NZ Historic Places
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1983 – 2000
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NZ Legacy
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1989 - 1999
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NZ Memories
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1997- 2007
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Next
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2003 –
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North & South
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1990 – 2002
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Tu Mai
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1999 – 2004
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Te Karaka
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2003 -
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Other back issues of magazines may be found on our magazine/journal databases.
A selection of national and local newspapers. We subscribe to:
Full list
Daily Papers
- Dominion Post
- Herald
- Manawatu Standard
- Daily Chronicle
- Christchurch Press
Weekend Papers
- Otago Daily Times
- Sunday Star Times
Other papers
- Wellingtonian
- Capital Times
- Kapi-Mana News
Papers you can take away
- Kāpiti Observer
- Kāpiti News
- Older and Bolder
- Positive Living
- Tots to Teens
Fiction and non-fiction suitable for children. Children's fiction is broadly organised into different age groups and includes picture books, early readers. As a guide look for the colours below on the spine of books to give you an indication of the age that the material is suitable for. However, this can vary widely depending on each child's reading ability and interest.
- J2. Green 6-8 years
- J3. Blue 8-10 years
- J4. Yellow 10-12 years
- J5. Red 13 years and over
Fiction and non-fiction suitable for teenagers. There is also a graphic collection and magazines for teens.
Books about baby and childcare, growing up, illness and death many of which are suitable for sharing with children.
Items that provides a wealth of reliable imformation. Items that can be used in the library only. They include:
- Encyclopaedias
- Atlases
- Local Council information
- Car Manuals
- Electoral Rolls
- Statistics New Zealand publications
- Accommodation Guides
- University Calendars
- Year Books
and much more.
Children's Reference Collection
Resources for children's homework including encyclopaedias,dictionaries, atlases etc.
A selection of music CDs, DVDs and videos for both children and adults. There are a range of charges for borrowing these items.
Non-fiction in the Māori language or about Māori subjects.Find out more about this collection.
Materials relating to the Kāpiti Coast District; includes the Newspaper Index, a computer index of articles from The Kāpiti Observer, started in August 2001 through to the present day. Find out more about this collection.
A collection of over 2000 images taken mainly in the Kapiti Coast district, some date from the late nineteenth century. Find out more about this collection.
