Sir Edmund Hillary Library

Sir Edmund Hillary Library
Country New Zealand
Type Public library
Established 1914; 102 years ago
Location 209 Great South Road, Papakura, Auckland
Coordinates 37°03′50″S 174°56′34″E / 37.0637804°S 174.9426779°E / -37.0637804; 174.9426779Coordinates: 37°03′50″S 174°56′34″E / 37.0637804°S 174.9426779°E / -37.0637804; 174.9426779
Branch of Auckland Libraries

The Sir Edmund Hillary Library (also known as Papakura Library) is a suburban library in Auckland, New Zealand.

Papakura’s first municipal library was established in 1914 when the Papakura Town Board took over a small subscription library run by the Papakura Literary Association since 1871. One of the library’s first homes was a former toll-house beside the Great South Road, but over the years the library service was moved several times until (by now known as the Sir Edmund Hillary Library) it finally moved into its present home in the Accent Point building in 2010.[1]

References

  1. Manukau's Journey - a Manukau timeline Auckland Libraries. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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