Ley’s Institute Library in Auckland, New Zealand

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Telephone:	+64 9-374 1315
Website:	www.aucklandcitylibraries.com
Address:	20 St Mary's Road Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, 1011 St Marys Bay
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:	0.2 miCowan Street 0.2 miCurran Street 0.3 miTole Street
Categories:	Libraries Local Flavor

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Today	9:00 am – 5:30 pm Closed now
Local time (Auckland)	8:11 AM Friday, May 23, 2025

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Monday	9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday	9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday	9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday	9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Friday	9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday	10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday	10:00 am – 4:00 pm

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3 reviews of Ley’s Institute Library

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Melissa F.

Place rating: 5
Auckland, New Zealand

Leys institute is a fantastic library that I have visited numerous times, including today!
They have free Wi-Fi, 6 computers that you can book in advance or walk-in and utilise, modern photocopier/printer, fax facility, self book check-out, children’s separate library, extensive fiction/non-fiction sections, magazines, CDs, DVDs etc to hire/loan!
Hot books for $ 5 a week, latest (international) magazines $ 2 per week!
Lots of chairs, tables, bathroom amenities upstairs. Community notice board overloaded with what’s on, in reception.
If you can’t find your book: librarians are happy to order it in for you,(from another library) no charge!

Rebecca S.

Place rating: 4
Auckland, New Zealand

Once when I was here at the ever-comfortable Ley’s Institute, there was a big table in the middle of the room with a big model (really, it was about 1 metre long) of the White House on it. This model had clearly been made out of recycled cardboard boxes painted white and taped together, and apparently there was some sort of wild pool party going on at the time of the model being made, as there were a lot of pictures, cut from magazines, of celebrities looking out windows, hanging out on the lawns etc. It was really something; quite clearly the product of some sort of single minded artistic genius.
When I asked a librarian about it, they said it belonged to a regular library user who’d asked them if he could display it there, and they had agreed. That’s they kind of groovy place the Ley’s Institute is.

Joseph H.

Place rating: 4
Auckland, New Zealand

I have a favourite library, because I’m really cool. My favourite library is this one. Located within the glorious confines of the Ley’s Institute, this library is small but perfectly formed, They have a great selection of all my favourite graphic novels and the librarians are very friendly and the self-checkout machine works. Those are pretty much the only three things that matter to me when I’m evaluating a library and trying to figure out what score to give it in a five star system. The whole Ley’s Institute is a fairly impressive architectural marvel in itself. It’s just a really nice place to read and browse for books in.