The Karawhiua Collection brings together a wide range of practical and creative tools designed to help people learn, create, fix, explore, and thrive.

Visit your local library to see what you can borrow today. We have displays of DVD cases in every branch that show each item available. Alternatively, you can see what's available on our online catalogue.

More items will become available as we catalogue them.

Before you borrow, please note our borrowing conditions (detailed at the bottom of this webpage) and check with a librarian if you have any questions.

Discover the items available in our Karawhiua Collection

Create and Fix: DIY tools and creative skills kits

Explore: Outdoor exploration kits

Learn: Coding robots and educational kits

Play and Relax: eReaders, media players, and musical instruments

Thrive: Health and wellbeing kits

Includes items from Te Kete Poipoia Mahara | Memory Care Collection for people living with dementia mate wareware or memory loss. Please note that Memory Care Collection items may have limited borrowing conditions (see item record in library catalogue).

 

How to borrow

Borrowing Conditions for the Karawhiua Collection

Borrowers must be permanent adult members of Queenstown Lakes District Council Libraries.

You must collect Karawhiua items from their home library and return them to that library, not to another library or a drop-box.

Loan limit: Maximum of 2 Karawhiua Collection items to be borrowed at a time.
Loan period: 3 weeks.
Renewals: No renewals.
Holds: Available on all items in this collection.
Returns: All Karawhiua Collections items must be returned to a staff member at the issue desk of the owning library during opening hours.

If an item becomes seven days overdue, the library system will automatically charge the replacement cost to your account and block your membership. If you return the item promptly, the charge will be removed and your account unblocked.

Terms and Conditions

Queenstown Lakes District Council Libraries’ membership terms and conditions apply when you borrow an item from the Karawhiua Collection. These items are available from the issue desk. When you borrow these items, you are responsible for:

  • Returning the item by the due date, clean and in the same condition as when you borrowed it; and
  • Any loss, theft or damage that occurs to the item while it is on loan to you. Library staff can provide you with the replacement cost of the item; and
  • Reading and following any instructions included with the item; and
  • Using items in a safe and proper manner, and only for the purposes for which it is intended and/or as set out in the instructions. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Queenstown Lakes District Council Libraries assumes no responsibility or liability for any injuries, damage to self, others, or property as a result of any use or reliance on the item you have borrowed. Nothing in this disclaimer is intended to limit your rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.

If you discover a fault with the item or if it is damaged, please stop using it immediately and return it to your nearest Queenstown Lakes District Council library.