[3] They lend fiction and non-fiction (for all ages), magazines, audiobooks, and DVDs.

[6] In 1871 Hamilton Institute appointed a librarian,[7] with support from Auckland Provincial Council.

Andrew Carnegie library, designed by Rigby and Warren,[5] opposite Garden Place,[14] was opened by Sir Joseph Ward on 17 February 1908.

[17] In June 1960 a new council building opened on Worley St and the library moved from the Carnegie site, which was sold.

[19] In 1968 it moved to William Paul Hall, formerly the Waikato Winter Show building and has been in Garden Place since 20 March 1993.