Local heritage resource centre

Visit

Come to the City Centre Library, wander down to the research section and tucked into the corner are the local heritage resources. Whether it's for a school project or your own research, our very knowledgeable Heritage Librarian is sure to be able to help if you can't quite find what you need. 

Contact the librarian

Monday – Friday,  10am–5pm

[email protected] or +64 4 237 1540

The Local Heritage Resource Centre combines collections from Porirua Library and Pātaka Art+ Museum. It includes:

Local newspapers dating from 1949 onwards

• Kapi Mana News - catalogue record for more information
  
• Porirua News and Porirua City News - catalogue record
  
• Te awa-iti newspaper - catalogue record
  
• Whitby Newsbrief - catalogue record
  

Photographs

Over 1,000 photographs from the Pātaka Art + Museum collections

• Guide and order form for copies from historic photographs (113 KB PDF)
• Selection of photographs from Pataka Museum's collection - catalogue records
  

Maps

• Pātaka Porirua Museum map collection at City Centre Library (329 KB PDF)
  

Oral histories

• Oral histories list (39.6 KB PDF)
  

Subject files

• In filing cabinets; for use in the library only; files contain items such as newspaper clippings, reports and pamphlets
  

Cemetery records

• Cemetery record search on the Porirua City Council website

Books

• Catalogue search
  
• Selected titles about the history of Porirua (249 KB PDF)