The number of items you can borrow
Most items have no restrictions on the number you can borrow.
Some collections do have restricted borrowing:
- Māori and Pacific adult collection – a limit of five items
- Music CDs – 6 CDs
- Book Club in a Bag –1 bag
- Books, music CDs, audio books, posters and puzzles are issued for three weeks.
- Magazines, ebooks and bestseller books are issued for two weeks.
- Most DVDs are issued for one week.
- Multi-disc DVD sets (over 360 minutes running time) are issued for two weeks.
- If you require items for longer than the normal time, we can issue books for 42 days.
- Interloans are usually issued for four to six weeks; the exact date is determined by the library it comes from.
Renewing items
- Books can be renewed twice, unless they've been requested by another borrower.
- Magazines cannot be renewed.
- Items issued for an extended loan period may be renewed only once.
- Some items borrowed from other SMART libraries may not be able to be renewed.
- When renewing a DVD, a further charge will apply.
- Most interloans can be renewed for a further three to four weeks - just ask the Interloans Librarian.
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Item type
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Issuing charges
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DVDs
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$2.00 each for 1 week
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DVDs 360 minutes or more
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$3.00 each for 2 weeks
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Audio Books
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Free for 3 weeks
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Bestseller books
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$4.00 each for 2 weeks
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Interloans (New Zealand)
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$10.00 each for 4-6 weeks
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Interloans (Australia)
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$15.00 each for 4-6 weeks
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Books, posters and puzzles
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Free for 3 weeks
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Music CDs
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Free for 3 weeks
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Magazines
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Free for 2 weeks
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Book Club in a Bag
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Free for 6 weeks
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Book Club in a Bag lost, damaged or not all the books and resources returned
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Maximum charge of $200
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Book Club in a Bag, lost or damaged carrier bags
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$25
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