Source: Radio New Zealand
Artwork by Māori artist Darcy Nicholas in the new Wellington library. RNZ / Mark Papalii
A ceremony will officially reopen the newly strengthened and renovated Wellington Library on Saturday morning after being shut for seven years.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was planned at the site, followed by music and story-telling performances throughout the weekend.
It will be open for normal operations, from 10am.
The library has been closed since March 2019 after it was deemed an earthquake risk.
Civic Square next to the library is also reopening, with new landscaping, seating, play areas and water features.
Wellington mayor Andrew Little said it’s a positive turning point for the central city.
He said as well as books, the library contains a variety of creative spaces, including an area with 3D printers and a CNC machine.
- First look inside the new Wellington library
“The area of town which the library is in has been kind of boarded up and shut down and difficult to move around for some time,” Little said.
“So with all the hoardings coming down and the library opening up and a place for people to come in their hundreds, it’s really going to make a big difference to that part of town.”
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