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National Library of the Cook Islands

National Library in Avarua, Cook Islands

Field	Value
image	Cook Islands National Library.jpg
name	National Library of the Cook Islands
native_name	Runanga Puka
native_name_lang	ro
location	Victoria Road, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
coordinates
branch_of	Ministry of Cultural Development

The National Library of the Cook Islands – Runanga Puka, part of Te Puna Korero – Sir Geoffrey Henry Culture Centre, is the national library of the Cook Islands. The building was opened in 1993, and is next to a similar building that houses the Cook Islands National Museum. The centre also contains an auditorium and several government ministries.

History

Planning for the library began in 1961, with a committee backed by the Resident Commissioner Oliver Dare. A site on Taputapuatea was donated by the Makea Nui Ariki and the Parliament of the Cook Islands agreed to match donations with public money. The construction of the building was eventually funded by a loan from the Government of Nauru. Renovations were carried out in 2021.

The library was however not established until 1992, becoming operational in 1993. The library holds a collection of around 10,000 books, including both children's and adult's fiction, reference books, Cook Islands and Pacific reports, and Pacific rare books. The library has two employees, neither of whom are qualified librarians due to a lack of training opportunities on the island.

A bid was started to make the library a legal deposit library in 2012, however this was put on hold due to the 50th anniversary of the island's independence. In 2019, the Cook Islands Parliament donated volumes detailing the laws of the islands between 1965 and 1994.

References

"Library".
"Annual report of: Odile Urirau, National Library of the Cook Islands".
"Te Puna Korero, Sir Geoffrey Henry National Culture Centre, Avarua, Cook Islands - Reviews, Ratings, Tips and Why You Should Go".
Gordon Russell. (1 February 1962). "Cook Is. Library And Museum Go Ahead". Pacific Islands Monthly.
W. H. Percival. (1 November 1962). "Cook Islanders Plan Own Museum and Library". Pacific Islands Monthly.
(12 July 2021). "Re-opening of the National Auditorium {{!}} Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC)".
"Ministry of Cultural Development".
(18 August 2020). "Library receives consolidated law books".

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