Libraries, what are they good for? Absolutely everything

Libraries, what are they good for? Absolutely everything

Comment: Wellington’s restored central library, Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, is on the brink of reopening to the public, with 500 boys from Rangitoto volunteering, shifting thousands of books from storage offsite, preparing the library to open again for the first time since its overnight closure in 2019. There is considerable optimism about the potential impact of the library on the day-to-day lives of Wellingtonians. It’s forecast that more than t…