Auckland Council services handed to librarians

Ōrewa Library will provide the services currently available from the Auckland Council centre in Centreway Road, when the centre closes next month. Council’s digital and customer services general manager, Jon Andrews, told Hibiscus Matters last week that service centres are being integrated into libraries because more people are accessing those services online, leading to less in-person demand. He says the process began in 2020 and has also been a focus as part of Council’s current cost-cutting and efficiency measures. Eighteen of Council’s 24 service centres have already been moved into librar...