With the Te Puna Library building being demolished to a pile of rubble this month, next month the community is being invited to meet to decide the fate of its assets – including 3300 books.

In late-November 2022 the Te Puna Library Committee was informed that the library building was due for demolition when the Te Puna School closed for the Christmas holidays.

All the books and shelves were removed from the building thanks to help from the committee and the Te Puna Lions. In the second week of January bulldozers moved in and the library building was ripped down.

With the Te Puna Library Committee having moved and agreed to formally wind up the Te Puna Community Library, it is now holding a public meeting to discuss the options of how to dispose of the assets of the library.

The public meeting will be on Wednesday February 8, 2023, at the Te Puna Memorial Hall at 7pm. The agenda is to discuss how to dispose of the assets of the library, which include 3300 books and cash deposits of approximately $12,000.

The cash deposits came from Western Bay of Plenty District Council's targeted Te Puna rates levy and accrued during the Covid period when no book-buys took place.

Te Puna residents may wish to be involved in where their library contributions end up. For more information, ring David Parker 027 2222824.