Auckland Library of Tools

16/04/2026

We are excited to bring our regular mending circle back, after a Summer break. Come along TOMORROW Friday 17th April 5-7.30pm to join us. Our mending circle is a laid-back social event where we chat and share mending tips as we make our way through our mending piles. Feel free to bring your mending supplies, we will have some supplies on hand, including sewing machines.
Anyone is welcome to join.

📍Auckland Library of Tools
21 Newton Rd, Grey Lynn

03/04/2026

Learn Gelli Printing with the amazing Alan Worman, on Friday volunteer Librarian. Go on, it'll be fun!

Learn simple printmaking techniques and create one-of-a-kind artwork. A beginner-friendly workshop with all materials provided.

01/04/2026

Don't forget we are CLOSED for Good Friday & Easter Saturday, so come and borrow your tools. Any items due this weekend can be returned this Thursday evening or next Tuesday evening or renewed online.

We hope you all have a good and safe Easter.

Easter Hours
Thursday: 5.30 - 7.30pm
Good Friday: CLOSED
Easter Saturday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 5.30pm - 7.30pm

31/03/2026

31/03/2026

Open today, 5:30-7:30pm. Our paslode nail gun and framer (and 1625 other items!) are back on the menu, thanks to servicing by City Power Tools. :)

30/03/2026

This weekend we hosted a volunteer appreciation party to celebrate our amazing team of volunteers. Our dedicated volunteers run our library during our open hours, maintain and repair our tools, help the public with their repairs at our repair cafes and other mending events, and contribute to all of the behind the scenes improvements, admin, processes and other tasks that pop up. We are so grateful to have such a skilled and giving community 💖
(P.S. there's even more lovely volunteers in our team, we definitely missed those who couldn't make it to the party)

20/03/2026

We are open, come and borrow things!

Auckland Library of Tools
21 Newton Rd
Saturday 10.30am - 1.30pm
Tuesday & Thursday 5.30-7.30pm
Friday 1.30pm - 5.30pm

19/03/2026

We are open for borrowing! Come and get your tools from our lovely volunteers who love to help people but hate photos 😆

08/03/2026

Our first repair cafe of the year happened yesterday, we had 14 volunteers in total helping fix things from the community. Five young ones even joined in the fun! 🪡

Repair Cafe's happen on the first Saturday of the month, exluding long weekends🌻

26/02/2026

What happens when you're travelling overseas for a festival, still want to build something, but don't want to bring tools with you on the plane? You join a tool library of course 🎊✈️

Lani flew over to NZ from Hawaii to attend ️Shipwrecked Festival in Te Arai and didn't want to travel with tools, so found us instead. She borrowed a step ladder, measuring tape, extension cord, hammer, our cordless drill, circular saw set, screwdrivers and pliers.️🧰🪜🪛

And look what Lani and her friends created - its always a highlight seeing our tools in the wild for an awesome project, and especially from an international visitor. 🌞

24/02/2026

📣Help, it's busy lawn season and we are short on electric line trimmers (strimmers, string trimmers, w**d whackers). Do you have any of these items gathering dust and needing a new home? Please send us an email [email protected]

📸: Janie, an old member using one if our line trimmers for her pathway, a few years ago now.

19/02/2026

A friendly reminder that if you've reserved an item, please make sure you collect them. 😇

We had quite a few unclaimed reservations the other day, and it takes a bit of volunteer time to go through and locate all the items and get them together, as well putting them back if they aren't collected. It also impacts members who want to borrow items that are reserved. 📦

We want our tools (especilally the highly sought out ones) to be in loop in our community for as long as possible! 🌞