Waitaki District Libraries is going from strength to strength.
Over the past year, there has been a 150% increase in in the number of people attending events held at the library – from 322 people in March last year to 805 people in March this year.
Manager Jenny Bean was thrilled with the turnouts for events, which ranged from talks and meetings to book launches.
“We are quite deliberate about the sorts of activities we’re running and people seem to be really responding to that, which is really cool,” Ms Bean said.
“We’ve had some really strong events but I think it’s probably even more that people want to come out now [after lockdown] .