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Tauranga Libraries celebrate 150 years, exhibition to run over next few months 7 Apr, 2021 04:08 AM 2 minutes to read Tauranga Public Library and Mechanics Institute (2nd building, Harington Street, built 1881). Photo / Supplied Bay of Plenty Times It predated the newspaper, the fire station, and even the first brewery. On this day 150 years ago, the seeds were planted for Tauranga Library by three men at the Masonic Hotel who wanted to provide reading material to locals. There were less than 250 households at the time, road transport was powered by horse or donkey, and the few roads that weren t dirt were made of pipi shell. ....