Accessible Library

The Blind Low Vision NZ Library includes collections in Braille, audiobooks and a youth section. We can assist you in person, via email or over the phone. The assistive search feature makes it easy to find what you’re looking for. Here you can also find our inspiring podcast series, ReVISION, hosted by Sam Smith.

Client Jenny sits on a comfortable looking sofa and reads using her tablet

Search Library

Search the BLVNZ Library catalogue to find books & audio in all formats, for all ages.

Classic and Braille Search

Featured Books

A Different Kind of Power

Jacinda Ardern | Book #143748.

A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders. What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the 40th Prime Minister of her country, she commanded global respect for her empathetic leadership that put people first. This is the remarkable story of how a Mormon girl plagued by self-doubt made political history and changed our assumptions of what a global leader can be. Read by Romy Hooper, Wendy Karstens and Cheryl Lawton in 14 hours, 14 minutes. Published 2025. RNZFB.

Te Marama

Michelle Mihi Keita Tibble; translated by Moana Keelan; illustrated by Katharine Hall | Book #140761.

This story book introduces the reader to the practices of the maramataka – commonly referred to as the Māori lunar calendar – by sharing the names and characteristics of 8 phases of the lunar cycle. Read by Joe Dekkers-Reihana in 11 minutes. Published 2020. RNZFB. Book number

Identity Unknown

Patricia Cornwell | Book #143330

Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship. Scarpetta’s niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead’s secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue. NZ Top 50. Kay Scarpetta series, book 28. Sequel to: Unnatural death, not yet in collection. Read by January LaVoy in 10 hours, 12 minutes. Published 2024. Blackstone.

How to access the library

We have a number of ways people can access our library content. One of our most popular methods is using Alexa, a smart speaker, which people simply talk to so they can find and listen to books, magazines and newspapers.

Also, our content is available through the EasyReader app available on iOS and Android devices. With this app you can download our library content so you can read content on the go.

Access our library

Get it done online

Here we have a range of tools and services that you can do online.

Search the catalogue
Review a book
Request a book
Notify us of an error

Get it done online

Sound and Touch

Sound and Touch is our quarterly magazine to keep you updated with all the new library content that has been recently added.

Sound and Touch

Accessible Books Consortium

You can now access Accessible Books Consortium books via our Blind Low Vision library services such as Alexa. This will give access to 99,500 DAISY books. Find out more by going to our Accessible Books Consortium page.

Accessible Books Consortium

Join the library

The Blind Low Vision NZ Library is a rich resource. From audiobooks and magazines, to braille and tactile books, there’s something for everyone. Depending on your eye condition or print disability, you may be able to receive our Library material online or by direct loan. Our collections include fiction, non-fiction and periodicals, including daily newspapers. These are available in one or more accessible formats:

Braille (mainly UEB, Uncontracted English Braille)
DAISY audio (a specialised audiobook format)
e-braille (electronic braille files, in brf format)
Our largest collection by format is DAISY audio.

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ReVision podcast

ReVISION is Blind Low Vision NZ’s podcast, hosted by Sam Smith. Each episode, Sam shares his first-hand experience with vision loss and talks to members of the eye health community.

Find out more about the ReVISION podcast and listen to the episodes by clicking the link below.

Listen to the ReVISION podcast