Abstract: This article describes the history, management, staffing, accommodation, services, .and automation of the libraries in the six universities and one university college in New Zealand, and summarizes the history and current state of libraries in teachers' colleges, technical institutes, and community colleges.Although university libraries in New Zealand have improved dramatically in the last two decades, they face a difficult economic situation in the immediate future.The libraries of other institutions of tertiary education, however, remain grossly underfinanced.