Read the Latest Magazines Free on Your Phone, Tablet or PC

The Library has offered free access to 138 New Zealand and international e-magazine titles through Zinio since November 2014.

The top ten publications from our electronic magazine collection, in order of popularity, are:

  • New Zealand Gardener
  • Australian Women's Weekly
  • HELLO! Magazine
  • OK! Magazine
  • New Zealand House & Garden
  • Mollie Makes
  • Good
  • New Zealand Life & Leisure
  • Dish
  • The Simple Things

Other titles not yet gaining huge issues, but which staff love and recommend, are:

  • Inside Soap UK soap opera news
  • New York Spaces the best in NY home design
  • Vogue India and Vogue Latin America
  • Hot Rod and NZ Hot Rod

You’ll also find NZ Horse and Pony, Bicycling, BBC Wildlife, and many more – why not try something you have never read before?

A huge bonus is that magazines are available in the same week as they are published – for example, the highly illustrated article on the christening of William and Kate’s daughter Charlotte appeared in the July 13 issue of Hello magazine – and was available from Dunedin Public Library through Zinio on July 8, just three days after the event.

Other benefits for readers are: no charges; no waiting, as no holds are necessary; no returns – keep them as long as you wish; all magazines are (and stay!) fresh and clean; access from home at any time; opt to receive email to let you know when a new copy of your favourite title is available; access titles no longer available in paper, or, like the USA edition of Rolling Stone, not available through usual retail outlets.

For a full list of titles and to access Zinio magazines click here, and log in with your library card number and pin. A “getting started guide” is provided to help you.

 

Jackie Howell  |  Collection Development Librarian
(Devoted to weekly Country Life magazines on my tablet)