Tūranga, Public library in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, New Zealand

Tūranga is a five-story building at Cathedral Square with a distinctive golden aluminum facade that catches the light throughout the day. Inside, it offers spaces for children and teenagers, exhibition areas, digital resources, a community hall seating around 200 people, and meeting rooms.

The site held Cathedral Chambers, a permanent-materials building erected by Fred Hobbs after the 1885 demolition of the original wooden structure, later replaced in 1975 by the Colonial Mutual Limited building, which became the Camelot Hotel. The 2012 Christchurch Central Recovery Plan, or Blueprint, listed a new central library among 17 anchor projects, with delivery assigned to Christchurch City Council alongside Ngāi Tahu and CERA. Plans for the $85 million library were unveiled on 26 March 2015, and it opened on 12 October 2018.

The name Tūranga was gifted by Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri rūnanga and refers to Whitireia, the Te Reo name for Cathedral Square, and to the house of the ancestor Paikea, which stood in Tūranga (Gisborne). Councillors approved it in September 2017, dropping the proposed English descriptor "A Place of Discovery".

Tūranga fronts both Gloucester and Colombo Streets on the north-eastern side of Cathedral Square, so you can enter from either street. Free Wi-Fi and public computers with internet access are available, along with printing, photocopying and scan-to-email or USB services. The 200-seat community arena, activity rooms and meeting rooms sit alongside study spaces and a café.

The name Tūranga was gifted by Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri rūnanga and approved by city councillors in September 2017. It refers to Whitireia, the Te Reo name for Cathedral Square, and to the house of Paikea, an ancestor of Ngāi Tahu, in the original Tūranga (Gisborne). An English descriptor, "A Place of Discovery", was considered and dropped.