Ponsonby Community Toy Library

toy library — Point Chevalier · Auckland

About Ponsonby Community Toy Library

A non-profit community toy library based at the Subud Hall at 19 Formby Avenue in Point Chevalier, Auckland, although its name refers to Ponsonby. It holds around 1,700 toys for children from five months to seven years old, and members borrow them to play with at home. Members can take out five toys at a time for three weeks, and can renew once for a further three weeks. Puzzles and ride-on toys can be borrowed in double, so up to eight items can be out at once. As at 2026, a duty membership costs $110 and a non-duty membership costs $215 a year. Members can join online or at a library session, and payment is by direct credit. The library is run almost entirely by volunteers. Duty members help with the library's sessions, which the library says takes around one to two hours a month. Members say the toys cut clutter at home and teach children to share and take turns.