Learning Needs Library is a lending library for educational and therapeutic resources, at 109 Huxley Street in Waltham, Christchurch. It hires out materials for sensory, physical, cognitive, language, emotional and learning needs, with a focus on people with learning challenges. It serves families, adults and schools or organisations, and the website says it builds on each person's strengths in a friendly, inclusive setting. The catalogue runs to more than 2,000 resources, and can be filtered by category, including alphabet, maths, phonics, te reo Māori, puppets, puzzles, sensory play and occupations. Parents can search by a child's age and the resources are listed online. The library is open during school holidays and is closed on long weekends.
The library is one of two libraries within one kilometre, and the other nearby is the South Colombo Library, 0.9 km away. For a family, teacher or therapist in Waltham who wants specific learning resources to borrow, the library gives a wide choice in one place.