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I'm Julie Shapiro and this is circulation, the search for tiny libraries in New Zealand for the BBC World Service.

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It says the smallest library in the world, Certainly in New Zealand, if not the world.

Where would the keys be located?

Well, the keys are located in my letterbox.

I'm no good at 200 meters meters further down the road.

I mean does have a lovely intimate feel about it and certainly when you have the door

open for a bit it sort of dries and it seems to sort of come alive in a strange sort of way.

25.5 lovely degrees here in the Maniitoto.

I have a couple of lovely ladies in the studio from Australia.

They're actually touring around New Zealand checking out small town

libraries.

What do you see, Miuki?

Why Piana Hamilton's public library established 1870?

So this is where it all began, hey?

It's been painted.

It was more of a cream yellow color when I was here.

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