Resources on Rotorua history in the Don Stafford Room include:

• Lending books can be found in the New Zealand Travel and History collection on the second floor at 993.423.
• One copy of all Rotorua material is placed in the New Zealand Collection for use in the Library only.
• The Don Stafford Files are research notes compiled by historian Don Stafford while writing his books on Rotorua   history.
• Newsletters from local clubs and organisations.
• Maps – Historical, topographical, bathymetric and forestry maps relating to Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty.
• Archives from local clubs and organisations.
• Local newspapers.