Overdue library booked returned - 67 years late

The book was returned 67 years late Credit: Auckland Libraries

A library book due to be returned in 1948 has turned up - 67 years late.

The book, "Myths and Legends of Maoriland" by author A.W Reed, was scheduled to be returned to a library in Auckland, New Zealand on December 17, 1948.

However, Auckland Libraries said that the woman, who was just a child when she borrowed the book, moved out of Auckland and accidentally took it with her.

The library said it was "stoked" to have the book back.

According to a slip on the book, the late fee should have cost "three-pence for the first week...and one-penny per day after".