He korero o te Wa
Te Wiki o te reo Māori
Help us celebrate at these library events suitable for children :
Wednesday 23 July 2008
- 3.30pm - 4.30 pm: Poi-making at Karori Library
- 3.30pm - 4.30 pm: Poi-making at Kilbirnie Library
- 4.00pm - 5.00 pm: Poi-making and paper-based activities at Johnsonville Library
Thursday - Friday 24/25 July 2008
At Tawa (Mervyn Kemp) Library:
- Thursday 3.45pm - 4.15 pm: two local Kapa Haka groups (Te Iti Kahurangi and Ngā Mokopuna o Mana Tiaki) perform
- Thursday 6.45pm - 7.45 pm: Raranga workshop: Learn how to make putiputi harakeke (flax flowers) from tauira o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
- Friday 11am : A special storytime session in te reo Māaori, with storytelling, waiata and craft.
All week
- Kilbirnie and Miramar are having te reo Māori themed storytimes all week
- 'Match the words' on the Wall at Kilbirnie
Other activities
Many additional resources are available via www.korero.maori.nz, including a fun quiz.
Fantastic resource online
All 6 volumes of John White's 1888 "The Ancient History of the Maori" are now available online courtesy of the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre and Waikato University.
Nga Tupuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara Volume 4 is available!
Wellington City Libraries proudly introduce our new publication, in conjunction with the Wellington Tenths Trust.
The book profiles another 29 Tupuna from iwi who migrated to Te Whanganui-a-Tara in a series of heke during the 1820s and 1830s. These iwi were mainly Te Ati Awa, Ngati Tama and Ngati Ruanui. We seek to fill a gap in the local Maori history resources (in English), by providing a series of starting points for research by Tangata Whenua, historians and students.
 | Copies of volume 4 (or any volume, including the full set) are now available for purchase from the Central Library Second floor. Alternatively, complete the pdf order form and attach a cheque (payable to Wellington City Council) with this form and send it to: Ann Reweti, Wellington City Libraries, PO Box 1992, Wellington 6140. |
If you have any queries please telephone Ann on 04-801 4112 or email ann.reweti@wcc.govt.nz
Prices :
Set: Nga Tupuna o te Whanganui-a-Tara Volumes 1–4 $50
Individual volumes :
Volume 4 : $20
Volume 3: $15
Volume 2: $10
Volume 1: $10
Nga Tupuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara Volume 4 launched!
On Friday 7th September, the launch was held at the Central Library, with the Wellington Tenths Trust.
Matthew Reweti shares some tupuna narratives during the book launch
Journal of the Polynesian Society
The early issues of the Journal contain a rich repository of indigenous texts and traditions contributed by Pacific peoples, as well as by missionaries and other sojourners, often published in local languages with English translations.The University of Auckland Library and the Polynesian Society have collaborated in initiating this Online Journal version. The project will progressively digitise the first 100 years of the Journal, from 1892-1991.
Rua Rautau lecture 2006
Last year's lecture was delivered by Sir Howard Morrison, and entitled Tu Tangata - Whaia Koe Te Matauranga Hai Whitiki Te Iwi, Kia Toa Ai - Seek ye from the Fountain of Knowledge So the People may Thrive and ProsperThis Waitangi Rua Rautau Lecture Series link provides access to both the written text of the lectures and broadcasts.
[The 2005 lecture was delivered by Professor Whatarangi Winiata, Ngāti Raukawa, and entitled The Reconciliation of Kāwanatanga and Tino Rangatiratanga]
New or highlighted web-sites
Archway (Archives New Zealand).Although the actual records aren't online, this is an invaluable search tool to locating heritage information. Archway contains descriptions of over 1.5 million records that have been transferred from government agencies to Archives four offices in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington. There is also a wealth of information in Archway about the government of New Zealand from 1840 to the current day. There are resource guides on researching Māori information.
Fletcher's Index of Māori names.
This index is from an unpublished manuscript compiled about 1925 by the missionary Rev. Henry James Fletcher (1868-1933). In its original form it was 987 pages long, a vast index of Māori names referred to in books and journals, including the names of boundaries, Māori individuals, canoes, trees, landmarks and geographical locations. It was Fletcher's greatest piece of work, and one that merited improved access.
www.treatyofwaitangi.govt.nz.
This website sets out to give a concise account of the Treaty of Waitangi itself and the issues surrounding it. The material was prepared with the assistance of historians and other specialists, and with the help of key Government departments. (The Treaty of Waitangi Information Programme, State Services Commission).
Nga Pukapuka Hou
Enrol in Wellington City Libraries' MyLibrary to view the regular list of Recent arrivals to the library. Latest selection of new books by the Māori customer specialist.
You may have over-looked...
 | Ask the posts of the house, by Witi Ihimaera. (2007) Ihimaera needs no introduction as a classic NZ author. His first book, Pounamu, Pounamu (short stories) was published in 1972 and won the Freda Buckland Prize for Best First Book by a New Writer, and third prize in the Wattie Book of the Year Award. Since that time he was added numerous other awards to his CV, including the only author to have won the Wattie (now called the Montana) Book of the Year Award more than twice. He is also a playwright Whale Rider, the movie based on Witi's novel The Whale Rider (now in over 20 editions worldwide), won the prestigious People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival. |
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