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• Health

  Health Database Gale Health and Wellness Resource Centre Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Login using your librar...
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• ePukapuka eBooks & Audiobooks

  ePukapuka eBooks & AudioBooks Napier Libraries are pleased to provide an online eBook and Audio Book delivery service via the OverDrive platform.  OverDrive is a digital media platform where you can download titles and transfer them to portable devices such as iPads, iPhones, MP3 players, smartphones and eReaders.   Napier Libraries joined a consortia of 15 lower North Island Libraries, to be known as ePukapuka, in 2011 to provide digital access 24/7.  Users love the digital service as m...
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• Wheelers eBooks & Audiobooks

  Wheelers eBooks Wheelers ePlatform is a secure library lending platform that hosts and facilitates the lending of eBook titles.  Wheelers are the largest library and school supplier in New Zealand and have been in operation for more than 40 years.  The Wheelers ePlatform was one of the first eBook library lending platforms for schools and public libraries in the world.  By partnering with Wheelers Napier Libraries benefit hugely from the fact that we are already in a business relationship wit...
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• Bookclubs

  Read n Recommend - Children's and Teens' Bookclub Hello Readers! Welcome to Napier Libraries Read n Recommend book club where you can earn a reward from your book reviews and meet other like-minded readers! Your book club will also have a social meeting the first Thursday of every month 5.30pm- 6.30pm alternating between Napier library and Taradale library where you can meet other readers and share book recommendations Napier / September, Taradale / October, Napier / November and Taradale / Dece...
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• Rauemi - Reference

  Rauemi - Reference Māori Subject Headings Ngā Upoko Tukutuku has been developed as part of the Māori Subject Headings Project jointly sponsored by LIANZA, Te Rōpū Whakahau and the National Library of New Zealand.The purpose is to provide a structured path to subjects that Māori customers can relate to and use to find material in libraries. It is not intended to be used as a dictionary. It has been developed so that cataloguers and descriptive archivists have a reliable and comprehensive r...
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• Whakapapa - Māori Genealogy

  Whakapapa - Māori Genealogy Local Iwi - Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated websiteIwi map from Auckland University’s Whakapapa guide Iwi-Hapū Names ListTe Ara New Zealand Encyclopedia’s information about Māori migration, history and iwi  Whakapapa - An introductory resource into researching Māori genealogyWhakapapa Māori - Māori Genealogy resources and informationInformation about researching New Zealand military history and recordsWhakapapa Club - Information on whakapapa, how to w...
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• Tāhuhu Kōrero - History

  Tāhuhu Kōrero - History Te Puna Web Directory - History and WhakapapaTe Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is building a comprehensive guide to our peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy and society.Te Ara In te reo Māori Te Ara In English  New Zealand History - Nga korero a ipurangi o AotearoaMāori-Pākehā contact pre-1840New Zealand's 19th Century WarsHe Tirohanga ki Muri - A View of the PastJournal of the Polynesian Societyfrom Hawaiki to HawaikiMāori and the Vot...
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• Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi

  Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: Government, Law and Politics Treaty of Waitangi CollectionTe Tiriti o Waitangi - New Zealand Treaty website in te reo Māori. Archives NZ Treaty of Waitangi exhibition – Includes downloadable images of the 9 Treaty SheetsSheet 1 — The Waitangi SheetSheet 2 — The Manukau-Kāwhia SheetSheet 3 — The Waikato-Manukau Sheet (the only sheet written in English)Sheet 4 — The Printed SheetSheet 5 — The Tauranga Sheet...
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• MāoriAo Tūroa - Natural World

  Ao Tūroa - Natural World Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: Environment and Natural Resources Māori Land Court - The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) and the Māori Appellate Court (Te Kooti Pira Māori) are continued under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The Māori Land Court has been in existence in one form or another since the passing of the Native Lands Act 1862 and the Māori Appellate Court since 1894. The Māori Land Court has jurisdiction to hear matters relating to Māori land...
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• Ngā Pūkaea o te Kāwanatanga - Government

  Ngā Pūkaea o te Kāwanatanga - Government Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: Government, Law and Politics Te Puni Kōkiri: The Ministry of Māori Development  works within the public sector, and with Māori communities, to support Māori collective success at home and globally. Te Puni Kōkiri means 'a group moving forward together'.TPK English website TPK Te Reo Māori website  Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga - Ministry of EducationManatū Hauora - Ministry of HealthTe Papa Atawhai - Department...
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