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  • Ngā Ture ā-tangata - Law

    Ngā Ture ā-tangata - Law He Pātaka Kupu Ture / The Legal Māori Archive is an unprecedented collection of full text documents that presents, in one accessible place, the bilingual nature of New Zealand’s legal history which has to date been largely overlooked. These documents are all testament to the strong engagement between 19th century Māori and the legal system developed by and imposed by the colonial governments of that time.All these documents are what may be termed legal Māori docu...
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  • Te Reo Māori - Māori Language

    Te Reo Māori Tēnā koe! Haere mai!Kua tuwhera a Kōrero Māori hei taonga tautoko i te hunga e hiahia ana ki te kōrero Māori, ki te whakanui rānei i tō rātou mōhio ki te reo Māori. Kei konei ētahi akoranga, ētahi rauemi reo Māori, me ētahi tohutohu hei whakakaha ake hoki i tō mōhio ki te reo Māori. Nau mai rā – kōkiritia! Kōrero Māori is for everyone who wants to speak the Māori language, or learn more about it. You can find interactive conversations, language resources, a...
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  • Hauora - Health

    Hauora - Health Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: Health and Medicine Hawkes Bay District Health Board Te Wāhanga Hauora Māori Health Services information  Auahi Kore - Traditionally Māori were an auahi kore / smokefree culture. Auahi Kore works to change attitudes towards smoking, encourage Māori to either stop smoking or not to start and to reclaim this smokefree status.Hauora.com - a Māori health workforce development organisation. Established in 2001 by Māori health professional associa...
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  • Mātauranga - Education

    Mātauranga - Education Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: Education Information about EIT’s Māori subject area and study options. Free te reo Māori courses may be on offer. Hana Educational Publishing - Teaching resources published in Te Reo Māori Kōkiri Magazine - celebrating Māori achievement Ministry of Education Ministry of Education’s Ka Hikitia - Accelerating Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2013 -2017Kotahi Mano Kāika - Māori language resources and support - for families w...
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  • Pūtaiao - Science

    Pūtaiao - Science Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: Science and Technology Māori astronomy, star charts and star lore NIWA, Taihoro Nukurangi - Te Kūwaha, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s Māori Environmental Research Group - assists Māori communities throughout New Zealand by providing the latest scientific knowledge, tools and resources to assist in their management of natural resources. The New Zealand Māori Internet Society The Department of Conservation’s wo...
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  • Ngā Rerehua, Tuhinga Matua - Arts and Literature

    Ngā Rerehua, Tuhinga Matua - Arts and Literature Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: Arts and Literature Ali Brown - Step-by-step instructions for gathering, preparing, dyeing, and weaving flax. Te Ao Hou - This website lets you search and browse all 76 issues of the magazine Te Ao Hou The New World. Te Ao Hou was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Māori Affairs Department in New Zealand Aotearoa. The Archive of Māori and Pacific Music - The Archive of Māori and Pacific Music comprises an ethno...
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  • Ngā Umanga - Business

    Ngā Umanga - Business AFL Aoteoroa Fisheries Limited - the largest Māori-owned fisheries company in Aotearoa / New ZealandThe Māori Business Facilitation Service of Te Puni Kōkiri can provide you with advice and guidance to new and existing Māori businesses.Te Puni Kōkiri’s effective governance informationmahi.co.nz - Māori focused employment opportunitiesMāori Development Research CentreNgā Pae o te Māramatanga - National Institute of Research Excellence for Māori Development and...
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  • Ngā Pāpāho - Media

    Ngā Pāpāho - Media Te Puna Web Directory - Māori: media and publishing Māori TelevisionMana MagazineMāori NewsNiupepa - Māori newspapers. Digitised text and images from Alexander Turnbull Library's collection of Māori newspapers (1842-1933).National Library's Papers PastRadio Kahungunu Te Rautaki Māori policy New Zealand on AirSound Archives Ngā Taonga KōreroTe Māngai Pāho - is a Crown Entity established to make funding available to the national network of Māori radio stations and...
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  • Ko tēnei rohe - Local

    Ko tēnei rohe - Local Local Iwi - Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi IncorporatedRadio Kahungunu Aerial photographs of pā sites in Hawke's Bay and TaranakiWairoa Māori Film FestivalMTG Hawke’s Bay - Taonga Māori collection highlights Māori Maps Te Kāhui Māngai: Tākitimu - Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations...
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  • He whakaahua - Images

    He whakaahua - Images MTG Hawke’s Bay - Taonga Māori collection highlights National Library Timeframes CollectionMatapihi - a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand cultural organisations.Manuscripts and Pictorial Collections of the Alexander Turnbull LibraryHocken CollectionsMaori images and objects in the National Library of Australia’s Trove...
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Summer Holiday Events at the Library
Come and join in some of the fun events at Napier and Taradale Libraries over the Summer Holiday Period. We have Night Before Christmas Tales, 3D Printer Sessions, a Murder Mystery Night, magical entertainers and many more!
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