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Māori ServicesMoana Munro, Te Kaitiakipukapuka Māori - Māori Resources Librarian, has her desk upstairs in the Māori Section at Hastings Library. Although she is based in Hastings, Moana also connects with Flaxmere & Havelock North Libraries. Moana helps with research, organises programmes, connects with the community and looks after our Māori collections. |
Māori CollectionsEach of our three libraries has an Adult Māori Section and also a Junior Māori Section. In Hastings Library the Adult Māori Section has both reference and lending collections and is located upstairs. These collections contain items of cultural, historical, social and language significance for all of Aotearoa. Emphasis is given to any material of a local nature, particularly Ngāti Kahungunu. |
Matariki Websites
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Websites for Māori ResearchListed here are various websites to assist with you research in Māori related subjects.
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MatarikiCelebrating the Māori New Year - New Beginnings Matariki hunga nui - The Pleiades have many people* Matariki lights up the dark winter months. "Matariki is a small but distinctive star cluster whose appearance in the north eastern pre-dawn sky in late May, early June marks the start of a new phase of life... In ancient times Matariki arrived at the end of the harvest and was therefore a time of plenty for our ancestors. The kumara and other root foods had been gathered. The migration of fish...also made Matariki a time of bountiful catches... Matariki was a time to share and present offerings to others. Matariki can be translated in two ways – Mata Riki (Tiny eyes) and Mata Ariki (Eyes of God). Either way the eyes are thought to watch over the land and its people." |
Matariki Events - Hawke's BayEvents are being held to celebrate Matariki in Hawke's Bay, see:
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The Treaty of Waitangi - Te Tiriti o Waitangi ResourcesOn Our ShelvesWe have a wide selection of books on various aspects of the Treaty. Treaty of Waitangi Reports are available in the Māori Section at Hastings Library. Internet LinksThere are many online resources and these can be accessed in our libraries (for no charge) as well as at home. New Zealand History Onlinewww.nzhistory.net.nz/category/tid/133 Covers the following:
Archives New Zealandwww.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/treaty The Treaty of Waitangi is "a group of nine documents: seven on paper and two on parchment. Together they represent an agreement drawn up between representatives of the British Crown on one hand and representatives of Māori iwi and hapū on the other." View the nine documents held at Archives New Zealand on this site, download or order copies. Site also has a Documents Timeline. |
Waitangi Day & the TreatyWaitangi Day"Every year on 6 February, New Zealand marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. In that year, representatives of the British Crown and over 500 Māori chiefs signed what is New Zealand's founding document." Read more... The Treaty of Waitangi came to Hawke's BayA copy of the Treaty was signed in Hawke's Bay on 24 June 1840. Major Bunbury anchored off the Tukituki River mouth in the HMS Herald and sought the signature of Te Hapuku in particular. The Herald-Bunbury Treaty copy includes Te Hapuku, Waikato and Mahikai (Kahungunu) as signatories. Image: An artist's rendition of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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