Māori Resources

Māori Services Moana 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. Read more » Māori Māori Services Māori Resources	Māori Collections Each 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. Read more » Māori Māori Services Māori Resources Collections
Matariki Websites Matariki - background, events, resources & more http://www.matarikievents.co.nz Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi website - Celebrating Matariki - The Maori New Year http://www.kahungunu.iwi.nz Hawke's Bay Wine Country - Matariki Festival - events are being held all around Hawke's Bay in 2011 http://www.hawkesbaynz.com/matarikifestival Māori Language Commission http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/english/matariki_e/index.shtml Māori Star and Constellation Names http://teapot.orconhosting.net.nz/maori_star_names.html Catalogue of Māori Star Names - Astronomy NZ http://www.astronomynz.org.nz/maori/star_names.htm Pleiades Star Cluster - Astronomy Picture of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950620.html "The Pleiades star cluster, M45,... consists of many bright, hot stars that were all formed at the same time within a large cloud of interstellar dust and gas. The blue haze that accompanies them is due to very fine dust which still remains and preferentially reflects the blue light from the stars." Read more » Matariki Māori Resources	Websites for Māori Research Listed here are various websites to assist with you research in Māori related subjects. Local Links Biography Government Health Indexes Land Law Matariki Media & Publications Military Statistics Te Reo Treaty of Waitangi Read more » Māori Māori Services Māori Resources
Matariki Celebrating 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." - from the Māori Language Commission website: http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/english/matariki_e/index.shtml Read more » Matariki Māori Services Māori Resources	Matariki Events - Hawke's Bay Events are being held to celebrate Matariki in Hawke's Bay, see: Calendar of Events on the Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc website :http://www.kahungunu.iwi.nz/index2.html Hawke's Bay Wine Country website: http://www.hawkesbaynz.com/matarikifestival Read more » Matariki Māori Resources
The Treaty of Waitangi - Te Tiriti o Waitangi Resources On Our Shelves We 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 Links There are many online resources and these can be accessed in our libraries (for no charge) as well as at home. New Zealand History Online www.nzhistory.net.nz/category/tid/133 Covers the following: The Treaty in brief Read the Treaty - in English and Māori (includes transcripts) Making the Treaty - getting agreement and the journeys to gather signatories Waitangi Day - the story of New Zealand's national day Treaty timeline Background to the Treaty The Treaty in practice Māori Language Week Treaty biographies Links to other useful websites on the Treaty - www.nzhistory.net.nz/handsonhistory/treaty-of-waitangi-links Archives New Zealand www.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. Read more » Treaty of Waitangi Māori Services Māori Resources	Waitangi Day & the Treaty Waitangi 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 Bay A 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. Read more » Māori Treaty of Waitangi Waitangi Day Māori Services Māori Resources