Māori Services
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. |
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. |
Websites for Māori Research |
Maori Land Court Minute Book Index DatabaseThe Māori Land Court Minute Book Index database provides easy and quick access to over 1100 minute books between 1865 and 1910, from the Taitokerau, Waikato-Maniapoto, Tairawhiti, Waiariki, Aotea, Takitimu, and Waipounamu Maori Land Court Districts. Access Notes:
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Māori Subject HeadingsNgā Ūpoko 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 and can be found at: http://mshupoko.natlib.govt.nz/mshupoko/index.htm This provides a structured path to subjects to assist researchers 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 resource to use when describing material either in or about Māori. It will be used by the National Library of New Zealand to enhance its service to Māori library users. However it should not be seen as authoritative beyond its intended purpose for use in libraries and archives. The Iwi Hapū names list is located separately at http://iwihapu.natlib.govt.nz/iwi-hapu |
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." |
Te Kōrari Exhibition 2012 Community invited to view three years of learning!The 4th annual Te Kōrari Exhibition created and curated by Toi Paematua students of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa opens on Sunday 28 October in the Hastings Library. Kaiako Raranga (weaving teacher), Te Muri Whaanga, says this exhibition of the raranga (weaving) created during their learning journey is a celebration of achievement of three years of learning for some students. “Students are assessed on all aspects of preparing and presenting this exhibition.” Ms Whaanga says. “This year’s exhibition promises to be outstanding. It will include works by level 4, 5 and 6 students, flax preparation and weaving demonstrations.” District Libraries Manager Paula Murdoch says both the Hastings Library and the Hastings City Art Gallery support the Wananga to bring this exhibition to the public. |
Te Kōrari Exhibition 2011 Toi Paematua students of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa presented their Te Kōrari Exhibition to the community - an exhibition of the raranga (weaving) created during their learning journey, from Sunday 30 October thru till Monday 14 November. The exhibition is a celebration of achievement of three years of learning for the students, who are assessed on all aspects of preparing and presenting this exhibition. The community is invited to come and enjoy this display of fantastic, functional artwork. Held upstairs in the Activities Area of the Hastings War Memorial Library from Sunday 30 October until Monday 14 November, students were on hand to discuss aspects of their work with the public. Te Kōrari refers to the seeds and stem of the Harakeke plant (flax), symbolising many of the students' journeys in developing this collection. Harakeke - a staple survival plant in olden Maori life used for kai, rongoa (medicine), whare, whariki (flooring), kakahu (clothing), sandals etc, prior to the arrival of European resources. |
Celebrating the Treaty of Waitangi in Hawke's BayWe have two awesome celebrations on Waitangi Day in Hawke's Bay this year. Waitangi Family Festival at Clive
Kahungunu Waitangi Day 2013
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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:
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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 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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