Mātauranga Māori kete o te wānanga: Mātauranga Māori

A report presented to both the houses of the General Assembly by command of his Excellency.

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In May 2017 the exhibition He Tohu opened at the National Library in Wellington. This celebrates three founding documents in New Zealand’s history – He Whakaputanga: The Declaration of Independence (1835), the Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi (1840) and the Women’s Suffrage Petition (1893).

This index is from an unpublished manuscript compiled about 1925 by the missionary Rev. Henry James Fletcher (1868-1933). In its original form it was 987 pages long, a vast index of Māori names referred to in books and journals, including the names of boundaries, Māori individuals, canoes, trees, landmarks and geographical locations. It was Fletcher's greatest piece of work, and one that merited improved access.

Since 1989 Tuhi Tuhi Communications has been researching and creating new resources. When we published TAKOA in 1993 we started developing and adding new resources each year.

Mātauranga Māori spans Māori knowledge, culture, values and world view. Pūrākau and maramataka, forms of mātauranga Māori, comprise knowledge generated using methods and techniques developed independently from other knowledge systems.

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Ngāi Tahu inherited from earlier iwi a complex infrastructure of ara tawhito (traditional travel routes) throughout Te Waipounamu, which were the arteries of important social and economic relationships. They provided access to resources, trade, and mahinga kai. Over generations of use, Ngāi Tahu hapū and whānau developed an extensive and intimate knowledge of the place names, stories, mahinga kai resources, resting places, and natural features associated with each ara tawhito.

Snippets of letters from Lord Normanby to William Hobson regarding New Zealand.

The MANU AO Academy had three main objectives: Accelerating Māori leadership; Strengthening the links between Māori Academics and Māori Professionals; and Advancing Māori scholarship.

By the beginning of 1960, publicity about social maladjustment in the cities had focused the Labour government’s attention on Maori issues.

Whether you're researching a claim, local history, a case study, genealogy or whakapapa, you'll want to view the minute books. They aren't available online. Here’s how you get them.

Here we have a collection of historic newspapers published primarily for a Māori audience between 1842 and 1932. The newspapers can be searched (full text), browsed (by series) or accessed by date. This collection has been made available by the New Zealand Digital Library Project, at the Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato.

All peoples develop their own academic traditions: philosophies grounded in their experiences over
successive generations, and theories for growing knowledge and wisdom. Mātauranga Māori
(mātauranga) is the Indigenous knowledge system of these lands....

Mātauranga Māori is a modern term for the combined knowledge of Polynesian ancestors and the experiences of Māori living in the environment of Aotearoa. The term takes many forms, such as language (te reo), education (mātauranga), traditional environmental knowledge (taonga tuku iho, mātauranga o te taiao), traditional knowledge of cultural practice, such as healing and medicines (rongoā), fishing (hī ika) and cultivation (mahinga kai).

Nau mai, haere mai. This guide has information about whakapapa resources available online from the National Library of New Zealand and elsewhere.

Our aim is to advise others researching their Māori Whakapapa by way of sharing our accumulated knowledge of areas of research and to compile a list of books and repositories that will assist others with their Māori research.

Discover and access New Zealand’s most comprehensive selection of research papers and related resources. This site includes peer-reviewed and other research from universities, polytechnics, and research organisations throughout New Zealand.

As we enter a new millennium the intellectual legacy of David P. Ausubel still resonates in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

This section of the guide elaborates principles of the Treaty expressed by the Courts and the Waitangi Tribunal in the context of particular cases and claims.

Ever since April 1840, just two months after the initial signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Māori have been requiring the British Crown to adhere to the solemn promises it signed up to in that treaty.

To work towards a better future, we need to understand how and why the world is changing.
Data is a vital tool to help us understand, measure, manage, and assess issues and the impact of the changes we make.

At the beginning of 1960 Mr. J. K. Hunn, Deputy-Chairman of the Public Service Commission was attached as Acting Secretary to the Department of Maori Affairs.

The fifth Hui Taumata Mātauranga occurred almost exactly 150 years after an event
that shaped New Zealand’s future. In November 1856, at Pukawa on the banks of
Lake Taupo, and on the invitation of Iwikau te Heuheu, 1600 tribal leaders gathered
to discuss how they might address perceived threats to Māori survival.

Find out about the history of New Zealand before the Europeans invaded. Find out about the different waka that arrived and the people who navigated them.

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I visited photographer John Miller’s studio in 2015, on the recommendation of friends and colleagues who reside in New Zealand. I had just met with art writer Jon Bywater in Auckland, who confirmed the idea with great enthusiasm.

Over many years our research work has helped inform us and others on the best ways to support Māori development. In this section you can search our publications by subject matter or publication date.