November 2025

Nau mai, haere mai and welcome to our email newsletter focused on Te Ao Māori.
Letting you know about library events and celebrations, books and resources to do with the Māori world.

Staff List

Ngā Pounamu Māori - Whiringa-ā-rangi 2025

Recent additions to our Ngā Pounamu Māori Collections for Adults and Tamariki.

Library events

Blog Post

Recent necrology, December 2025

Some well-known people who have died recently including actor-director, Rob Reiner and authors, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella.

Blog Post

Recent necrology, December 2025

Some well-known people who have died recently including actor-director, Rob Reiner and authors, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella.

More events

Pukapuka hou / New books

All titles

"Atlas of the New Zealand Wars" by Leask, Derek

Māori fiction

"The Bone People" by Hulme, Keri, 1947-2021

"Carved in Blood" by Bennett, Michael, 1964-

"Kei hea a Spot?" by Hill, Eric, 1927-2014

Māori history

"New Zealand History in Bite-sized Chunks" by McCloy, Nicola, 1971-

"The Meeting Place" by O'Malley, Vincent, 1967-

"Isaac Featherston 'Petatone'" by Martin, John E., 1951-

Website

New to BWB New Zealand History Collection

Atholl Anderson's newly revised edition of The Welcome of Strangers is available in eBook format on BWB The New Zealand History Collection.

Website

Pikihuia Award winners

Winners in the biennial Pikihuia awards for Māori writers in English or te reo Māori have been announced.

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