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.
Come along to our Iwi Research event where the focus this month will be Whakatōhea.
WHAIAO Presents: Folk tales
In association with our WHAIAO exhibition Kim Te Pairi Garrett (Tuhoe) and Lizzie Tollemache (Scottish and Swiss heritage) present a series of folk tale performances and storytelling workshops targeted at different age groups. All events are free but require bookings.
Generations of Indigenous people have experienced the injustices wrought by institutional confinement. Rates of Indigenous imprisonment are recognised in Australia as a national tragedy, and in Aotearoa New Zealand, the government itself has admitted that Māori people may be the most incarcerated in the world. Handing over the Keys compares three countries including Canada with enduring records of confining Indigenous people.
Idioms - the everyday turns of phrase that give a language its character - are a key part of speaking fluently, and te reo Māori is rich in them. The title of this work translates into English as 'a basket of idioms.
In this book, children from Everglade School in Manurewa, South Auckland, share stories about moments in their lives when they felt proud of themselves. (Text in Māori and English)
From well-known journalist Atakohu Middleton comes Aotearoa’s first collection of short stories written entirely in te reo Māori. The stories span time, genres and voices – readers will find police procedurals and family dramas, fantasy stories and coming-of-age yarns.
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