September 2025

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

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 14 -20 o Hepetema 2025

Explore resources and events to help you strengthen your reo during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week, 14 to 20 September 2025.

Booklists

Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori 2025: Matua

Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori 2025 : Tamariki

Te reo Māori courses

Te Ao Māori at WORD Christchurch

Blog Post

So much laughter, so much pain: Indigi-joy at WORD

Katie reports back from WORD Christchurch where Juanita Hepi, Tina Makereti, Dominic Guerrera, and Ariana Tikao explored Indigi-Joy.

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"It's the history of half the country": Ngai Tahu history

Moata reports back from a panel about the new edition of Atholl Anderson's "The Welcome of Strangers", a tribal history of Ngāi Tahu.

More WORD posts

New books

All titles

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

Māori fiction

"Return to 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-

"Te āhua o ngā kupu whakaari a Te Kooti" by Temara, Pou, 1948-

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The Dublin Literary Award

The 2026 nominations for this international book prize for a novel written in or translated into English have been announced.

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