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  • The Early Māori Newspapers

    What do you get when you cross Gutenberg’s printing press with the communal, oral storytelling of Māori tradition?
  • What's your name?

    Tēnā koutou! Nau mai, welcome to the first Rauemi blog post. This blog series looks at different resources, highlighting new, useful or unusual sources of Māori information.
  • Pixie Williams: The Voice of Blue Smoke

    On Monday September 16 2014 at 10.30 am, Wellington Central Library will be opening a special display celebrating the life of Pixie Williams.
  • An Interview with Toni Huata

    Kia ora ano and welcome to our third and final feature in our New Zealand Music Month series of interviews with local Māori musicians.
  • An Interview with Karl Teariki

    Kia ora and welcome to the second interview in our series of interviews with local Māori musicians.
  • An Interview with Matiu Te Huki

    For NZ Music Month, local musician Matiu Te Huki very kindly answered some questions for us, and told us all about his music and his inspirations. Check it out!
  • 28th Māori Battalion Christmas 1943

    In honour of the festive season, we thought we would share some images and clips of Māori Battalion Christmases past from the National Library & Māori Battalion websites.
  • Jacqueline (Jacquie) Baxter (J.C. Sturm)