Libraries closed Mon 20 January

All our libraries will be closed on Monday 20 January for Wellington Anniversary Day. Our eLibrary resources, eg Libby, will continue to be available.

LinkedIn Learning outage

There is a NZ wide outage with access to LinkedIn Learning. We've reported the issue to our vendor and hope to have it resolved soon.

Karere 'Māori featured' - 'Māori featured' stories

  • Te Māori Exhibition: 40 Years On
    10 September 1984. On this day, 40 years ago, Te Māori exhibition opened at MOMA in New York City.

  • Rauemi Reo : a guide to resources to help strengthen your reo Māori
    Wellington City Libraries staff have produced an online pamphlet of 'Rauemi Reo : a guide to resources to help strengthen your reo Māori'.

  • Remembering Moana Jackson
    He Tangata, he tangata, he tangata: of the people, by the people, for the people. He hōnore, he korōria ki te Atua he maungārongo ki te whenua. He whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa.

  • Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Wai 262 Claim
    Over 3000 claims have been made to the Waitangi Tribunal during its first 40 years of existence.

  • Naming the Land
    Tēnā koutou katoa, e te whānau! Matariki is a time for recollection and remembering, as well as hope for the new year.

  • Kōrero with Morrie Love of the Tenths Trust
    In the early 1800s the stories behind the naming of the land in Te Whanganui-a-Tara were often sourced to Te  Whatahoro Jury and three women  -  Ngarimu Mawene,  Mere Ngamai and Rangiwahia Te Puni.

  • Dr George S. Evans : a life
    I recently enjoyed the refined atmosphere of the Wellington Club while admiring Helen Riddiford’s account of Dr. George Samuel Evans.

  • Jock McEwen: He kōtuku rerenga tahi
    We speak sometimes of special people amongst us who have travelled successfully in two worlds. Quite often there follows the story of one such.

  • Johnny Cooper, 'The Māori Cowboy'
    Johnny Cooper, hero of early New Zealand rock’n’roll, died earlier this month in Lower Hutt, aged 85.

  • 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.

  • 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.