Tēnā koe. Nau mai! Your Māori subject guide is aimed as a starting point for Māori-related resources. We have highlighted a range of books, journals and websites you might find useful.
You can also search for more resources using the search box at the top of this screen. See Getting started to learn more.
Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi – With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.
Further support |
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata |
KaupapaMāori.com - developed to share "a range of projects being undertaken in collaboration with a number of Māori researchers, scholars, writers, healers and practitioners" - Leonie Pihama.
What Works - Kaupapa Māori - an introduction to kaupapa Māori from the What Works (Community Research) website.
Critical conversations in kaupapa Māori (2017) edited by Te Kawehau Hoskins and Alison Jones.
What can Pākehā learn from engaging in kaupapa Māori educational research? (2013) a Working Paper by Alex Barnes.
| Also check out Rangahau - Research. |
Kia hōhonu ai te puna kupu - Let the pool of words be deep. |
Check out some of the books available to you in our library, as well as some recommended websites:
Becoming tangata Tiriti: working with Maori, honouring the Treaty by Avril Bell
Te Kōparapara: an introduction to the Māori world edited by Suzanne Duncan, Gianna Leoni, Lachy Paterson, Matiu Tai Ratima, Michael Reilly, Poia Rewi & Lyn Carter.
Māori philosophy: indigenous thinking from Aotearoa by Georgina Tuari Stewart
Nga tini whetu: navigating Māori futures by Mason Durie
He pou hiringa: grounding science and technology in Te Ao Māori edited by Marita Amoamo, Merata Kawharu & Katharina Ruckstuhi
Tangata whenua: an illustrated history by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney & Aroha Harris
Tikanga: an introduction to te ao Māori by Keri Opai
Tikanga Māori: living by Māori values (Revised edition) by Hirini Moko Mead
Culture and history
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
He Tohu National Library's exhibition which holds He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni — Declaration of Independence (1835), and Te Tiriti o Waitangi — Treaty of Waitangi (1840). (Also includes Women’s Suffrage Petition — Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine, 1893).
NZ History: Māori
Te Pouhere Kōrero Māori History, Māori People — The official peer-reviewed journal
The New Zealand History Collection Bridget Williams Books Collection
Place and people
Māori Maps
Te Kāhui Māngai (Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations)
Government advisory
Te Puni Kōkiri - Ministry of Māori Development
Media
Radio New Zealand: Te Ao Māori
Waateanews.com: Māori Radio Station
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
He Tohu
The Treaty of Waitangi (Bridget Williams Books_
Waitangi Tribunal
Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Māori |
Te Aka Māori-English Dictionary
The Raupō dictionary of modern Māori, 4th ed. by P.M. Ryan
A Māori word a day by Hēmi Kelly
Māori at home: an everyday guide to learning the Māori language by Scotty and Stacey Morrison
Māori language: understanding the grammar -Te reo Māori : he whakamārama wetenga reo by David Kārena-Holme
Māori made easy: for everyday learners of the Māori language by Scotty Morrison
Māori made fun: 200+ puzzles and games to boost your reo by Scotty and Stacey Morrison
Pronounce Māori with confidence: an easy guide by Hoani Niwa
Stories of te reo - view a timeline of te reo through history, and more.
Te Kākano: the leading Māori-language programme by John C. Moorfield and Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta - beginner level text
Reo Māori Youtube channel - Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori-Māori Language Commission
Te reo Māori : the basics explained by David Kārena-Holmes
The Raupō phrasebook of modern Māori : the user-friendly guide for all New Zealanders by Scotty Morrison
He Kupu Tuku Iho by Timoti Karetu; Wharehuia Milroy
The value of the Maori language: Te hua o te Reo Maori by Rawinia Higgins, Poia Rewi and Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Whaowhia te kete mātauranga - Fill the basket of knowledge |
Critical conversations in Kaupapa Māori by Te Kawehau Hoskins and Alison Jones
Culturally responsive methodologies by Mere Berryman et al.
Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Indigenous pathways into social research by Donna M. Mertens et al.
Indigenous research ethics: claiming research sovereignity beyond deficit and the colonial legacy by Lily George et al.
Te ara tika: guidelines for Māori research ethics: a framework for researchers and ethics committee members by Maui Hudson et al.
Bridget Williams Books Collections
Te Pouhere Kōrero Māori History, Māori People — The official peer-reviewed journal
The New Zealand History Collection
The Treaty of Waitangi
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
Kaupapa Māori research - Some Kaupapa Māori principles by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship
Kaupapa Māori research - Katoa Ltd by Dr Fiona Cram
Te Mana Raraunga - Māori Data Sovereignty Network - "Data is a living tāonga and is of strategic value to Māori".
Te Whatu Aho Rau - He Anga Arotake - an information evaluation network
Collaborative and indigenous mental health therapy: Tataihono, stories of Maori healing and psychiatry by Wiremu Niania et al.
Maea te toi ora - Māori health transformations by Te Kani Kingi
Māori health models - te whare tapa whā
May the people live: a history of Māori health development 1900-1920 by Raeburn Lange
Wānanga hauora 2021 - summary report