MĀTAURANGA MĀORI1. INTRODUCTION AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE COLLECTIONThe Mātauranga Māori Collection was created in 2002 in its current location on the north side of Level G in the General Library, drawing on Māori material from the New Zealand and Pacific Collection and Te Huka-ā-tai, a collection based in the Department of Māori Studies. It is a research collection that provides a focus for researchers of Māori topics. The development of the collection coincided with the establishment of the Māori Services Team who are located in offices within the Mātauranga Māori area of Level G. Selection of material is primarily the responsibility of the Library Manager, Māori and Pasifika Services and the Māori Liaison Librarian with input from relevant subject librarians. All staff may recommend library materials for purchase; students can also make recommendations. 2. DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTIONThe Mātauranga Māori Collection comprises monographs, serials, bound manuscripts, government reports, and printed Māori Land Court Minute Books pertaining to all aspects of Māori life. It is in close proximity to other relevant collections and services in the General Library on Level G, including the Microtexts Room, where a comprehensive set of microfilm Land Court Minute Books from 1865 to 1975 are housed; Special Collections, where rare items and original manuscripts are held; and the New Zealand and Pacific Collection. Collection highlights include a complete set of Te Ao Hou; the contemporary Māori newspapers Te Iwi o Aotearoa, Kahungunu and Te Māori News, and the Waitangi Tribunal Reports. Special strengths are in the areas of anthropology, Māori language, land, culture, literature and history. The Library holds a significant Māori audiovisual collection in Special Collections, comprising all Māori programmes broadcast on Māori Television and Television New Zealand. Other audiovisual materials, also in Special Collections, duplicate the unrestricted sound recordings of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Music in the University's Department of Anthropology. Most items are borrowable, with the significant exceptions of the bound facsimile manuscripts (George Grey, Edward Shortland, and John White papers), the Raupatu Document Bank, and the hard-bound volumes of Māori Land Court Minute Books (Orakei, Auckland, Tai Tokerau and Papatupu Block Committee books pertaining to Northland). 3. USERSThe majority of users are academic staff and students enrolled in courses with a significant Māori component, plus researchers of Māori subjects. 4. COLLECTION PRIORITIESThe priority is to establish and maintain a research level collection on topics pertaining to all aspects of Māori life, especially Māori language items, literature, linguistics, education, history, material culture, music, and traditional culture. Iwi and hapū specific items will be included. Each edition of a relevant published work will be collected. Fiction should be at academic readership level. However, the complete works of selected Māori authors writing in a range of styles (including teenage, youth writing) will be collected. Waitangi Tribunal reports and associated papers are included where shelf-space and finance permits. Two copies of all published monographic works will be purchased unless:
In such cases one copy will be obtained. Staff and students are welcome to recommend acquisitions for the collection. Material not collected:
5. REPLACEMENTSBecause this is a research collection special efforts are made to replace significant missing items. 6. RETENTIONDue to the specific nature of the knowledge held within the Mātauranga Māori collection reduces the need to review annually, therefore the collection shall be reviewed every five years. The following material should be retained:
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