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E nga karangaranga maha huri noa, huri noa i ō tātou motu
tēnā hoki tatou katoa. E mihi ana ki ō tātou tini mate kua
wheturangitia, kua poupoutia. Haere atu koutou, haere ki
Hawaiiki-nui, Hawaiiki-roa Hawaiiki-pamamao, okioki atu rā.
Me ki, kua ea te wahanga ki a rātou.
Kāti, ka aro ki ā tātou te hunga ora e noho werawera nei i
roto i ngā Whare Pukapuka maha puta noa i Aotearoa. Tēnei te
mihi ki a koutou i hāpai nei i te kaupapa kaitiaki
mātauranga kia whai oranga ai tātou katoa e nohonoho nei i
runga i tēnei whenua. Nō reira tēna koutou, Kia
orana, Malo e lelei, Talofa lava, Ni sa bula vinaka,
Fakalofa lahi atu.
In May of 2001 the University of Auckland Library was the first university library to establish a
dedicated Māori Services team, Rōpū Ratonga Māori. The service was welcomed by Māori in the University and
also impacted favourably on the Library's ability to attract Māori as library staff members.
Pasifika service provision, incorporated into the Māori
Services team was investigated in
2003. By February 2005, the first Pasifika Liaison Librarian, of Pasifika heritage was welcomed into the Māori
Services team and the team's philosophy and services were extended to include those of and to the Pasifika
University community.
Māori and Pasifika Services, under the direction of the Library Manager, Māori and Pasifika Services, is delivered by
three main groups:
- the Māori and Pasifika
Information Services team;
- Te Ropu Kaimahi Māori (Māori Library Staff Group);
and
- Pasifika Library Staff Group (lead by the Pasifika Liaison Librarian)
Most of the services to the
Māori and Pasifika University communities are delivered by the Māori and Pasifika
Information Services team. This team manages the Matauranga Māori Collection and advises on the
development of the Pasifika content of the New Zealand and
Pacific Collection located in the General Library. The team's main aim is to deliver information services, with excellence, to the Māori
and Pasifika staff and students of the university of Auckland through the principles of whanaungatanga, aroha,
tautua, ta'aaloalo and alofa. For more information about the
team's location, services and hours please click
here.
Te Pou Rāhui (Māori Library Staff Group), currently
lead by the Library Manager, Māori and Pasifika Services, draws its members from a wide range of
units within the Library system. The main aim of the group is
to nurture and empower Māori students and staff in a whānau
environment which is friendly to Māori cultural and personal
values through the principles of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga,
wairuatanga, kaitiakitanga, kotahitanga, tino rangatiratanga
and ngākau mahaki. The group also acts
as an advisory body (in consultation with the University Committee - Runanga, where appropriate) to the
University Librarian regarding Treaty of Waitangi issues that affect the University Library's procedures
and policies.
The Pasifika Library Staff Group was established in 2005,
and its members come from within the Library system and
University wide. The main aim of the group, like Te Pou Rāhui (Māori Library Staff Group),is to nurture and
empower Pasifika students and staff in a tertiary
environment which respects the cultural differences in
Pasifika, and is friendly to Pasifika cultural and personal
values, through the principles of tautua, alofa and
fa’aaloalo (service, love and respect).The group is also a
supportive and information network for members to enhance
and advance their work with Pasifika communities of the
University.
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