Māori Studies

Key databases

  • Index New Zealand
    Journals, newspapers and magazines about New Zealand and the South Pacific.
  • Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
    Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books and company information from Australian, New Zealand and selected overseas magazines.
  • eTV
    Provides real-time teaching video resources through local and international television programming delivered as live streams and videos available to be viewed and downloaded.

Manuscripts, archives

Dictionaries, encyclopedias

Full list of databases for Māori Studies.

Theses

Māori specific collections

Research centres

Television

  • The TV and Radio database has over 100,000 hours of archived television and radio from 1965 to the present. This collection includes a wealth of news and current affairs programming including Māori television content.

Library Catalogue

Books in the University of Auckland Library can be found using the Catalogue.

You can locate information by typing phrases, keywords or subject headings into the Search Box, e.g.,

  • Maori New Zealand people - Social life and customs
  • Maori New Zealand people - Rites and ceremonies
  • Maori tattooing
  • Maori music

To find iwi or region related information type in the iwi or region name also, e.g., Ngati Whatua, Tainui, Ngati Toa (you do not need to include macrons).

Getting started

For new researchers in this area you are encouraged to read Charles Te Ahukaramu Royal's book Te Haurapa: An introduction to researching tribal histories and traditions

For researchers in Auckland

Books, articles and kōrero

Databases and websites

Iwi and marae maps

  • Te Kāhui Māngai
    Directory of Māori and iwi organisations. Includes interactive iwi and hapū maps.
  • TAKOA Maps & Resources
    Māori directory, includes maps of iwi, hapū and sites throughout New Zealand.
  • Māori Maps
    Maps, photographs and information for every tribal Marae.

Whakapapa resources by region

Other resources

Key databases

  • Māori Land Court Minute Books Index
    An index of the minute books for hearings held between 1865 and 1910.
  • Fenton's Important Judgments
    Important Judgments delivered in the Compensation Court and Native Land Court 1866 to 1879 and Native Custom and Law Affecting Native Land.
  • Lexis Advance
    New Zealand and international legal content, including New Zealand legislation, case law, New Zealand Law Reports, the legal encyclopedia Laws of New Zealand, legal commentary, Casebase and the indexing database Linxplus.
  • Hansard
    Transcript of debates in the New Zealand Parliament, including the Legislative Council.

Select bibliographies

Government

Maps

Getting started

Select bibliography

Waitangi Tribunal

Set up by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal is a permanent commission of inquiry that makes recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to Crown actions which breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.

Te Arawhiti The Office for Māori Crown Relations

Literature

Material culture

Mahi whakairo

  • Alphabetical list of Māori woodcarvers and their works

    This list, compiled by the late Dr Roger Neich, was the first attempt to synthesize all scattered information about individual Māori woodcarvers. It is not an exhaustive list and may contain errors. With so much confusion in the literature over first names, surnames and patronyms, it was decided to give the names of each carver in the order that they usually appear but then to list them alphabetically by the last (surname) name, with some cross-referencing by other commonly used names.
    • Entry framework: Name (with published variations) Birth-death dates and/or floruit dates Hapū, Iwi, Works with their dates and References.

Performing arts and Kapa Haka

Call numbers for books in the Mātauranga Māori collection (Level M, General Library)

  • Myths and legends 398.2
  • Māori language 499
  • Music 780.995
  • Performing arts 790
  • Games and haka 792 - 794
  • Poetry and oral literature 899
  • Iwi and hapū 995

Tirohanga Māori

Select bibliographies

Te Reo Māori

Dictionaries

Other useful websites

Support

  • Referencing
    Access a range of tools and support material to assist your referencing work.

Examples

  • Quick©ite
    Use this interactive tool to view examples of references.
    Covers a range of styles used at the University of Auckland.

Last updated : 16 November 2022
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