KIMIHIA HE ARA MĀORI KEI TE MATAPIHI KI TE AO NUI
FINDING TREATY OF WAITANGI RESOURCES at WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES
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Catalogue Search tips
A simple way to access catalogued entries of Māori material is to search the catalogue by keyword - but occasionally this may produce an unwieldy list with too many items.
Subject Headings used in our library are the United States Library of Congress subject headings. The headings are very comprehensive, but frequently have an American slant.
Māori subject headings are being developed, geared to the needs of our own people.
Location
As well as the lending copies of books on Māori topics, there is a Reference-only collection - Te Kohikohinga Māori - located at the top of the stairs Victoria side of the 2nd Floor of the Central Library.
Recent Maori material in branch libraries has an identifying sticker (the red, white and black flag symbol on the spines of books) to make items easy to spot.
Shelf numbers
Treaty of Waitangi
Books on the Treaty are usually found at two shelf numbers:
| general history (of the signing of the document) | 993.1 |
| politics of indigenous people | 323.11994 |
Waitangi Tribunal
Sources of information:
microfiche
books
magazines
Microfiche
Waitangi Tribunal records of documents and submissions.
(Kept at desk, 2nd Floor, Central Library)
This huge collection of microfiche covers the following claims Wai 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 22, 27, 32, 33, and 150/26
| Books about the Waitangi Tribunal | 323.11994 |
Books by the Waitangi Tribunal:
Research reports and Tribunal reports are usually filed at the subject number:
| Fisheries | 639.2 |
| Kiwifruit marketing | 380.14144 |
| Mokai School | 372.993115 |
| Radio spectrum | 384.5452 |
| Te Reo | 499.4 |
| Te Whanau of Waipareira | 362.84994 |
Earlier reports for land/resource claims are mostly filed under public land:
| Te Ika Whenua energy assets | 333.1 |
| Ngāti Rangiteaorere | 333.2 |
| Ngai Tahu | 333.3 |
Some land reports are kept with the iwi history.
| Ngāti Awa raupatu | 993.116 |
| Rekohu | 993.149 |
| Whanganui River | 993.144 |
| 323.11994 | Indigenous treaty issues (civil & political rights) | |
| 993.1 | General New Zealand history includes signing of the Treaty. |
Te manutukutuku, the official magazine of the Waitangi Tribunal (Te Kohikohinga Maori, 2nd Floor, Central Library).
INNZ is a bibliographic index to New Zealand magazines (and larger newspaper articles) and is accessed on the limited free-access internet PCs - there is one in Te Kohikohinga Maori, 2nd Floor, Central Library as well all floors and all branches of the Wellington City Libraries).
INTERNET LINKS
Please see the Māori section and Mygateway databases page for recommended websites and other online resources.
Special notes
Material labelled Kept at Desk is available from the Enquiry Desk at the North end, 2nd Floor, Central Library. It is not available for loan and may be used in the library. We will hold onto your library card or similar identification.
Stack books may be requested from the enquiry desks at the North end, 2nd Floor of the Central Library.
Rare Books are also available on request at the 2nd Floor Desk, on production of identification. They must be treated with care, and read only at the Enquiry Desk.
