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• Christchurch community directory : Māori and Pacific Island community organisations
  Directory of organisations providing services for Māori and Pacific Islanders.
  
  
• Clearing House
  A collaborative, non-profit, project that provides research and other resources to people and organisations involved in tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector research.
  
  
• Cultural safety = Kawa whakaruruhau / Irihapeti Merenia Ramsden
  Cultural safety and nursing education in New Zealand.
  
  
• F.I.R.S.T Foundation : the Foundation for Indigenous Research in Society & Technology = Tuatahi nga kaitaunaki rangahau
  The FIRST Foundation is a philanthropic trust that aims to commission and facilitate research into issues of interest and concern to indigenous people everywhere. Site includes information about the foundation and conference proceedings.
  
  
• From Hawaiki to Hawaiki : the Māori people of Aotearoa, New Zealand
  The magic of being Māori, the indigenous Māori people - their culture, history, mythology, legend and whakapapa (genealogy).
  
  
• Good practice participate
  Provides public servants with information to help them actively engage with Māori, community and voluntary groups when making policy decisions.
  
  
• Iwidex
  Index to published and unpublished information sources on tribal history, tikanga-a-iwi, and whakapapa held in the Heritage and Research Collections of Auckland City Libraries.
  
  
• Kaitiakitanga Program and network : Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi children guard and share Whirinaki, their culture, language and values
  Ngāti Whare iwi programme involving the community and its school in development and guardianship of the community's culture, values and physical environment, especially the Whirinaki Forest.
  
  
• Māori as he was : a brief account of Māori life as it was in pre-European days
  By Elsdon Best. E-book. Original published 1934. A critique of this work by Philip Steer is also available.
  
  
• Māori in Oz
  Online community to connect and support Māori living in Australia.
  
  
• Māori theology / by Michael Shirres
  Provides information on Māori theology. Includes information on the Māori views of violence, dying, and Christianity. Notes that the Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa and New Zealand. Offers information on inculturation and the beliefs of the Māori. Lists related publications.
  
  
• Māori women : caught in the contradictions of a colonised reality / by Annie Mikaere
  An article by Annie Mikaere. "A discussion of the position of women in Maori society before colonisation. It then considers the position of women under English law, and examines the effects that law had on Maori women as a result of colonisation."
  
  
• Māori. Volume 1 / by Elsdon Best
  E-book. Original published 1924. A study representing the most complete survey of Māori culture of that time.
  
  
• Mana i Waitangi = Human rights and the Treaty of Waitangi
  The Human Rights Commission initiated strategy for public dialogue on human rights and the Treaty of Waitangi.
  
  
• Manukau Urban Māori Authority
  MUMA is a Māori community organisation in South Auckland. The site details the services offered by MUMA, strategic alliances with other organisations as well as information about Ngā Whare Waatea Marae and contact details.
  
  
• Maori.org.nz
  Includes information about marae, kapa haka, email directory and educational resources. Also virtual whare, images of manu, weapons, tukutuku and information on marae protocol and myths and legends.
  
  
• Naku : panui
  Published by the Community Probation Service. Provides updates on the Service's work with the Maori community. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Newsletter / Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga = Horizons of Insight : the National Institute of Research Excellence for Māori Development and Advancement
  Newsletter of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, covering news and events relating to the Centre. All issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Ngāti Awa Social & Health Services = Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngāti Awa
  Provides social, health and employment services to Ngati Awa and the wider community within the Ngati Awa rohe.
  
  
• Ngāti Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust Incorporated
  Co-operative venture of affiliated marae promotes the social, cultural and economic interest of the Ngati Maniapoto people
  
  
• Official website of te Runanganui o Taranaki Whanui
  Provides links for websites and news of current issues and events for Te Āti Awa. Provides access to the online radio station Atiawa Toa FM; the education and welfare group Taimaiti Whangai; and health and fitness centres such as Waiwhetu Medical Centre.
  
  
• Pākehā, its origin and meaning / by Jodie Ranford
  Discusses the origins and range of meanings attributed to the term Pākehā.
  
  
• Pa O Te Ora Charitable Trust
  Information about the Trust a non-profit social services and community development organisation based in Hikurangi, Northland, New Zealand.
  
  
• Parihaka
  History of the Taranaki settlement Parihaka and the passive resistance movement. Includes information on the annual Parihaka International Peace Festival.
  
  
• Polynesian Society home
  Promotes the scholarly study of past and present New Zealand Māori and other Pacific Island peoples and cultures. Includes list of publications.
  
  
• Powhiri : New Zealand's welcoming spirit
  A comprehensive guide to a powhiri, a Māori ceremony of welcome.
  
  
• Puna kōrero = Journal of Māori and Pacific development
  Provides journal contents and abstracts of articles reporting on research on the political, social, cultural, linguistic and educational development of Maori and Pacific peoples.
  
  
• Ruia
  Online community for the rangatahi (youth) leaders of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa (the Māori Anglican Church)
  
  
• School of Māori and Pacific Development = Te Pua Wānanga Ki Te Ao
  University of Waikato. Includes information on the National Māori Academic Excellence Awards and He Puna Kōrero: Journal of Māori and Pacific Development.
  
  
• Spasifikmag.com
  Information and articles from the Polynesian focussed Spasifik magazine. Includes information about travel in the pacific and articles about sport and leisure, weddings, education and business.
  
  
• Tūhoe Mātauranga : Ngai Tūhoe kawea te kura nui, Ngai Tūhoe kawea te kura roa
  Promoting the health, social and economic well-being of Ngāi Tūhoe.
  
  
• Tanenuiarangi Manawatu Incorporated : mandated iwi authority for Rangitaane O Manawatu
  Fosters the cultural, physical, spiritual, educational and economic wellbeing and development of the Iwi of Rangitaane O Manawatu.
  
  
• Tapu Te Ranga Marae
  The home of Bruce Stewart, built from recycled material. It has conference facilities and recreation areas with reforestation in native plants.
  
  
• Te Ora Hou- Te Tairawhiti Inc.
  A non-profit Christian community organisation working with young people and their whanau in Gisborne.
  
  
• Te Puni Kōkiri
  The Government's principal adviser on the Crown's relationship with iwi, hapū and Māori, and on key Government policies as they affect Māori. Includes newsletters and the Māori Land Information Base.
  
  
• Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa
  Provides assistance and encouragement for the social, educational, cultural, health, economic and political advancement of Māori and Pacific Islanders living in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton).
  
  
• Te Rūnanga O Te Rarawa
  Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa is involved in a number of areas to foster the cultural, physical, spiritual, educational and economic well-being and development of the iwi of Te Rarawa.
  
  
• Te Rūnanga-a-iwi o Ngāti Kahu
  Provides information about the iwi, land claims, events and a directory of the marae that make up the iwi.
  
  
• Te Reo-o-Taranaki
  Trust formed to manage and co-ordinate the development of Māori language in Taranaki . Includes information of news, events and projects.
  
  
• Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust
  Provides economic, environmental, health and social initiatives to Waitakere City.
  
  
• Waikato Ki Roto o Pōneke
  WKRP is a cultural and social group that exists as a focal point for Māori of Tainui descent, their friends and whānau who live in the Wellington region.
  
  
• Waipuna / National Library of New Zealand = Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
  Te Waipuna is intended to provide information to iwi Maori and people interested in the services and products of the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Whare kohanga, the "nest house" and its lore : comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal etc. contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungungu tribe of the North Island of New Zealand / by Elsdon Best
  E-Book created by the Knowledge Basket. Māori birth customs.