Books & Publishers

Te Ropu Whakahau was born from a need to provide professional and cultural support to Maori who worked in libraries throughout New Zealand. There was also a need for Maori voices to inform policies and practices relating to the care of Maori material in libraries and archives, and the provision of library and information services generally.

This website lets you search and browse all 76 issues of the magazine Te Ao Hou The New World. Te Ao Hou was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Department in New Zealand Aotearoa. According to its first editorial, Te Ao Hou aimed "to provide interesting and informative reading for Maori homes … like a marae on paper, where all questions of interest to the Maori can be discussed." Te Ao Hou features bilingual content, with articles in both English and te reo Maori.

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