In our last Insync survey asking how students rated the Massey Library, we received this comment: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My biggest concern is that when writing essays based on M\u0101ori kaupapa or principles many books such as fundamental ones from Mason Durie are not available online. I do not live close to the Massey library. This is of great concern given that these resources are rich sources of information for students in Aotearoa.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aware that Aotearoa\/New Zealand books were originally slower to offer Library-friendly ebook options, I decided to investigate. What options are there for Massey students and researchers? Both within Massey\u2019s collections and on the free internet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I undertook this as a P\u0101keha librarian still educating myself about te ao M\u0101ori. I acknowledge my current and former colleagues Sheeanda McKeagg, Ria Waikerepuru, Bruce White, and Carla Jeffrey, in thanks for all I have learned from them. I’m also aware indigenous communities over the world have reason to distrust universities and libraries as places where white supremacy was reinforced. Indigenous knowledge was denigrated, misrepresented, or exploited, and cultural traditions about who could have access to this knowledge ignored. Many libraries are starting to work through this history and starting to try to work in partnership. With that said, this is what I found out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whether books are released as ebooks or not, and if they are Library friendly ebooks is a publisher decision, so how are they doing? I started with Sir Mason Durie and did a Discover search and then limited my results to ebooks (check it out<\/a>). I then checked Linda Tuhiwai-Smith and Hirini Moko Mead, as scholars I was aware of. A lot of their books are still only in print, but there are ebooks, and several of them are collections of their writings, or collections of writings by M\u0101ori scholars. Many of them are published by Huia Publishers<\/a> \u2013 ka rawe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So if you’re looking for a particular author, I recommend searching Discover<\/a> and checking what ebooks are available. Be prepared to examine collections they appear in. Remember that you can request print from any of our campus libraries, and our Distance Service<\/a> is well-known for being prompt! You can also request scans of up to a chapter (our copyright limit) and we are also happy to scan contents pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m pleased to see proportions of M\u0101ori ebooks rising. In 2018, the Royal Society of New Zealand and Ng\u0101 Pae o M\u0101ramatanga compiled Te Takarangi<\/a>, a sample list of 150 M\u0101ori non-fiction books to celebrate the long history of M\u0101ori scholarship. Of the 58 books published since 2010, 29 of them are available as ebooks. Of the M\u0101ori books published since 2018 that Massey holds, two-thirds of them are ebooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For finding M\u0101ori information on the free internet, there will be many places, and I\u2019m not even going to attempt to cover them all! These are my current favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n E-tangata<\/strong> e-tangata.co.nz<\/a> E-tangata\u2019s tagline is \u2018a M\u0101ori-Pasifika Sunday magazine\u2019. It has writing by many major M\u0101ori researchers and thinkers, reflecting on kaupapa in today\u2019s world. If you don\u2019t already, please read it, and support them financially if you\u2019re in the position to do so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n DigitalNZ<\/strong> https:\/\/digitalnz.org\/<\/a> is the National Library working with a range of partners to provide an amazing range of digitised resources: video, audio, print, pictures from collections around New Zealand. Working on an early draft of this post, I listened to a fascinating talkback radio session (date unknown) about trade in taonga<\/a> with Hirini Moko Mead, Piripi Walker, Wiremu Cooper, and various callers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NZETC<\/strong> https:\/\/nzetc.victoria.ac.nz\/<\/a> Victoria University of Wellington has digitised New Zealand and Pacific books, and made them available to everyone. It has a lot of M\u0101ori content, best for the 19th and early 20th century. Nicely searchable as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ng\u0101 P\u0101e o te M\u0101ramatanga<\/strong> https:\/\/www.maramatanga.co.nz\/<\/a> is New Zealand\u2019s M\u0101ori Centre for Research Excellence. Explore their knowledge portal for reports, videos, books. https:\/\/www.maramatanga.co.nz\/knowledge-portal<\/a>. Their aim is to do research of relevance to M\u0101ori communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, some general searching advice. When searching Google or other search engines, try adding site:.maori.nz<\/em> or site:.iwi.nz<\/em> to your search terms to limit your results to M\u0101ori websites. Iwi.nz is moderated \u2013 registrants have to be part of a distinct iwi or hap\u016b and have the permission of that iwi or hap\u016b. M\u0101ori.nz is unmoderated. Limiting to government (site:.govt.nz) or academic (site:.ac.nz) sites can also be valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Katherine Chisholm In our last Insync survey asking how students rated the Massey Library, we received this comment: “My biggest concern is that when writing essays based on M\u0101ori kaupapa or principles many books such as fundamental ones from Mason Durie are not available online. I do not live close to the Massey library. 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