Kia ora e hoamahi mā,

E hīkaka ana ahau nā te mea kātahi anō tōku whakamāori mātanga tuatahi ka whakaputa! Ko te Aroreretini ko te kaupapa o te waiata, ā, ko Laughton Kora i te kaiwaiata manuhiri. Mēnā ka pīrangi koutou ki te whakarongo ka āpitia e au te hononga.

I’m very excited as my first professional translation has just been released to the public! Tāwara Ana is a waiata my friend and I translated for the band Dillastrate, and is about the lead singer’s journey with ADHD. We are all stoked to have Laughton Kora as a guest vocalist too! The original is called Party in my Head, but if you are interested you can currently hear Tāwara Ana, our te reo Māori version here: https://smarturl.it/TawaraAna

Ngā mihi, Lisa.

Kia ora e hoamahi mā,

Kua tae mai te tino wāhanga o te tau, arā ko te Mahuru Māori! Kua takoto te mānuka, ā, ka whiri ahau i tōku wero. I tēnei marama ka kōrero ahau i tē reo Māori anake ia ata, ia ata o te marama nei. Nā reira, karawhiua e hoa mā! Kōrero Māori mai! Heoti anō, mēnā ka pīrangi koe kia kōrero i te reo Pākehā, kōrero mai i te reo Pākehā whai muri i te poupoutanga o te rā 😊

Mahuru Māori begins tomorrow, and with it a wero to speak te reo Māori. My challenge this Mahuru Māori is to kōrero te reo Māori only in the mornings, so from when I wake up until lunchtime I will be speaking te reo Māori only. Don’t be shy e hoa mā, keep talking to me, but if you would like to have a conversation in English, it may be best to approach me after lunchtime for the next 4 weeks 😊

If you would like to know more about Mahuru Māori or register your own challenge you can visit https://www.mahurumaori.com/

Ngā mihi maioha,

Lisa.

Kia ora koutou,

In collaboration with the PGSA, the Library is putting on a writing session for postgrads tomorrow morning (Tuesday 11 May).

This will be held in Central Library in room 224 (the big glass room by the entrance) from 9am-noon, with the idea to give postgrads a space to work on their individual work but in a space together. I think the official name is ‘Shut up and write’ (in the kindest possible way! 🙂 )

Michael Weiss from Academic Skills Centre is going to speak at the beginning of the session to give some writing tips and answer any questions, and a Subject Librarian or two will be loitering within the space throughout the session to provide library support. There will be kai and tea/kawhe provided too.

If you find any lost students tomorrow morning please direct them to room 224, or if you have any questions about the overall sessions you can direct them to Stuart, Kim or myself.

Ngā mihi mahana,

Lisa.

Kia ora e hoamahi mā,

I have put together a subject guide of open resources (non-library things like blogs, podcasts, posters etc) specifically for the College of Education Bicultural Committee, but the guide is also available for anyone to use through the library’s Teaching Support page.

I would appreciate any suggestions of resources to add to the guide, and any feedback on the guide contents.

https://canterbury.libguides.com/te-tiriti-o-waitangi

Ngā mihi,

Lisa.

Mōrena e te whānau Puna,

The karakia and waiata that is usually held in Rehua each morning at 9am will be held in our Central Library this morning. Nau mai haere mai! This will be hosted by Te Hurinui, who is providing word sheets so you can sing along – please do pop in (behind the desk on Level 2) and start the day with us.

Ngā mihi maioha,

Lisa.

Kia ora mai tātou,

During Te Wiki o te Reo Māori there are going to be two sessions held in Central Library of te reo Māori games and activities. These sessions are being run by two separate cohorts of students from the College of Education. I’ve been really lucky to spend the last 2 mornings with these groups, and see the time and effort they are putting into creating games and resources. They are nervous, but I know they are going to be awesome! I just want to give a little plug for them, and to say that if anyone from the Library is free next week on Thursday or Friday morning, it would be really great to see you there. Both sessions will run from 9am-11am, are being held in the space behind the front desk of Level 2, Central Library. Even if you can just join in for a portion of the time, you will be very warmly welcomed.

Ngā mihi,

Lisa.

Kia ora koutou,

If anyone is interested in coming to the next Māori Research Hui this will be held on Thursday 4th June via Zoom, 12 noon – 1.30pm.

https://canterbury.zoom.us/j/92758293935

Presenters are Dr John Reid from the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre (presentation called “State Intervention in the Tāmaki Makaurau Housing Market and Māori Health, Wealth and Wellbeing”) and Professor Angus Macfarlane (“Traversing the cultural terrain: Are we there yet?”).

Ngā mihi,

Lisa.

Kia ora koutou e hoamahi mā,

You may get some questions on AskLive about how to reference a karakia or waiata for a TECM201 assignment. The students have been given some not-good-at-all advice from their lecturer, to reference ‘Tangata Whenua o Aotearoa’ as the author for karakia or waiata they cannot find an actual author for. I have been in touch with the academic, and we have come up with a solution.

Title of karakia. (n.d.). Retrieved March 30, 2020 from http://……

The first line of the karakia is an acceptable ‘Title of karakia’ if that is not obvious either. Usually we recommend that students do not source karakia, waiata and whakataukī from social media, pinterest or google images as these are not credible sources of Māori information. However at the moment, we also can’t take students into the collections to get these credible items. There is a list here on the Mātauranga Māori subject guide of credible website resources that students can use: https://canterbury.libguides.com/c.php?g=921512&p=6651650

However, if you find your student is very stressed and has used google images etc already, the above referencing option will cover that. If they have got a credible source like a book or iwi webpage, you can reference them as you normally would.

Any pātai, please ask me, and please feel free to refer any tricky queries or ones you are uncomfortable answering on to me.

Ngā mihi,

Lisa.

Kia ora e hoamahi mā,

The Māori Research Hui has been cancelled today as one of the speakers had to return to Ireland earlier this week. The next hui will be on 2nd April.

Ngā mihi,

Lisa.

A very big thank you to Juliet, Rā, Zina, Fiona, and everyone who helped to make the reading and Q&A session with Lawrence Patchett in the library today a success. Your hard work behind the scenes is greatly appreciated, and Lawrence has passed on his gratitude to the library for our manaakitanga and tautoko of his work.

Thank you as well to everyone who attended the session.

Ka nui te mihi,

nā Lisa.