Kia ora rā

Here’s the link to the new whakataukī page in the Mātauranga Māori subject guide.

http://canterbury.libguides.com/c.php?g=734967&p=5926291

I had only just realised that the TECM paper on whakataukī had moved from Semester 2, to this Semester (thanks Fi) so it may be a little late for some students. Heoi anō please let students know that quotes from Instagram or other social media commentary are not valid reference sources for whakataukī, Māori songs, or any other Māori thing – with a few exceptions to the rule but those can be discussed on an individual basis.

Waitangi

I brought my daughter, Te Rangi-tiaho-po, in on Tuesday and were fortunate to be in the company of some of the customer service team. We hung out on Level 4 were we met some other parents and children utilizing the amazing Puna Ako space. She also made friends with a lovely arabic boy, and later taught him and his father some cool kupu, namely ‘kia ora’, ‘tēnā koe’, ‘ngā mihi’ and ‘ka kite’, so that made for a great time.

Heoi, I’d really like to express a heartfelt thank you to Hugh and Tim for using your limited Māori to communicate with her. I did not expect you to, but it means a lot to me, especially as we are raising her in a Māori monolingual environment.

Ngā mihi

Tēnā anō tātou

Our Mana Reo / Reo Power Hour launch has been postponed to the 5th March 2018

Time: 10:30am-11:30am

🙂 THEREFORE, you all have another 2 weeks to brush up on some phrases

Ngā mihi

Waitangi

P.S. Sorry to the few of you who had prepped for today…

Tēnā rā tātou

Seems like it’s going to be a very crazy full on beginning of the Semester here in The Library. GOOD LUCK TO US ALL!

(insert smiling rainbow unicorn farting glitter)

Anyway, at some stage next week you may be faced with super keen but LOST education students that are needing to attend the Kōrero Library Sessions as part of their compulsory induction. Please, if you see them, redirect them to these areas:

Tuesday 13^th February – 9:00-10:00am
Postgraduate students (Est. 25-28)
Kaupapa: Māori Classroom Collection Tutorial
Room: Te Puna Ako, Level 4, Kōrero Zone

Tuesday 13^th February – 11:00-12:30pm
BTchLn Year 1 Flexible Learning students (max 30)
Kaupapa: Kōrero Orientation 1
Room: Te Awaroa 253, Te Ao Marama Building, Arts Road, Ilam Campus

Wednesday 14^th February – 9:15-10:30am
BTchLn Year 3 students (Est. 6-10)
Kaupapa: Classroom Collection Classification Codes
Room: Te Puna Ako, Level 4, Kōrero Zone

Wednesday 14^th February – 11:00-12:30pm
BTchLn Year 1 Flexible Learning students (max 30 )
Kaupapa: Kōrero Orientation 2
Room: Matariki 250, Te Ao Marama Building, Arts Road, Ilam Campus

Thursday 15^th February – 9:00am-10:30am, 11:00-12:30pm, 1:00pm-3:00pm
BTchLn Māori and Pasifika students (max 30 per session)
Kaupapa: Kōrero Orientation 3,4,5
Room: Te Awaroa 253, Te Ao Marama Building, Arts Road, Ilam Campus

Friday 16^th February – 9:00-10:30am, 11:00-12:30pm
BTchLn On-Campus National students (max 30 per session)
Kaupapa: Kōrero Orientation 6,7
Room: Te Awaroa 253, Te Ao Marama Building, Arts Road, Ilam Campus

Thanking you all in advance.

Waitangi

Tēnā tātou

I’ve removed both the Māori Education and Māori Cultural Education guides. They are now merged and called Mātauranga Māori: Māori Education.  The URL is still the same (thanks Romy for your assistance) therefore no need to re-link.  Please refer students here in the first instance.

Nāku iti nei, nā

Waitangi

Kia ora rā

Tēnā koutou i whai whakaaro kia haramai ki te whakarewatanga o te ariā e kīia nei ko FedEx Day Concept: Kōrero Māori zone.

Thank you to all of you who came to support the FedEx Day concept and demonstration of the Kōrero Māori zone.

It was also great to see staff from the office of the AVC Māori attend and share in our enthusiasm as well.

A huge HUGE thanks to the FedEx team – it’s a fantastic process for project development.

Waitangi

Kia ora rā

A Wendy Hocking (Hoking) keeps ringing and leaving messages on my phone for a Leonne?

If this is you, please ring her back 03 3856885

Kia ora rā!

Just letting you all know that the Māori education and Māori cultural education guides are now ‘live’ WOOHOOO! They’re packed with an abundant of knowledge bombs with subpages specifically designed for Māori immersion speakers (like those that are in the Hoaka Pounamu programme). I’m pretty proud so with a really long hand, will, you know, give myself a pat on the back alongside those from e-learning, the Ed team, MDT team and all the other people I harassed along the way. They are perhaps a bit more wordy, bursting at the seams like a party popper (a treasure trove for fellow knowledge hunters) as a result of feedback and other tidbits received through lots of kanohi ki te kanohi. They will also operate as a first point of call for Māori students and other students studying different aspects of the Māori world (with a particular focus on bi-cultural teaching/learning/education), interested staff, researchers, nosey parkers, introverts, monsters, zombies book worms and ghosts of library’s past. Navigating the pages are easy, and hopefully will become a more efficient method of finding Māori language information, prior to delving into the depths of the dastardly databases and catalogues – as it stands, it’s quite a time consuming process if you have absolutely no idea about anything Māori. They also highlight the collection that would otherwise sit on the shelves praying for someone to notice them – like ugly duckling waiting to become swans, or flowers just waiting to bloom.
Enjoy the novelty of getting to know our collection better.

http://canterbury.libguides.com/c.php?g=612995&p=4258734&preview=f173a00d25e387f4ebd55ee1b7d623d4

http://canterbury.libguides.com/c.php?g=588381&p=4066261&preview=4bf9ffb45e59085195195d9886aecf00
Waitangi

P.S. I’m not sure where they live on the ‘live’ site yet, but I’m sure our awesome e-learning team will figure it out. Chur