Auckland Council Libraries: Māori collections and resources

Māori collections and resources

Ngā kohikohinga me ngā rauemi Māori

Our kohinga Māori range from significant, to local and shared.


Collections and resources that are available

Most of our libraries have their own selection of current and heritage materials:


  • children’s beginner readers

  • picture books

  • books by Māori authors

  • kaupapa Māori

  • whakapapa resources

  • CDs and DVDs

  • Māori manuscripts from the 1800s

  • Māori Land Court minute books

  • Waitangi Tribunal reports

  • electoral rolls

  • Māori magazines and newspapers.

Significant Māori heritage and research collections are held in Research Central,  Research South and the Heritage Collections Reading Room.


Local collections are also held at Waitākere Central, Central City, Northcote and Takapuna libraries.



Online resources




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