TE ROOPU WHAKAHAU
LIANZA has Special Interest Groups in a variety of areas to encourage the exchange of information and facilitate the sharing of ideas and support between library and information professionals.
Te Rōpū Whakahau is the leading national organisation that represents Māori engaged in Culture, Knowledge, Information, Communication and Systems Technology in Aotearoa New Zealand. A Māori association, Te Rōpū Whakahau is guided by the whakataukī Waiho i te Toipoto, Kaua i te Toiroa and is founded on four core Māori values: Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Kaitiakitanga and Te Reo Māori.
Te Rōpū Whakahau continues to support practitioners and their organisations to empower whānau, hapū and iwi. We do this by providing development opportunities, advocating and champion indigenous and multicultural partnerships, best practice around services, cultural responsiveness and accountability within the profession.
Te Rōpū Whakahau runs hui-ā-tau (annual conference) maintains list serves, advertises job vacancies and promotes pānui on our web page. Our members are national and international individuals and organisations that have a keen interest in the indigenous worldview and its application to the information sector. Membership is open to any person, group or institution with an interest in the sector.
Te Rōpū Whakahau and LIANZA’s formal partnership began in 1995. The goal was to provide mutual support and to set a visible example of the partnership principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Moving on from a Memorandum of Understanding, since 2014 we now annually sign a Memorandum of Partnership, which signals the maturity of the relationship and partnership that continues to move from strength to strength with both associations demonstrating a collaborative commitment to areas of mutual interest.
On its own and with strategic partners Te Rōpū Whakahau has accomplished many projects for the sector, and have many more planned for the future. We have made policy submissions on information issues pertinent to Māori, as well as run seminar programmes, participated in research projects, and produced and contributed to several publications.
Te Rōpū Whakahau continues to provide the popular Mātauranga Māori course to the library sector and is a key partner in the work developing and delivering Māori Subject Headings Ngā Upoko Tukutuku for New Zealand libraries.
Nō reira, waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa.
Last updated September 2017.
Te Rōpū Whakahau continues to support practitioners and their organisations to empower whānau, hapū and iwi. We do this by providing development opportunities, advocating and champion indigenous and multicultural partnerships, best practice around services, cultural responsiveness and accountability within the profession.
Te Rōpū Whakahau runs hui-ā-tau (annual conference) maintains list serves, advertises job vacancies and promotes pānui on our web page. Our members are national and international individuals and organisations that have a keen interest in the indigenous worldview and its application to the information sector. Membership is open to any person, group or institution with an interest in the sector.
Te Rōpū Whakahau and LIANZA’s formal partnership began in 1995. The goal was to provide mutual support and to set a visible example of the partnership principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Moving on from a Memorandum of Understanding, since 2014 we now annually sign a Memorandum of Partnership, which signals the maturity of the relationship and partnership that continues to move from strength to strength with both associations demonstrating a collaborative commitment to areas of mutual interest.
On its own and with strategic partners Te Rōpū Whakahau has accomplished many projects for the sector, and have many more planned for the future. We have made policy submissions on information issues pertinent to Māori, as well as run seminar programmes, participated in research projects, and produced and contributed to several publications.
Te Rōpū Whakahau continues to provide the popular Mātauranga Māori course to the library sector and is a key partner in the work developing and delivering Māori Subject Headings Ngā Upoko Tukutuku for New Zealand libraries.
Nō reira, waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa.
Last updated September 2017.
