Body for the representation of and consultation with the Maori people of New Zealand. Created by the Maori Welfare Act 1962. It is formed from an executive and representative from 14 District Maori Councils.
New Zealand Māori Council
054 - Papers re Maori conferences
Date: 1944-1945
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0250
Description: File 54 - Contains papers regarding Maori conferences such as in Ruatoria re the rehab of soliders, housing, welfare, iwi and also another hui re the maintenance of the Maori council Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Maori Women's Welfare League : Records
Date: 1950-1997
By: Māori Women's Welfare League
Reference: MS-Papers-1396
Description: Includes National Executive minutes, conference papers, newsletters, branch reports, correspondence and entries for Te Puea Trophy and some New Zealand Maori Council papers. Includes files relating to National President's Committee (Unicef), ANGOA, women's development issues, Te Kohanga Reo, Civil Defence, Te Puni Kokiri, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Waitangi Tribunal, Mawhera Incorporation, Children and Young Person's Service, Lottery Grants Board applications, McKenzie Foundation, Hillary Commission, NZQA, Te Waka Hauora, Hepatitis B immunisation, MAF, Consumer Affairs, arts, culture and libraries, National Maori Congress, welfare and community funding, voluntary organisations, educational issues and health and safety issues. Arrangement: Arranged by series. Material listed and boxed by League staff. Preliminary arrangement only (A93-180). Quantity: 138 folder(s). 67 box(es). 28 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Maori Women's Welfare League : Photograph albums (PAColl-3318) - To Oral History Collection - Tapes of the interviews (OHColl-0602).
Maori language notes and material
Date: 1970s-1980s
From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history
Reference: 88-070-02/08
Description: Contains a statement of the `Apirations and priorities of Te Runanga o Te Ati Awa, Muaupoko, Ngati Rangitane, Ngati Raukawa me Ngati Toa', a proposal to establish a Commission for the Maori language, prepared by Whatarangi Winiata (possibly on behalf of Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa), copies of whaikorero, waiata, Maori language lesson notes and examinations, and a copy of `Te Maori' magazine (the magazine of the New Zealand Maori Council) Also contains clippings about various Maori subjects, including an article in the NZ Listener [1985] about the Maori language and profiling two Ngati Toa kaumatua. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Ephemera of quarto size relating to Maori. 1985-1987]
Date: 1985-1987
Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-1985/1987
Description: Includes: 1985: Cultural Sensitivity Workshop. Baptist Camp, Maitai Valley Nelson, 29-31 March [1985]. Yellow flier The NZ Students Arts Council presents Te Kanikani o Te Rangatahi. Maori youth in dance National tour 1985. Flier New Zealand Maori Council. Aotearoa Broadcasting System Inc - application for thrid channel [5 stapled sheets. 1985] Wanganui City Council. The Sarjeant Gallery in association with Nga Puna Waihanga . Contemporary works by Maori artists from public collections. [Opened by] Peter Tapsell, 31 May 1985. Flier Te Wiki o te Reo Maori; Maori Language Week. Hui 26 July, Microfilm Production Unit, Government Print, Walter Street [1987]. Flier 1986: Auckland Anti-Racism Network. Support Maori land issues. Vibrant and challenging work of art (A2 size) by Emare Karaka. Order form Hui Waiata 1986. Toa Rangatira Marae, Porirua, 26-30 November 1986. Flier / application form New Zealand Film Archive. He pito whakaatu a nga iwi Maori; films of the tangata whenua. Te Maori, Te hokinga mai, the return home. Otago Museum Dunedin, 30 November [1986] - 1 February 1987. Flier / programme (2 copies) Porirua Museum. Te kai - the food of the Maori; October '86-April '87. Flier "Te Maori"; Maori art from New Zealand collections; to be shown at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; St Louis Art Museum St Louis; M H De Young Memorial Museum of Fine Arts San Francisco [Red folder of essays and loose sheets] New Zealand Embassy Washington. Te Maori. Pamphlet [1986] New Zealand National Film Unit. Te Maori; a celebration of the people and their art. [1986?] Flier with New Zealand and American contact information Te Maori, Te hokinga mai, the return home. [Exhibition brochure. 1986] Te Maori, Te hokinga mai, the return home. National Museum Wellington, 17 August - 19 October 1986. Flier showing carved prow (2 copies) 1987: Auckland City Libraries. He whakamaarama i ngaa wharepukapuka o Tamaki-Makau-Rau; exhibitions of Maori literature at Auckland City Libraries 29 June - 12 September 1987. Flier Te Irirangi Maori Te Upoko o te Ika. He panui ki te iwi whanui; Te Upoko o te Ika 1988 in trouble. [Meeting] 31 July 1987. Flier NZ AIDS Foundation. He panui "Kei rite te ngaro o te tangata ki te moa". Aroha Atu; Aroha Mai. Pohiri, 27-29 March 1985. Blue flier NZ Office of the Race Relations Conciliator. Etahi marae o te motu; twelve marae. 1987 New Zealand calendar Te Maori, Te hokinga mai, the return home. Auckland City Art Gallery, 28 June - 10 September 1987. Flier showing carved bird head? Tohu Waahine by Ngapine Tamihana Te Ao. Dowse Whare Taonga, Lower Hutt 5 Tihema [December 1987]. Flier Te Whanaketanga o Tainui; the story the murals tell. Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Para Matchitt. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mimeographs and offset prints, sizes varying below 350 mm.
File 17 National Conference 1989
Date: 1989
From: Ngā Puna Waihanga: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-9430-044
Description: Contains correspondence relating to the New Zealand Maori Council and advice for a Santa Monica Indian Ceremonial Show Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Papers relating to Maori affairs
Date: [1950-1988]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6717-041
Description: Includes minutes for Whakatohea Trust Board and house layout sketches (26 Mar 1950); copy of Crown Law opinion re Waimangu Valley and personal injury to visitors (1964); clipping showing McEwen with group of Pacific Island girls (1964); letter, Tony Batley (1949); address, Hunn at St Joseph's Maori Girls' College (1962); letter, [?] Hunn from Maori Land Court Judge's Chambers; letter re McEwen's appointment as Secretary of Maori Affairs (1963); letter from National Indian Council of Canada also re his appointment; other letters entered under Name Also includes notes for discussion with Secretary for Maori Affairs, Tauranga City Council (1965); draft, Maori Purposes bill (1970); departmental paper re Dept of Maori Affairs matters and notes re personnel; part of paper discussing state of Maori (ca 1952) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Rugby tour to South Africa
Date: 1969-1970
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-034
Description: Includes correspondence and newspaper articles on Maori leadership, juries, the 1970 All Black Tour to South Africa which was supported by the New Zealand Maori Council but opposed by most Maori and letters to the editor on this as well as other matters pertaining to the state of Maori people and culture at the time Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Books, graduation, Maori language and culture
Date: 1967-1967
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-006
Description: Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence about book drafts, publishing, additions and critiques, research enquiries, whakapapa on Hepi Te Heuheu, the Te Kanawa family and Wahanui, Te Ataairangi Kaahu's coronation, the NZ Maori Council, the formation of the Kingitanga's Maori Graduates Association, Maori land court sitting details, whakatauaki about land and Maori language concerning vowels and macrons Other Titles - Te Rangatahi Other Titles - who's who Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Royal Tour, Gisborne, 1970
Date: 1970
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-029
Description: Contains speech notes, itinery and government correspondence addressing planned boycotts of the tour in regard to the Treaty of Waitangi Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Treaty of Waitangi newspaper article and advertisement
Date: 1988-1989
From: Orange, Claudia Josepha, 1938- : Research papers
By: Dominion Sunday times (Newspaper); New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: MSI-Papers-12918-1
Description: Folder contains newspaper clippings relating to Tiriti o Waitangi | Treaty of Waitangi; one 'Dominion Sunday Times' newspaper article featuring Claudia Orange and one 'New Zealand Herald' full-page advertisement from the New Zealand Māori Council. The full-page advertisement includes English text of the three Treaty of Waitangi articles. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing two pieces. Transfers: Separated from MS-Papers-12918-11.. Processing information: Separated for reasons of preservation and storage.
NZMC and Ngā Kaiwhakapumau vs the Crown
From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings
Reference: OHInt-0937-0431
Description: Insight programme on broadcasting case, 1989. Produced by Piripi Whaanga Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT7-1430 Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).
Business files 3
Date: 1993-1996
From: Ngā Kaiwhakapumau i te Reo | Wellington Māori Language Board: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7935-010
Description: Contains project correspondence, financial statements, funding agreements and memorandums. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts.
New Zealand Māori Council: Records
Date: 1962-1996
By: New Zealand Māori Council
Reference: MS-Group-2396
Description: Executive, conference and sub-committee minutes, correspondence files, district council reports, submissions, subject files, and research papers (particularly relating to Maori fishing rights). They cover such topics as Maori health, Maori education, Maori land, and initiatives to strengthen cultural wellbeing of Maori. Quantity: 305 folder(s). 4 volume(s). 1 container(s) (kete). 26 Linear Metres.
Correspondence - New Zealand Maori Council-New Zealand Mushroom Growers
Date: 1972
From: Marshall, John Ross (Sir), 1912-1988 : Political papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1403-478/6
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949 - :Boycott ; Latimer. 8 September 1992
Date: 1992
From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949 - :New Zealand Herald cartoons. 1 - 30 September 1992
Reference: H-098-006
Description: Shows Sir Graham Latimer as a jockey astride a dead horse (Boycott), which he is flogging with a whip. Refers to the Maori Council's "last past the post" view of electoral reform Latimer was the head of the Maori Council in 1992 Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph of cartoon
Exhibition catalogues
Date: 1965-1969
From: Pruden, Larry Carrol, 1925-1982 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6664-15
Description: Centre Gallery newsletter (Nov 1965), catalogue for Woollaston exhibition (1967); and catalogue for NZ Maori Council, exhibition, `The Work of Maori artists' (1969) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1889-1929
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0695
Description: Contains reports, correspondence, acts and deeds Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Business files 4
Date: 1990-1996
From: Ngā Kaiwhakapumau i te Reo | Wellington Māori Language Board: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7935-011
Description: Contains correspondence, reports, personal disputes, a compensation of property file, submissions and meeting minutes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts.
Papers re Maori broadcasting
Date: 1990-1991
From: Ngā Kaiwhakapumau i te Reo | Wellington Māori Language Board: Collection
Reference: 96-321-05/3
Description: Comprises legal papers re case brought by Nga Kaiwhakapumau to Waitangi Tribunal and courts of law re Maori broadcasting; correspondence to and from government re Maori broadcasting; discussion papers and submissions re various Waitangi Tribunal claims and internal (ie within Nga Kaiwhakapumau) correspondence re legal cases Quantity: 1 box(es) (file box).
Correspondence and papers - New Zealand Maori Council (AD25-02-1 v1)
Date: 1990-1994
From: Maori Women's Welfare League : Records
Reference: 95-232-7/7
Description: Deals with Waitangi Tribunal and Treaty issues Quantity: 1 volume(s).