Story: Urban Māori

More links and websites

• Radio Waatea [Urban Māori Broadcasting]

  This is the website for Waatea Radio, which is operated by Manukau Urban Māori Authority and Waipareira Trust.

• Te Ao Hou – The Māori in Auckland

  Issue no. 27 of the journal Te Ao Hou, a bilingual quarterly published by the Department of Maori Affairs, focuses on Māori in Auckland, and was originally published in June 1959.

• Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa

  Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa are an urban group who support both Māori and Pacific peoples living in Hamilton.

• Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust

  This Auckland trust is affiliated to four urban marae, and offers health, education and other social services.

• Te Whanau o Waipareira Report

  This links to the Te Whānau o Waipareira Report, Waitangi Tribunal Wai 414, which was a groundbreaking claim for recognition and rights of urban Māori.

More suggestions and sources

• Mead, Sidney Moko. Te whakapakoko o Manene-nui – An image of the urban Māori. Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1982.
• The silent migration: Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club, 1937–1948. Wellington: Huia, 2001.
• Te Whānau: a celebration of Te Whānau o Waipareira. Waitakere City: Te Whānau o Waipareira, 2001.
• Walker, Ranginui. ‘The urban Māori.’ In He matapuna: a source: some Maori perspectives, 32–41. Wellington: New Zealand Planning Council, 1979.