ISSN 1176-4767 TE REO Vol. 14 Issue #4 NOEMA/NOVEMBER 2007 Special Interest Group No.76 of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. The MIG formed in 1993 & was ratified by the NZSG at the Christchurch Council Meeting on Saturday the 3rd December 1994 Official Publication of the NZSG Maori Interest Group N E W S L T R www.rcyachts.net/maori NZSG MĀORI INTEREST GROUP TE REO Patron: Vacant Volume 14 Issue 4 NOEMA/NOVEMBER 2007 Executive Committee 2007-2008 Please address all correspondence to the MIG Secretary as below; New Zealand Society of Genealogists Attention : Māori Interest Group Secretary PO Box 8795 Symonds Street Auckland, AKD 1035 NEW ZEALAND or Mëra-hiko/E-mail: [email protected] with the Subject line "Maori Interest Group" CONVENOR : Mr. Peter ALLEN SECRETARY : Mrs. Brenda JOYCE TREASURER : Mrs. Brenda JOYCE NEWSLETTER EDITOR : Mr. Bruce MATHERS COMMITTEE : Mrs. Colleen PETRICEVICH Mrs. Lorraine RICE Mrs. Harete PHILLIPS Mr. Owen ORMSBY RESEARCH OFFICER : Mrs. Lorraine RICE RESEARCH ADVISOR : Mr. Peter ALLEN [Māori Land Court] WHAKAPAPA ADVISOR : Mrs. Brenda JOYCE WEBMASTER : Mr. Bruce MATHERS ARCHIVIST : Mrs. Brenda JOYCE Our Archives are stored at the FRC LOOKUP SERVICE : Mrs. Brenda JOYCE EXECUTIVE LIAISON : Mrs. Brenda JOYCE (Māori Interest Group) When corresponding with officers of the MIG you must always quote your NZSG Membership Number and include a LARGE Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope [SSAE] with your letter if a reply is anticipated. King Tuheitia TE REO PAGE 3 Membership of the NZSG Māori Interest Group is free, but you must be a financial member of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. IN THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT NOTICES—PLEASE READ! 4 NZSG LOOK-UP SERVICE—MLC 5 MIG RESEARCH SERVICE 7 BMD AMENDMENT BILL—ACCESS UPDATE 8 KING TUHETITIA 10 TEPUNA SURVEY RESULTS 12 MĀORI KAI 13 Please have all material for the next newsletter [Pepuere/February 2007] to the MIG Secretary before th the 25 Hanuere/January 2007 PAGE 4 TE REO IMPORTANT NOTICES PLEASE READ! CONVENOR’S CORNER: Court for details, reports and *management structure details. These will help you increase your knowledge of your own blocks. Just a reminder about the 2008 AGM and Conference to be held over Queen’s Birth- day weekend at St Bede’s College, Pa- panui, Christchurch. Yours sincerely Peter ALLEN Convenor Kia ora Members; November 2007 Thank you Bruce for a great maga- *In Maori Land Court terms a “trust” is a zine. The August issue was easy to read “Management Structure,” set up by own- and full of information. Thank you also to ers to administer and look after land or all the contributors. Without you the shares in land. Further details are on page Editor’s job would be more difficult. BM 5 of Te Reo Noema 2006 Don’t forget to write to the Māori Land EDITORIAL: Aotearoa. Speedy and helpful answers to such requests help build the mana of the group and give us a fine reputation, your support and advice is always welcome and we would like to build up a network of members who are willing to offer their services in the field of research advice. See article on page 7. During August we were thrilled to be con- tacted by Waka Huia through TVNZ with a proposal of featuring the activities of the MIG. Brenda devoted a lot of time and Kia Ora; thought in an attempt to accommodate Over the past several weeks there has the needs of the program producers and been a flurry of activity within our group. assembled a comprehensive information We have been particularly busy with a package for the show. surge of queries and pleas for help from While obviously not our primary goal, our as far away as the United States and even from Government Departments within (Continued on page 5) TE REO PAGE 5 (Continued from page 4) from our members – if you have a family group focuses largely on the needs of our recipe or any cooking ideas or know of a members who are not fluent in their traditional food which sustained our Whakapapa – urban Maori who have lost ancestors, please send them in. touch with their Iwi, the younger genera- We have started this series off with a arti- tion between Maori and Pakeha cultures cle elsewhere in this issue and again with and those members solely raised Pakeha Christmas so close, it may be appropriate and who have discovered Maori blood a to begin with the Hangi, always a favour- few generations back and who wish to ite amongst family and friends during embrace this fiercely proud heritage. Christmas and certainly one of the more This membership is extremely important practical methods to serve a large meal. I to us and we as the MIG executive are am looking forward to your further well aware how ‘lost’ some of these mem- thoughts and ideas on the series. bers are in beginning their search, we are From the MIG whanau to yours, we wish also conscious of the fact that this sector you all a safe and happy Christmas and a of our membership is not catered for else- prosperous New Year. Don’t forget that where. This therefore has lead to a defi- the NZSG has a great selection of research ciency in our membership base fluent in tools available for sale to stuff your Te Reo Maori and while TVNZ was ex- Christmas stocking – also remember fam- tremely keen to showcase the group ily gatherings at Christmas are always an through Waka Huia, we could not fulfill excellent opportunity to update the family their requirement of providing members records. sufficiently fluent at this time. Needless to say, Brenda and I were extremely dis- Thank you all for your support over the appointed at the loss of such an impor- past twelve months and we hope our tant opportunity to boost the profile of the group will grow even stronger in 2008. group but we also accept the criteria set Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. by the producers. The invitation has been Meri Kirihimete me nga hari o te tau hou. left open for us to proceed at a future date once we are in a more tenable position to Haere Ra provide fluent speakers in Te Reo Maori. As this is our last issue of Te Reo for 2007 and with Christmas fast approaching I am sure you are all now planning your family gatherings and meals. So in this newslet- ter it may be appropriate that we have Bruce MATHERS/ started a series of articles on Maori Kai. Puruhi MATERA We hope to include articles on both tradi- Noema/November 2007 tional and contemporary meals and I wel- come any suggestions and contributions NZSG CD LOOK-UP SERVICE: MĀORI LAND COURT The NZSG will do a free look-up for members in the Māori Land Court Records which they hold on CD. CD Rom Search : About the CD ROM service: NZSG has a collection of CD ROMs. This service allows members to (Continued on page 6) PAGE 6 TE REO (Continued from page 5) There is a charge of NZ20 ¢ents per A4 request a search of the CD ROMs held in page. Please send a minimum of $2 in the collection. Please consult the online unused stamps to cover this cost, any Library Catalogue http:// stamps not used will be returned. www.genealogy.org.nz/ How many requests may I make? Search_the_Library_219.aspx for re- At any one time you may request searches sources which are available on CD Rom for up to 5 different names in this index. held in your area of interest. Each search may result in several print- These are some of the resource files: outs. 20 sheets or more will require an A4 NZSG Index size envelope. Australian Indexes How do I make a request? British Isles Vital Records Index Printout the Research Service Search form 1851 Census of Devon, Norfolk http://www.genealogy.org.nz/data/ and Warwickshire media/documents/General/F97% 20Research%20Service%20Search.pdf 1881 Census of England, Wales Complete the form. If you can, supply and Scotland additional information on the back of the Pallots Marriage Index form. Post: your completed request form, stamped self–addressed DLE (business) Results of searches of the CD ROMs are sized or larger envelope and $2 in unused available as a printout. stamps to NZSG Research Services, PO Box 14036, Panmure, Auckland 1741, What information can I obtain? New Zealand. Information available depends on the source. Email enquiries to: [email protected] How much does a search cost? Source: http://www.genealogy.org.nz/ There are currently 1614 matches for “Māori Land Court” records in the NZSG Cata- logue. BM Nov’07 The Māori Interest Group website is proudly hosted by R/C Yachts brisbane, australia - www.rcyachts.net Where possible, please supply all source and/or reference details with any material submitted for inclusion in Te Reo. TE REO PAGE 7 RESEARCH land, copies from the minute books, cop- SERVICE ies of hand writing. Great reading. I am getting there”. This is to let you know about the re- Our website attracts questions from over- search advice that sees and non-members. Here is a quote Māori Interest Group from another email. offers. Send your I am a university student from the United question by email or States. I am currently pursuing a Ful- letter to the address noted on the inside bright Grant that would allow me to go to front cover of Te Reo.