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Recommended Books
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Māori art : history, architecture, landscape and theory |
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Art in Oceania : a new history |
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Māori art and design : weaving, painting, carving and architecture |
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The carver and the artist : Māori art in the twentieth century |
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Lisa Reihana : emissaries. |
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Ralph Hotere black light : major works including collaborations with Bill Culbert |
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Museums and Māori : heritage professionals, indigenous collections, current practice |
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Te kāhui o Matariki : contemporary Māori art of Matariki |
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Taiāwhio II. Contemporary Mäori artists. 18 new conversations |
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Gordon Walters | Lisa Reihana | Māori music | Ralph Hotere | Shane Cotton | Spirit Wrestler Gallery | WAI 262 | Whakairo / Carving
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There is a separate Māori Collection in both the Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti campus libraries.
All resources that are on a Māori subject, are written by Māori authors or are written for Māori students are shelved in these collections according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system. That is, a book about Māori carving will be in the Māori Collection, shelved under the DDC number of 736. All items in these collections are identified by a kowhaiwhai sticker.
| 700 - 708 | Art Theory & History |
| 709 | Artists |
| 720 - 729 | Architecture |
| 730 - 739 | Sculpture |
| 741 | Drawing |
| 741.6 | Graphic Design |
| 746 | Textile Arts / Weaving |
| 750 - 759 | Painting |
| 760 | Printmaking |
| 770 | Photography |
Subject Contact
Hazel - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693055
email| htidman@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bay
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email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Rida - Auckland
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email| rmalik@eit.ac.nz
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Print Journals
AlterNativeArt Asiapacific
Art New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)
Art New Zealand (Tairāwhiti)
Mana Magazine (Hawke's Bay)
Mana Magazine (Tairāwhiti)
The Journal of New Zealand Art History
The Journal of the Polynesian Society
The Journal of the Polynesian Society
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Artforum International
An international contemporary art magazine covering sculpture, painting, mixed media, and installation works
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art
The ANZJA is Australasia's principal refereed art history journal. The journal is dedicated to research in art history, art practice, art theory, and, exhibition and museum studies.
Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
In-depth analyses on topics affecting the survival of indigenous peoples.
Mai Journal: A NZ journal of indigenous scholarship
MAI Journal is an open access journal that publishes multidisciplinary peer-reviewed articles around indigenous knowledge and development in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand. It continues Mai Review which has ceased publication.
Te Karaka
This is the journal of Ngai Tahu iwi.
Te Kaharoa
Te Kaharoa is a free-access, multi-disciplinary, refereed, e-journal focusing on indigenous Pacific issues
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Hazel - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693055
email| htidman@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
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email| rmalik@eit.ac.nz
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Humanities & Social Sciences Collection
The Informit Humanities & Social Sciences Collection covers a range of subjects within an arts and social science context including education, history, media, political science and technology. This full text Collection contains journals, books, conference proceedings and reports. Full text publications: 1940- ; Index: 1940-
ProQuest Central The Arts
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INZART Index to New Zealand Art
An index of journal and news articles relating to New Zealand art and artists.
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Indexes and abstracts selected New Zealand serial publications, including newspapers and 300 journals about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities. Coverage is from 1987.
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Biography in ContextBiographies from respected Gale Group sources including full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
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An online library of hundreds of reference books including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases, biographies, quotations and subject-specific titles. There are millions of entries, including thousands of images and audio pronunciation files. Contributing publishers include Routledge, SAGE, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, Elsevier and many others. Additional features include Mind Map and Topic Pages, plus links to the EIT library catalogue and databases.
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MasterFILE Complete
Multidisciplinary database providing full-text of nearly 2,000 general reference publications back to 1975. Includes full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
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SciVerse Scopus is a very large multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources, containing over 40 million records including over 6 million conference papers and 100% Medline coverage. It covers research in the scientific, technical, medical, social sciences, and arts and humanities fields and provides tools such as Author Identifier, Affiliation Identifier, Citation Tracker, and Journal Analyser to track and analyse research. NB: Full-text documents cannot currently be downloaded from Scopus. Click on the SFX button in Scopus to link to where the full article is located in another database.
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Subject Contact
Hazel - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693055
email| htidman@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Rida - Auckland
ph| (09) 9799413
email| rmalik@eit.ac.nz
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Recommended Websites
Archive of Māori and Pacific music
Includes commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental music, oral histories, stories and language resources. NB: most recordings will need to be requested. Email the items accession number to ampm@auckland.ac.nz; they will check any copyright restrictions and then provide you with the audio files.
An online hub providing resources for the creative sector.
The national arts development agency developing, investing in and advocating for the arts.
A database of New Zealand artists.
Access to high-resolution images of artworks from galleries and museums from around the world.
Video series of prominent Māori artists travelling and highlighting similarities with other indigenous cultures. Also includes other information on Māori art and artists.
Karanga: Ngā reo o ngā Wāhine Māori
In 1995, as part of the celebration of Te Tau o Teo Reo Māori the Ministry of Women's Affairs (now Ministry for Women) arranged for Māori women to be interviewed in Te Reo Māori.
The Waitangi Tribunal report on the Wai 262 claim relates to New Zealand law and policy affecting Māori culture and intellectual property.
Based in Wellington, Letting Space seeks to transform the relationship between artists, the public and their environments to enable social change.
Maia Gallery: Toihoukura School of Maori Visual Arts
A showcase and hub for students from Toihoukura, along with other artists, to exhibit, create and share their work.
NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute
Officially recognised national institute through the Rotorua Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Act (1963), NZMACI is the home of the national schools of carving and weaving, and also operates the national school for canoe construction.
NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute
Officially recognised national institute through the Rotorua Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Act (1963), NZMACI is the home of the national schools of carving and weaving, and also operates the national school for canoe construction.
Toi Iho
A showcase and hub for students from Toihoukura, along with other artists, to exhibit, create and share their work.
Everyone is aware of YouTube but as a student of EIT you also have access to the below resources to locate quality content.
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Subject Contact
Hazel - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693055
email| htidman@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Rida - Auckland
ph| (09) 9799413
email| rmalik@eit.ac.nz
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Hotere
The Impressionists
Simon Schama’s Power of Art
Lynda.com has a large number of video learning resources in business, design, marketing, photography, video, music, animation, education, IT, software and much more. Lynda.com can be used to improve your technology skills, or other skills required as part of your coursework - take a look or talk to your tutor to discuss what might complement your learning.
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For further help with APA Referencing please contact:Alice McmillanInformation & Learning Advisor: Māori Student Support Phone: (06) 830 1439 Email: amcmillan@eit.ac.nz |
