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Ka tangi te pipiwharauroa! We are pleased to announce that Ngā Upoko Tukutuku, the Maori Subject Headings project has completed another upload of new kaupapa/terms this spring. These terms came from the work of  Te Whakakaokao, the Māori Subject Headings Working Group, at a hui held in August 2016. There are 11 new terms that have been added to Ngā Upoko Tukutuku and are ready for use in library catalogues, and a number of changed terms.

We welcome requests for new terms. Please don’t hesitate to send in requests, queries and suggestions to reo@dia.govt.nz  -  Te Whakakaokao would love to hear from you. We also hope to see some of you at Tukua, the Ngā Upoko Tukutuku training workshop, on 17 November 2016 in Ōtautahi/Christchurch http://db.lianza.org.nz/database/event-calendar/maori-subject-headings-tukua-workshop/details/5

Ngā kaupapa hou / New terms

Ika a Whiro – Veterans

Kāhui ākonga onamata - Graduates, Former students

Kainga kore - Homelessness

Kapuni – Natural gas

Pahi - Buses

Panga - Puzzles

Pirihimana - Police

Wahakura – Cradles, Bassinets

Whakanoa – A process or ritual that removes tapu

Whare uku – Clay houses

Whiro - The atua associated with evil, darkness and death

Te mahi whakahou / Changes to existing terms and significant additions

Oketopa/Whiringa-ā-nuku/October 2016

Some new terms that will be useful when describing children’s literature have been created. These include Pahi (Buses), and Panga (Puzzles).

Te Whakakaokao is  currently revising and clarifying the terms relating to Tikanga, and Kawa. The scope of Tangihanga (Mourning ceremonies) has been revised, and a new term, Whakanoa, has been created to describe processes or rituals that remove tapu.

A new term has been added for Kainga kore, or Homelessness. This is a narrower term of both Āhuatanga pāpori (Social conditions) and Āhuatanga ōhanga (Economic conditions).

New terms relating to veterans (Ika a Whiro) and the related atua, Whiro, have been created. Ika a Whiro may be used to describe veterans of both traditional and contemporary conflicts.

We now have a term for cradles and bassinets, Wahakura, and have clarified the scope of Kete kawe pēpi, woven baby carriers.

If you have any questions, or potential terms you want to suggest, please email reo@dia.govt.nz

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