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We are pleased to announce that Ngā Upoko Tukutuku, the Maori Subject Headings project has completed another upload of new kaupapa/terms. These terms came from the work of  Te Whakakaokao, the Māori Subject Headings Working Group, at a hui held in Tāmaki-makau-rau. There are 29 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.

Ngā kaupapa hou / New terms

1. Aihe – Dolphins

2. Arewhana – Elephants

3. Aukati tūkinotanga – Violence prevention

4. Kaihoahoa – Architects

5. Haututū – Mischief

6. Hōtaka – Programmes

7. Karetao – Puppets

8. Kōaka - Gourds

9. Kōkiri mana pōti – Suffrage movement

10. Kupu tuku iho – Oral histories

11. Pānui whakaahua - Posters

12. Penapena pūtea – Personal finance

13. Petihana – Petitions

14. Makimaki - Monkeys

15. Motu  - Islands

16. Rakiraki – Ducks

17. Raukatauri – Music therapy

18. Rohe kōreporepo – Wetlands

19. Rua mahara – Archival collections

20. Taitama – Sons

21. Tahā – Floats, Vessels

22. Takawai – Water vessels

23. Tamatāne - Boys

24. Tangata hara – Offenders

25. Tāone – Towns

26. Tāone nui - Cities

27. Tatā – Canoe bailers

28. Whakatoi - Cheekiness

29. Whiwhi pūtea – Financial literacy

Te mahi whakahou / Changes to existing terms and significant additions

Hānuere/Kohi-tātea/January 2017

The group has created a number of new terms that will be useful when describing children’s literature. These include Aihe (Dolphins),  Arewhana (Elephants), Haututū (Mischief), Karetao (Puppets), Makimaki (Monkeys) and Whakatoi (Cheekiness).

Terms have been added which may be used when describing programmes relating to the prevention of violence. These include Hōtaka (Programmes) and Aukati tūkinotanga (Violence prevention). The new term Tangata hara can be used for Offenders or Perpetrators.

Te Whakakaokao is  currently revising and clarifying the terms relating to gourds. Kōaka (Gourds) has been created as a narrower term of Hue, the term used to describe the gourd plant. New terms have been created to describe gourds which are used as water vessels (Takawai), or floats (Tahā).

A term has been added for Raukatauri, or Music therapy. This term is related to Hineraukatauri, the guardian of traditional Māori musical instruments.

New terms relating to personal finance (Penapena pūtea) and financial literacy (Whiwhi pūtea) have been created.

The terms used to describe genres of published and unpublished materials have been revised and the scope notes clarified. The scope note of Pānuitanga whakatairanga (Ephemera) now includes Leaflets, and we have clarified the scope note for Tā tuhi (Printing). The group has created new terms for Oral histories (Kupu tuku iho), Archival collections (Rua mahara), and posters (Pānui whakaahua).

Two new terms have been created to describe the suffrage movement (Kōikiri mana pōti) and petitions (Petihana).

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

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