Saturday, August 19, 2006


Kia Ora / Hello, The following site I have posted up...........

Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa / National Library Of New Zealand.

Search & browse all 76 issues of the magazine - Te Ao Hou The New World
The magazine was published by from 1952 to 1975 by The Maori Affairs Department, in Aotearoa / New Zealand. (Aotearoa means - The Land Of The Long White Cloud)
According to its first editorial, "Te Ao Hou" aimed to provide interesting and informative reading for Maori homes, like a marae on paper where all questions of interest to the Maori can be discussed.

"Te Ao Hou" provides bilingual content with articles in both English and Te Reo Maori.

Click on to the website and have a look - start at # 1 and scroll thru looking at the covers of the magazine. Issue # 75 shows not only our Maori Queen, but also Queen Elizabeth II.