waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa - Te Ropu Whakahau

about the lack of nominations from membersto join the committee. Representation on NgāKaiwhakahau is an opportunity to enhanceyour career and develop professionally as aleader for Māori in libraries and information.Over the next 12 months we hope to co-optmembers on to the committee, keep this inmind as Ngā Kaiwhakahau needs you.Te Paea continues to make inroads with thepronunciation of te reo by LIANZA Councilmembers, especially in terms of the increasein knowledge of kupu for the LIANZA waiata.Ngā Kaiwhakahau hope to engage kaitito MikeKawana to record both the Te Rōpū Whakahauand LIANZA waiata as provided at theWairarapa hui-ā-tau.He mihi anō ki a Alice Heather, nāna te kaiwhakaritei whakamanahia te kaupapa e pāana ki te kaupapa tika o ngā pukapuka reo nāTe Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga. Ka rawe o mahi,me te mahi o rātou ki muri hoki.Te Hikuroa organising committee have beenworking hard on the 20 year celebration hui-ātau.The theme being “He kai atihau, he kaitotonui” as utilised regarding our aspirations.Notices have been sent via the listserv andhopefully the programme draft will enticemany to start approaching their managers toattend.The Mātauranga Māori within NZ Librariesworking group continues to seek venues anddates for consideration from different regions.We acknowledge the hard work undertakenby these few, and hope that the Te RōpūWhakahau website will soon be inundatedwith dates.He mihi ki a koutou kua whai te tihi o ngāmaunga. To Spencer who received his PhD aswell as a Fellow of LIANZA. Also to Ann Rewetiwho is now a Fellow of LIANZA. Congratulationsto Te Paea for taking out the Rua ManoScholarship for 2010-2011. A little reminderthat this award will be handed to this yearsrecipient at the LIANZA conference in Wellington.Please remember that this is an annualaward and should be taken up by all thosestudying towards librarianship (yep that includesyou guys with Te Wānanga o Raukawa)as well.There have been many positions advertisedand available at Alexander Turnbull Library.We cannot understand what is holding ourpeople back in furthering their career or professionallydeveloping within these realms,and hope that you are all supporting andsending to networks to apply.We thank all those that represent Te RōpūWhakahau in many different ways by supportingkaupapa, providing Mātauranga Māori intotheir committee meetings. The Tumuaki of TeRōpū Whakahau attended IFLA conference2011 in Puerto Rico, presented at the IFLA SIGon Indigenous Matters, meting with the incomingPresident Ingrid Parent and advocatedfor the adoption of Indigenous TraditionalKnowledge in the Professional Education Section.No reira, ka hoea te waka e tātou i te arawhakamua, ka whakanuia te mahi. Nō reira,tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa..nā Anahera Morehu19