Robin Hakopa Te Reo Maori Award | Te Kura Pounamu | LIANZA Rua Mano Scholarship
This memorial trophy was presented to Te Rōpū Whakahau at the Hui-ā-tau, Wellington 14-15th Huitanguru 2001.
It represents the importance of te reo and tikanga to Māori cultural identity and Robin's personal contribution and
commitment to librarianship.
The award recognises the recipient’s commitment in promoting te reo and tikanga Māori within the library profession. This
award will be presented annually at the Te Rōpū Whakahau Hui-ā-Tau.
Past recipients:
2003 Ann Reweti
2004 Raniera Kingi
2005 Haneta Pierce
The award will be presented to a member who has shown initiative, creativity, dedication and promotion of Te Reo and Tikanga
Māori within libraries and within Te Rōpū Whakahau. Any member may be nominated, but all nominees must consent to
their inclusion. Nominations for the award must be written and can be submitted at anytime during the year, with the closing date
set to coincide with the last meeting of Ngā Kaiwhakahau before the Hui-ā-Tau.
A nomination for the award must include a written account stating how the nominee has shown initiative, creativity, dedication
and promotion of te reo and tikanga Māori within libraries and/or within Te Rōpū Whakahau. The recipient will present
a formal address detailing their efforts and activities during the year at the next TRW Hui-ā-Tau, just prior to the
presentation to the next recipient. Ngā Kaiwhakahau will shortlist applicants for the award and select a recipient.
Robin Hakopa Award
PO Box 5409
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa offers annually an award, known as the Te Kura Pounamu Award, established in 1995.
Past recipients:
1996 Kātarina Mataira and Terewai Kemp, Marama Tangiweto
1997 Kātarina Mataira, He Tino Kuia Taku Kuia
1998 Mere Clarke, Whirikoki me tāna Kekeno
2001 Merito Tawhara, Te Pūriri
2002 Dot Meharry, Ngā Kūtai me Ngā Pipi
2003 Ngāreta Gabel, Tekiteora, Kei Hea ō Hū?
2004 Ross Calman, Don Long and Phillip Paea, Te Tāhuna
The award will be made to the author of a book that is considered to be a distinguished contribution written in Te Reo Māori to the literature for children or young people. The author shall be a citizen or resident of Aotearoa New Zealand. The first award will be made in 1996 for a work published at any time up to the end of the 1995 calendar year. Thereafter the award will be made for a work published in the preceding calendar year.
The award shall consist of a taonga pounamu, and a sum of money to be decided from time to time. There are no limitations on the character of the book except that it is original work, or, if traditional in design, new to children's literature and the result of individual research, the re-telling and interpretation being the writer's own. The format and physical make-up of the book shall be a consideration. No reprint or new edition of a book shall be eligible for the award.
In the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June 1996 and in each succeeding financial year, the Council shall at its last regular meeting appoint a panel of at least three judges to consider books published during the previous calendar year. The judges shall include a representative of the LIANZA, a representative of Te Rōpū Whakahau and a person with sufficient expert knowledge to facilitate the process of judging. The recommendation of the judges shall be forwarded to the Executive Director no later than May of the following year and the Council shall make an award in terms of the recommendation. Council may, after considering the recommendation of the judges, decide that no award be made in that particular year.
Judges may nominate books for consideration, or books may be submitted to the judges or through the Executive Director of the Association. In the event of a difference of opinion, a majority of the judges shall decide, but the unanimous vote of all three judges shall be necessary in the event of a second award to the same writer. In the event of the judges deciding that no work of sufficient merit has been published during the year under review no award shall be made for that year. Judges shall be expected to make themselves familiar with the reception the books under consideration have received, by discussing them with children, and to give due weight to the information so obtained in arriving at a decision.
The award is to be announced at any appropriate time, but no later than the annual meeting of the Association following the judges recommendation.
Te Kura Pounamu
LIANZA
PO Box 12-212
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.
LIANZA National Council is pleased to offer a scholarship of $1000 annually as their commitment to tangata whenua studying
librarianship and mātauranga Māori.
The scholarship is intended to encourage and/or support Māori students undertaking library and information studies to
strengthen their knowledge in te reo Māori and tikanga Māori.
Applications close on 31 March annually.
Past recipients:
2004 Haki Tahana
LIANZA Rua Mano Scholarship
LIANZA
PO Box 12-212
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
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