Partners and Relationships

LIANZA

Te Rōpū Whakahau has a formal partnership with the Library Information Association of New Zealand - Aotearoa (LIANZA).

Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa

Te Rōpū Whakahau participates with the National Library of New Zealand on projects and issues of mutual benefit to both organisations and appoints representatives to National Library bodies and working groups or provides advice as one of the National Library's stakeholders.

Te Wānanga o Raukawa

Te Rōpū Whakahau participates with Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki in the provision of Māori library and information qualifications which offers professional development to Māori in the industry and trains new Māori information professionals.

International Indigenous Librarians' Forum

Te Rōpū Whakahau participates with indigenous information workers around the globe, uniting together to create a singular, indigenous voice in the improvement of indigenous information workers, collection management and services to indigenous clients. The forum meets regularly every two years beginning in Auckland, New Zealand in 1999, Jokkmokk, Sweden in 2001 and Santa Fe, America in 2003. In 2005 the forum will meet in Regina, Canada.