This section provides information and advice to enable young people to connect with their New Zealand culture and heritage.

Primary Sources

People create and leave many clues about their lives including documents, objects and images. These are called primary sources. In this section you will find many examples of New Zealand primary sources that the National Library of New Zealand has digitised. These are arranged in a growing range of topic galleries here.

The section also has information about:

• What  primary sources are
• Using primary sources
• Where to find primary sources
• Primary source resources for teachers

Supporting Māori students

This section provides information and advice on delivering school library and information services that are inclusive and responsive to Māori learner needs in all New Zealand schools.

Under the overarching heading, Supporting Māori students, the five focal areas of library support are:

• Culturally inclusive libraries for Māori
• Developing Māori learning  environments
• Providing Māori information resources
• Supporting inquiry learning in a Māori context
• Libraries supporting Māori readers

Supporting Pasifika students

Find Pasifika information resources that give guidance on bringing Pasifika worlds and works into the library. Find library services that cater for Pasifika students and also examples designed to support learners in their reading and inquiry development. Specifically this section addresses:

• Engaging with Pasifika students
• Pasifika resources to support literacy
• Appropriate library environments
• Services to support literacy and learning outcomes
• Fostering home-school partnerships to support literacy