Library services and other support during lockdown

Unitec campuses (including library locations) are closed at both Mt Albert and Waitākere. However, please note the Medical Centre at Mt Albert (B180) remains open. Please phone first before coming to the Medical Centre.

• For Medical Centre and Counselling phone: 0800 10 85 10
• For enrolment and student admin queries phone: 0800 10 95 10 and select option 1 or 2
• For student support, learning services and library phone: 0800 10 75 10 9am to 5pm (Mon-Fri) and 10am to 4pm (Sat-Sun)
• For specialist library support you can make an appointment with your Subject Librarian https://guides.unitec.ac.nz/subjectlibrarians

Please do not return any library items. Fines will not be imposed for late returns.

Using our Click and Collect service you can request books, journals or dvds and collect from Mt Albert or Waitakere Campus from Tuesday 18 August onwards between 10am and 12 noon weekdays. See how to request here: https://guides.unitec.ac.nz/clickandcollect

Cook Islands Language Week 2020

Kia orana,

Turou, ’āere mai ki te ‘epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki’ Āirani - Welcome to Cook Islands Language Week 2020 is being held from Sunday 2 August – Saturday 8 August, 2020. The theme for this year is "Kia pūāvai tō tātou Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani i Aotearoa" which means "That the Cook Islands Māori language may blossom throughout New Zealand."

The three official languages are English, Cook Islands Māori and Pukapukan. Cook Islands Māori has a number of dialects, the most widely used is Rarotongan. The Cook Islands consist of 15 islands that are divided up into Northern and Southern groups. Did you know that the tivaevae, or treasured quilts is believed to have arrived in the Cook Islands by the wives of early European missionaries, where local women were taught quilting and needlework in traditional art form.

Unitec Library has resources both in electronic and print version to learn more about the culture, language and history. Check out the Unitec Library catalogue and our Pacific subject guide.

Use the hashtag #CookIslandsLanguageWeek to follow the events on social media.

Come in and see our library display on Level 3, Building 180 at Te Puna.

 For more information, visit these pages:

• NZ Cook Islands Language Week Facebook
•  Ministry for Pacific Peoples
• The Coconet.tv Cook Islands
• Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand blog

Meitaki ma’ata