Annotated bibliography of te reo material held in the Hocken Manuscript and Archives Collection

Abstract

The Hocken Collections, and in particular the Hocken Archives, have a large number of items, both published and unpublished, either written in te reo or relating to it. Many of these items would hold considerable interest for students of te reo, but are inadequately described in catalogues, making efficient access very difficult. Access to the published grammars and wordlists is facilitated through the University of Otago Library catalogue, but identifying the unpublished material written in, or concerning, te reo is more difficult. Manuscripts and archives are listed in a database, called Hakena, but being an archival database it does not often provide the sort of information people looking for te reo material might be seeking. The aim of this bibliography is to improve access to information on the te reo content of manuscripts held at the Hocken Collections.