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Welcome to Discover
Discover is a database of resources selected for use by
New Zealand schools. Over 2,500 multimedia items are available and almost
all are from National Library of New Zealand collections. Access to Discover
is free.
Currently Discover supports the Visual Arts and Music disciplines
of the Arts/Ngā Toi curriculum by providing a rich selection of works
by some of New Zealand's musicians, artists, photographers, designers
and architects both historic and contemporary, Māori and Pākehā.
Our aim is to provide more New Zealand online resources to support and
cover other curriculum areas.
To find out what's in Discover browse Visual
Arts, Music,
or all
topics. You can also search for specific information using the search
box. Go to Getting started to check that you've
got the right software to use the music and video clips, and to Teacher
information to find out how you can use Discover in the classroom.
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Image of the month
McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935: Photograph of a wicker fishing trap or pot (hinaki). 1921.
Both functional and decorative hinaki were, and still are, used by Maori to catch tuna or eel. Traps were traditionally made from plant material, usually a creeper or vine that could be woven without breaking. Hinaki were usually placed with their opening facing upstream. Eels attracted by the bait would then swim into the trap and unable to turn around would become caught. In the past many hinaki were placed across our larger rivers (like the Wanganui) forming what was called a pa tuna.
PA1-q-257-73-1, Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand - Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa.
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