Te Rōpū Whakahau是代表毛利族群在紐西蘭參與圖書館、文化、知識、資訊、溝通與系統科技等領域的政府組織。Te Rōpū Whakahau以毛利諺語(whakatauki)「讓我們緊緊相依，不要分離(waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa)」為宗旨，並建立於「關係(Whanaungatanga)」、「友善(Manaakitanga)」、「信賴(Kaitiakitanga)」和「毛利的語言(Te Reo Māori)」四個核心價值上。Te Rōpū Whakahau提供發展機會、原住民或跨文化合作，以及供應提升服務、文化敏感度、信賴度等相關訓練，幫助會員和組織去加強他們的宗族與結盟(whānau 、hapū、iwi)。

Te Rōpū Whakahau成立目的是為了提供專業與文化支援給在紐西蘭圖書館工作的毛利族人。身為Te Rōpū Whakahau的一部份，毛利族對於圖書館與檔案庫中毛利資源的照護，以及圖書館資訊與服務的提供，需要有提出政策和方法的發聲權。

Te Rōpū Whakahau在1992年正式以網絡的運行模式啟動，並成為紐西蘭圖書館與資訊協會(Library and Information Association of New Zealand – Aotearoa，LIANZA)的特殊成員。1995年，Te Rōpū Whakahau和LIANZA正式簽訂協議，於次年成為獨立的成員。

Nau mai, haere mai, whakatau mai! (welcome)
Te Rōpū Whakahau is the leading national body that represents Māori engaged in Libraries, Culture, Knowledge, Information, Communication and Systems Technology in Aotearoa New Zealand. Te Rōpū Whakahau is a Māori association guided by the whakatauki “waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa” and is founded on four core values: Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Kaitiakitanga and Te Reo Māori. Te Rōpū Whakahau supports practitioners and their organisations to empower whānau, hapū and iwi by providing development opportunities, indigenous and multicultural partnerships, and championing best practice around services, cultural responsiveness and accountability within the profession.

We are a Māori national association.

Background
Te Rōpū Whakahau was established to provide professional and cultural support to Māori who worked in libraries throughout New Zealand. As part of this, there was a need for Māori to have a voice to inform policies and practices relating to the care of Māori material in libraries and archives, and the provision of library and information services generally.

Te Rōpū Whakahau was officially launched in 1992 as a formal network and ran as a special interest group of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand – Aotearoa (LIANZA) and in 1995 entered into a formal agreement with LIANZA and became an independent incorporated society the following year.