Cataloguers and indexers use subject lists to describe New Zealand content. We use the Index New Zealand thesaurus to describe journal and newspaper articles.
Mā te rārangi ā ihirangi te whakaahuatanga e te kaiwhakarārangi o te ihirangi o Aotearoa. Mā te papakupu o Index New Zealand te whakaahuatanga i ngā tuhinga pānui o ngā hautaka me ngā niupepa.
The Index New Zealand thesaurus is based on the APAIS thesaurus, created by the National Library of Australia. We have added terms specific to New Zealand (for example, 'Māori') and removed the specifically Australian terms.
It has been designed for describing journal and newspaper articles about New Zealand and the South Pacific in the areas of social sciences and humanities.
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