New Zealand. Department of Māori Affairs (Corporate Name)

In Jan. 1968 the Department of Māori Affairs merged with the Department of Island Territories to become the Māori and Island Affairs Department. In Oct. 1968, it changed its name to Department of Māori and Island Affairs. In 1975, Island Affairs was removed from the portfolio, merging in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The department's name was changed back to Department of Māori Affairs. On 1 July 1989 the Department of Māori Affairs was dissolved and its functions taken over by the Ministry of Māori Affairs which was established on that date, and the Iwi Transition Agency which was established on 1 Oct. 1989

Marae Enterprises Seminar (1978 : Kawhia, N.Z.). Report on Marae Enterprises Seminar ... 1978?: t.p. (Department of Maori Affairs) p. ii (Wellington, New Zealand)

LC data base, 3-22-85 (hdg.: New Zealand. Dept. of Maori Affairs)

Butterworth, G.V. Māori Affairs, c1990: t.p. (Iwi Transition Agency) p. 121 (Dept. replaced Oct. 1, 1989 by Iwi Transition Agency; Agency planned to exist for 5 yrs.)

Report on the Panguru Development Scheme, 1953: t.p. (Maori Affairs Department)

The Maori today, 1949: colophon (Department of Maori Affairs)

The Reed dictionary of modern Māori, 1995: p. 245 (Tari mō Ngā Take Maori, Department of Maori Affairs)

NZ files, Aug. 23, 2010 (hdg.: New Zealand. Dept. of Māori Affairs)