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He tanga ngutu, he Tuhoetanga te Mana Motuhake o te ta moko wahine: The identity politics of moko kauae
Ta moko (Māori tattooing), especially facial moko (tattoo), has become a popular mechanism for the expression of self determination. Many Māori people are adopting this art form as part of a renaissance of Māori culture ...
Nga reo o nga niupepa : Māori language newspapers 1855-1863
By 1855, most Māori still lived in a tribal setting, with little official Pakeha interference. This would have been as they expected, exercising their tino rangatiratanga, the chiefly rights guaranteed by the Treaty of ...
Tackling Māori Masculinity: A Colonial Genealogy of Savagery and Sport
The primary aim of this paper, then, is to deconstruct one of the dominant discourses surrounding Māori men—a discourse that was constructed to limit, homogenize, and reproduce an acceptable and imagined Māori masculinity, ...
Interpreting culture: Visitors’ experiences of cultural landscape in New Zealand
This thesis examines visitors' awareness and experiences of cultural values for natural areas of importance to Māori. The South Island/Te Wai Pounamu contains natural landscapes with scenic and recreational values that ...
The role of the dental therapist in New Zealand's public health system
This study examines aspects of how dental therapy began and developed, since it was introduced as one of the first public health occupations in New Zealand, in 1921. Dental therapy began as dental nursing, and was introduced ...
The impact of becoming or wanting to become smokefree for Māori
Since the introduction of tobacco into New Zealand, smoking and smoking related illnesses have become more prevalent in the Māori population than New Zealand's general population. The aim of the present research was to ...
Maori Experience of Community Treatment Orders in Otago, New Zealand
Objective: To consider the impact of community treatment orders (CommTOs) on Maori patients and their whanau (extended family) and the associated views of mental health professionals.
Method: As a distinct aspect of a ...