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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 ...
Ko te waihanga me nga wehewehenga o te whaikorero: The structural system of whaikorero and its components
Prior to European colonisation, the Māori people of New Zealand used whaikōrero1 (oration) as the primary medium for expressing opinion; presenting topics for discussion; and enabling decision-making regarding all matters ...
The physicality of Māori message transmission - Ko te tinana, he waka tuku kōrero
This article explores the transmission of meaning via the body in the Māori performing arts through the medium of haka (Māori posture dances). Both the physical and spiritual aspects of Māori performance will be explored ...
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, ...
He tanga ngutu, he Tuhoetanga te mana motuhake o te ta moko wahine: The identity politics of moko kauae
Tā 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 ...
Poia mai taku poi: Unearthing the knowledge of the past
The primary objective of this thesis is to review literature written about poi in order to construct an historical overview of poi from pre-contact Māori society until the 1920s. The mythological and Polynesian origins of ...
Ngā reo o ngā niupepa: Māori language newspapers 1855-1863
By 1855, most Māori still lived in a tribal setting, with little official Pākehā interference. This would have been as they expected, exercising their tino rangatiratanga, the chiefly rights guaranteed by the Treaty of ...
`E pakihi hakinga a kai: An examination of pre-contact resource management practice in Southern Te Wai Pounamu
Life was difficult in Te Wāi Pounamu before European contact. Food collecting had to return more calories than were expended in the efforts of acquisition. Areas where food was available were conserved as well as enhanced ...
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 ...