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Building biocultural approaches into Aotearoa – New Zealand’s conservation future
Indigenous peoples’ roles in conservation are important because they offer alternate perspectives and knowledge centred on the quality of the human–environment relationship. Here, we present examples of Māori cultural ... -
Of the people, for the people, by the people: He tangata, He tangata, He tangata - The value of autobiography in academia: Maori women and Post World War Two American Presidents
The catch phrase title of this presentation Of the people, for the people, by the people: He tangata, He tangata, He tangata will be immediately recognised by scholars of American history and Maori studies. The expression ... -
`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 ... -
He manu hou ahau, he pī ka rere: The transition of Māori language immersion students to the University of Otago
The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate the transitional experiences of graduates from Māori language immersion secondary schools to tertiary education. The thesis will show how Māori language immersion ... -
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 ... -
Print Culture and the Collective Māori Consciousness
Although literacy and print were essential tools of the colonial project ultimately designed to ‘amalgamate’ Māori into the modern Pākehā-dominated world, ironically they also helped in the evolution of a collective Māori ... -
Mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere – The Formation of Māori Identity in Dunedin High Schools
In the absence of culturally strong home bases and the opportunities to interact in a Māori environment in Dunedin, young Māori must look for other avenues where they can establish a sense of being Māori. Secondary schools ... -
Tō ‘Tātou’ Reo Rangatira: National Treasure or Taonga Māori – An investigation into the motivations of Pākehā in learning the Māori language
Shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi the English language became the dominant language of New Zealand society. It became the language of government and the medium of instruction in schools. Today we live in ... -
He Take Hei Pupuri Tonu i te Whenua: A Perspective on Hapū Formation in Māori Society
The study of hapū formation is an excellent place to begin, in order to understand the dynamic nature of Māori society. Hapū, or clans, are a group of inter-related whānau, joined together by a streamline of whakapapa and ... -
Kaupapa Māori [visual communication] design Investigating ‘visual communication design by Māori, for Māori’, through practice, process and theory
This work examines the field of Māori graphic design, and more specifically, kaupapa Māori visual communication design and process. Initially this research was conceptualised through a health communication project, and was ... -
Mai i Aotearoa – From New Zealand: The effects of living in Australia on Māori identity
It is estimated that one in every five people that identify as Māori were either born or is currently living in Australia. The large Māori population that currently resides in Australia has forced the question ‘Does living ... -
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 ... -
Understanding Whangara: Whale Rider as Simulacrum
For those with neither pen nor sword, the movie camera has proven a mighty instrument. For centuries, colonized aboriginal people depended upon oral tradition to preserve their language and creation stories – the pith and ... -
The Māori All Blacks and the Decentering of the White Subject: Hyperrace, Sport and the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
In this article we examine a range of media discourses surrounding the continued existence of the Mäori All Blacks, a “racially” selected rugby side, and a specific public controversy that erupted in New Zealand over the ... -
The Death of Koro Paka: “Traditional" Māori Patriarchy
Deconstruction does not say there is no subject, there is no truth, there is no history. It simply questions the privileging of identity so that someone is believed to have the truth. It is not the exposure of error. It ... -
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, ... -
Kia tū ko taikākā: Let the heartwood of Māori identity stand - An investigation into the appropriateness of the legal definition of ‘Māori’ for Māori
Māori are not a homogenous people. In contemporary society Māori come in all different sizes, shapes, colours, social conditions, cultural affiliations, religions and opinions. Given this diversity there are thus some ... -
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 ... -
Ngā Pūrongo o ia Tari Māori: Reflections on research, teaching, and other developments in Te Tumu
At the inaugural Te Kāhui Kura Māori conference held at Waikato University in 2007 I reviewed our present School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies at Otago University since the establishment of a Māori Studies ...