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Browsing Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies collection* by Title
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A Comparison of Bilingual-based and Monolingual- based Pedagogy in the Acquisition of Māori as a Second Language He tina ki runga - He tāmore ki raro
There are numerous tertiary institutions throughout Aotearoa that offer Māori language education. These institutions include universities, various polytechnic institutions (Kura Matatini) and various whare wānanga (places ... -
A Digital Learning Framework for Rangatahi based on Māori Waka Culture
We live in a rapidly changing society that is fuelled by the continuing advancement of digital technologies. For Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the struggle to retain and develop their reo (language) ... -
A Kaupapa Māori study of the positive impacts of syncretism on the development of Christian faith among Māori from my faith-world perspective
I am a syncretist: I blend religious ideas that shape my faith. As a syncretist studying syncretism, I am the architect, builder, negotiator and navigator of this research. My original contribution to knowledge is a Kaupapa ... -
A Kui mā a Koro mā: he wānanga i te momo iranga i ētahi kōrero Māori o nehe
He wānanga tēnei tuhinga i te iranga e whakaaturia ana i ētahi kōrero tawhito o ngā iwi Māori. E toru ngā tino ara rangahau i whakamahia hei kupenga tātari i ngā whakaaro o nehe. Ko te reo Māori te ara rangahau matua. ... -
"A Right To Be Māori?" Identity formation of Māori Adoptees
Writings dedicated to the adoption of Māori children or whāngai are minimal and there appears to be very little literature in regards to the affect of adoption on descendants of Māori adoptees. Whāngai has often been ... -
Ako ai, oranga kē: All in a two-decade days' work
This research is called 'Ako ai, oranga kē - All in a two-decade days' work', and is premised on the concentrated efforts of a rural community education organisation called Central Otago REAP (Rural Education Activities ... -
Authenticating Māori Physicality: Translations of ‘Games’ and ‘Pastimes’ by Early Travellers and Missionaries to New Zealand
This paper theorizes how knowledge of indigenous tribal epistemologies was made ‘knowable’ through Enlightenment rationalism in an early colonial context. Specifically, the paper determines how and what knowledge of Māori ... -
Barriers to adaptation to climate change and extremes in Vietnam: Insights from a local case study
Climate change is a real challenge to humankind in this century and beyond. The scientific assessments have confirmed that the earth’s climate has already changed and continues to dramatically change on a global scale. ... -
Beginning a conversation: writing a history about Mangaia
Imagine the following scene: Rarotonga International Airport, the date 26 April 1988. A young Pacific historian is standing in front of a weighing machine at the domestic check in. About to place his bags on the tray, he ... -
Book Launch Speech: Ngā Mōteatea: He Kupu Arataki: An Introduction, by Jane McRae
Tonight we are gathered here to celebrate the launching of the last instalment in a remarkable venture of New Zealand scholarship and publishing: the Introduction to the four volume series, Ngā Mōteatea. This Introduction ... -
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 ... -
Colonial Intervention on Guardianship and 'Adoption' Practices in Fiji 1874-1970
The arrival of Europeans in Fiji, from the late 1700s, impacted the established social structures of the indigenous communities, removing what were considered inappropriate social behaviours and introducing concepts and ... -
A contemporary Māori culinary tradition - does it exist? : an analysis of Māori cuisine
The Western world has long boasted different, regional culinary traditions as witnessed by the Yorkshire pudding of Northeast England, the gateaux of France and the griddle of Western Scotland. An extraordinary aspect of ... -
Cooking with Gas: Māori and the coming energy transition
This paper presents an Indigenous and Māori perspective about the need for urgent energy transitions by examining three areas: • Climate change transition, which I define as an energy transition to a largely non-fossil-fuel ... -
COVID-19 Talanoa: The Voices of Tongan Kāinga in South Canterbury
This thesis is an exploratory study on the experiences of Tongan kāinga (distant relations/community) in the rural region of South Canterbury, New Zealand before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines Tongan kāinga’s ... -
Culturally responsive teaching of Māori in mainstream education
This thesis investigates how culturally responsive practice is currently being implemented within mainstream education in Dunedin. It looks at both the primary and early childhood education sectors. For the purpose of this ... -
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 ... -
Decolonising Taera: Representations of wāhine Māori from early colonisation into contemporary pornography
This research answers the question of the impact colonisation has had on representations of wāhine Māori bodies, identities and sex, tracking the extent to which this continues in contemporary pornography. This research ... -
Destablising the Binary: Reframing Cultural Identity Postcolonial Reflections in Aotearoa New Zealand
Historically, prevailing knowledge systems have been challenged, de-centred and replaced and, as a consequence, dualist and oppositional comparisons of knowledge and understanding have been established, such as, ‘traditional’ ...