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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"The Treaty of Waitangi"”.
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Processes of Pakeha change in response to the Treaty of Waitangi
The sense of crisis that marks our times may be seen as a crisis for dominant groups whose once-secure hegemony is being challenged by marginalised others. It is in theorising the reply from the dominant group to the voices of the oppressed that existing Western conceptions of social change fall …
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The Treaty of Waitangi and Asian Immigrants in Aotearoa: A Reflective Journey
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand being represented at the signing by chiefs from various tribes. The Treaty promised to ensure legitimate control on European settlers, while guaranteeing Māori their sovereignty, …
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The Treaty of Waitangi: a study of its making, interpretation and role in New Zealand history
From 1840 to the present, the Treaty of Waitangi has been a subject of some significance in New Zealand – a distinctive but subtle thread running through the fabric of the country’s history and shaping attitudes to race relations. A conviction strongly held by New Zealanders is that the treaty has …
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Pākehā counsellors consider their positioning: Towards postcolonial praxis
The challenges of achieving the potential, which the Treaty of Waitangi offers for a postcolonial present and future, have shaped life in Aotearoa New Zealand over the last four decades. This thesis draws on this history and challenge to consider the practice possibilities for Pākehā counsellors …
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Different Coloured Tears: Bicultural Bereavement Perspectives
The research explored the pathways that Māori and Pākehā bicultural whānau follow in mourning, grieving and moving on through life, in response to the death of a signficant loved one. Of specific interest were sites of conflict, processes of negotiation and pathways to resolution occuring across …
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The aboriginal rights of the New Zealand Maori at common law
In 1840 the indigenous Maori tribes of New Zealand ceded the sovereignty of New Zealand to the British Crown in return for the protection of the chiefs' rangatiratanga (internal government of the tribe) and the tribes' lands, forests, and fisheries. This agreement is known as the Treaty of …
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Manaaki whenua. Manaaki tangata: Care for the land, care for the people: Leading critical school reform with mana whenua and whānau Māori
… Māori and Pākehā students in Aotearoa, have their origins in colonial education policies and practices which considerably advantaged Pākehā students and compromised the ability of Māori students to engage with learning and succeed. Despite the promises of equality inherent in the Treaty of …
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When one door closes, look for a window: An indigenous autoethnography within the public service of Aotearoa, New Zealand
This thesis charts the history of a Māori woman and her roles in public sector leadership. It is written chronologically and weaves kaupapa Māori methods with autoethnography to enable and empower others to understand the experiences of various organisations/agencies that the author has worked for, …
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Faith, politics and reconciliation: the Roman Catholic Church, New Zealand Maori and indigenous Australians
The Roman Catholic Church claims from Jesus Christ a mission to teach consistently religious ideals in accordance with its understanding of God’s constant truth. These ideals include the belief that human creation in the image and likeness of God establishes rights to dignity, to culture, to …
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Kaitiakitanga o te Taiao - Reconciling Legislative Provisions and Outcomes for Māori
The Resource Management Act (1991) (RMA) was heralded as internationally ground-breaking for its integrated approach, and for cementing 'sustainable management' as its overarching purpose. It was ground-breaking also for its recognition of First Nations’ rights and values. This includes directing …
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To Settle the Settler: Pathologies of Colonialism in New Zealand History Films 1925 - 2005
… intertwined with colonial history. From the colonial project‘s drive to categorise and treat indigenous disorders, to postcolonial theorists‘ attempts to understand the psychological effects of (de)colonisation, psychology has provided a lens through which to investigate the …
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At the Margin of Empire: John Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900
… settlers have largely disappeared from histories of the colonisation of New Zealand, at least in frontier settings. This has been the result of an unwillingness on the part of Pakeha academics to study people who were recast as colonisers following the rise of postcolonial discourses from the …
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Institutional Racism and the Dynamics of Privilege in Public Health
Institutional racism, a pattern of differential access to material resources and power determined by race, advantages one sector of the population while disadvantaging another. Such racism is not only about conspicuous acts of violence but can be carried in the hold of mono-cultural perspectives. …
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Pictogram use during chest pain nurse specialist consultations in regional New Zealand: Patient experiences and clinical outcomes
Heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in New Zealand. Ischemic heart disease is the single biggest killer of New Zealanders’ and the highest-ranked cause of premature death. The Heart Foundation reminds us “every 90 minutes a New Zealander dies from heart disease.” Maori …
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Social marketing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Analysing its evolution to inform, improve, and justify its future
Plotting the evolution and experience of social marketing in Aotearoa New Zealand, this thesis charts a creative landscape of productive future research directions in the field. Starting with the question, “What can the social marketing discipline learn from the unique experience of social …
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Chief Justice James Prendergast and the administration of New Zealand colonial justice, 1862-1899
The New Zealand legal system during the nineteenth-century was in a state of rapid change and constant turmoil. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the British Crown in 1840, British immigration to New Zealand began in earnest. As a British colony, New Zealand gradually …
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“It’s becoming part of their knowing”: a study of bicultural development in an early childhood teacher education setting in Aotearoa/New Zealand
This study is an exploration of the implementation of bicultural development within a university-based early childhood teacher education programme in Aotearoa/New Zealand, which can be considered to be a bicultural country (Walker, 1987, p. 221). Bicultural development is a process in line with …
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Ethical pesticide policy : beyond risk assessment
This thesis sets out to develop a pesticide policy process that is ethical, one that fairly addresses the needs of society whilst at the same time minimizing the impact of pesticides on nature. The process that is developed here is context dependent: it is not a prescription for all public policy …
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Archetypes and the unthought: The projection of the King’s Court in New Zealand television media
This thesis explores archetypal projections of conflict in Television New Zealand’s news and current affairs as an unthought. The television news and current affairs programmes identified in the thesis relate to issues of conflict between the Maori people of New Zealand, and the Government and …
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Treaty People Recognising and Marking Pākehā Culture in Aotearoa New Zealand
The suggestion that all people are cultural and live in cultural worlds acts to challenge members of culturally dominant groups as they tend to see their way of life as normal rather than cultural. Dominant group members usually talk about themselves in relation to their national identity (New …
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