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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"mātauranga Māori"”.
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An interface of mātauranga Māori and archaeology to generate a whakapapa of pā tawhito
Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge, epistemology) is foundational to iwi-Māori pasts and is essential to generating new knowledge about those pasts. Archaeology (the study of the physical remains of past human activity) is also an invaluable tool in understanding human history in Aotearoa New …
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The price of Mauri: Exploring the validity of welfare economics when seeking to measure Mātauranga Māori
… This is particularly concerning, given that Māori (the indigenous people of New Zealand), have an important role to play in New Zealand resource management and perceive their own knowledge systems have been marginalised. The primary goal of this thesis is to explore the validity of welfare …
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Mātauranga Tūhoe: the centrality of Mātauranga-a-iwi to Māori education.
… is to improve understanding about the place of mātauranga-a-iwi in the education system. In the modern education system, the linked terms mātauranga-a-iwi, mātauranga Māori, and kaupapa Māori theory are used to define Māori identity and Māori knowledge. But this thesis argues that these concepts …
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An exploration of the maternity experiences of wāhine Māori in their encounters with midwife Lead Maternity Carers
… was to explore the maternity experiences of Māori women to understand the optimal conditions needed to provide women-centred relationships with midwife Lead Maternity Carers (LMC). The research focussed on the pregnancies, birth and motherhood experiences of Māori women and their …
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He aha kei tua atu o te kohu kawata? What lies beyond the silvery mist? Epistemic agency at the intersection of mātauranga Māori and biological science knowledge worlds
… the ways in which senior biology students used mātauranga Māori and/or Pacific cultural knowledge alongside biological science knowledge to justify their position on the socio-scientific issue of the use of 1080 poison to control mammalian pests in Aotearoa New Zealand – an issue of scientific …
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He moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka: Navigating a changing climate: A waka voyaging perspective
… global human population. Some groups, including Māori in Aotearoa, and Indigenous communities globally, will be disproportionately affected by the negative consequences of climate change. The current national and international governmental climate change responses underrepresent Indigenous …
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Ko wai tō ingoa? The transformative potential of Māori names
… (personal names) are an expression of te reo Māori, Māori identity, and tino rangatiratanga (self-determination). Nevertheless, our names are still mispronounced, marginalised and demeaned by individuals and institutions, such as schools, the health system, politics and media. This thesis …
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Whakahikita te taitamariki, whakahikita te whānau: The relational vitality of Māori youth in familial contexts
Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), have been impacted by colonisation, which sought to sever relationships to land, place, and people, and saw the denial and dismissal of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and te ao Māori (The Māori world (view)). Given this social and …
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My responsibility in the face of mass extinction
… ethical problem of wide consequence. Founded in mātauranga Māori and recalling the work of Emmanuel Levinas, it applies Kaupapa Māori autoethnography, narrative, and conceptual analyses alongside exegeses and a replication study. Investigations of responsibility across various positions are …
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Pātangaroa: Co-developing management strategies for a starfish outbreak in Ōhiwa Harbour
… located in Aotearoa New Zealand and engages in mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) alongside marine ecology as an appropriate method for contemporary marine research and management. The thesis study focused on Ōhiwa Harbour, aiming to co-develop a starfish management action plan (SMAP) with local …
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Blood Quantum “A Pūrākau approach to understanding the impact of ‘Blood Quantum’ in Māori Identity”
… issue. This thesis will draw on the Indigenous Māori methodology of pūrākau, or story work for its structure and method to explore the above questions relating to Indigenous identity. The pūrākau approach enables the research to harness mātauranga Māori knowledge such as whakapapa and korero …
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Be/ing Grace/d. A phenomenological exploration of spiritual encounters with the more-than-human natural world in-crisis
… research methods. Immersion in two significant Māori spiritual spaces in Aotearoa: Te Rerenga Wairua, (Cape Rēinga) and Tāne Mahuta (Waipoua Forest), influenced engagement with metaphor and visual expression from mātauranga Māori and Māori cosmovisions. Two ‘encounters’ with individuals’ data …
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Activating belonging: Towards a critcial ensemble pedagogy
… a traditional Pacific concept, drawing on the mātauranga Māori concepts and values of manaakitanga and whanaungatanga, to weave affective, political and socio-ecological belonging into a critical perspective of ensemble practice. The six principles of practice have been trialled in dramatic …
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CONNECTING TO THE MAURI OF THE MOANA: Using a community-based, intuitive and qualitative ecological monitoring process to connect with and consider the mauri of local marine ecosystems
… monitoring, which is centred around the Māori ontological concept of mauri (life-force, vital energy). Internationally, and in Aotearoa New Zealand, there is interest in the use of community-based monitoring (CBM), including cultural monitoring frameworks, for informing the management and …
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Site-specific performance rituals in the Anthropocene
… insights from four ritual experts grounded in mātauranga Māori or neo-Paganism through in-depth interviews, to comprehend multifaceted and culturally sensitive approaches to ritual practices in Aotearoa. Moreover, the creative investigation of four seasonal performance rituals served as the …
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Becoming Tangata Tiriti
… (1840) created a Relational Edge between Māori and non-Māori where interests converge, governance necessarily overlaps, and the potential for mutually beneficial exchanges lie. The historical dishonouring of Te Tiriti by non-Māori has led to widespread Māori land dispossession, cultural …
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WHENUA TŪPUNA, WHENUA HAUORA: Ancestral and Relational Landscapes
… and spiritual knowledge and experiences of Māori wisdom that can aid in the journey of Aotearoa-New Zealand towards a flourishing society. Māori conceptualisations of wellbeing are viewed as multi-dimensional and underpinned by the life force of hau, which is constantly striving to meet …
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