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The idea that the Maori would soon be absorbed into the pakeha population was one stultifying cause, and another was the lust for examination results inherent in a system run by ex-teachers and easily communicated to parents and the public. The most urgent reform in the education of the Maori is to restore and preserve the Maori language.
Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]
The development of state schooling in New Zealand has been shaped by social, economic and political interactions between Māori as tangata whenua, missionaries, settlers, voluntary organisations and the state of New Zealand which assumed a full legislative role in education in 1852.
The New Zealand School of Māori Arts and Crafts (Te Ao Marama) was founded in 1926 by Āpirana Ngata, [2] then the Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori which included Rotorua. The school focused on teaching traditional Māori arts and crafts. Ngata believed that arts was vital to the rejuvenation of Māori culture.
Mātauranga (literally Māori knowledge) is a modern term for the traditional knowledge of the Māori people of New Zealand. [1] [2] Māori traditional knowledge is multi-disciplinary and holistic, and there is considerable overlap between concepts.
This is a list of Māori waka (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These accounts give several different uses for the waka: many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Te Rīrino was said to be lost at sea.
New Zealand had the advantage after reducing Sri Lanka to 178-5 and with the last recognized pair out in the middle. Mendis, with Kusal Mendis (50), was involved in a 103-run partnership for the ...
A selection of taonga pūoro from the collection of Horomona Horo. Taonga pūoro are the traditional musical instruments [1] of the Māori people of New Zealand.. The instruments previously fulfilled many functions within Māori society including a call to arms, dawning of the new day, communications with the gods and the planting of crops. [2]