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The future of rongoa Maori: wellbeing and sustainability. Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd & The Ministry of Health. O'Connor T (2007). "New Zealand's biculturalism and the development of publicly funded rongoa (traditional Maori healing) services". Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies. 4 (1): 70– 94.
Rangimārie Te Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere CBE (25 July 1937 – 13 December 2020) was a New Zealand educationalist, spiritual leader, Māori language advocate, academic and conservationist.
In Polynesian Folklore, Hawaiki (also rendered as ʻAvaiki in Cook Islands, Hawaiki in Māori, Savaiʻi in Samoan, Havaiʻi in Tahitian, Hawaiʻi in Hawaiian) is the original home of the Polynesians, before dispersal across Polynesia. [1]
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]
A Maori MP, Adtian Rurawhe, stated that, "From a Whanganui viewpoint the wellbeing of the river is directly linked to the well-being of the people," referring to the mana of the tangata whenua. Mount Taranki was granted similar legal status later in 2017, with eight tribes and the New Zealand government acting as legal guardians.
Sacha McMeeking (born 1977 or 1978) [1] is an academic, lawyer, activist and strategic consultant, known for her work on behalf of Ngāi Tahu and at the University of Canterbury, where she served as the head of school of Aotahi: Māori and Indigenous Studies from 2015 to around 2022.
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Smith saw education as the most important part the Maori struggle for freedom. [6] She was a member of Ngā Tamatoa while a university student. [7] Smith earned her BA, MA (honours), and PhD degrees at the University of Auckland. Her 1996 thesis was titled Ngā aho o te kakahu matauranga: the multiple layers of struggle by Maori in education. [10]