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9781877399411
Exploring Maori Values
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John Patterson
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This book, first published in 1992, offers Pakeha New Zealanders an insight into Maori thought and values and the basis for the sort of understanding and partnership that should exist between Pakeha and Maori. It also presents a new perspective from which long-held Pakeha values can be reassessed.
John Patterson attempts, as an investigative philosopher, to come to grips with personal, embedded limitations that inform any look into one world-view from the perspective of another. He demonstrates a high degree of empathy with and respect for Maori and the book offers a practical model for engagement with this culture and for greater mutual understanding.
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Historical Frictions : Maori Claims and Reinvented Histories
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Michael Belgrave (Senior Lecturer Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Massey University, New Zealand)
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This important book explores the role of the courts and of various types of commissions in mediating and reinventing historical narratives of colonisation. Belgrave shows how the courts became from 1840 places where different narratives of discovery and conquest, of loss and displacement and of claims to resources and mana were debated. These legal debates were not only between Maori and Pakeha; Maori also used the courts to maintain or reclaim traditional rights between Maori and Maori. From this perspective the Waitangi Tribunal is less radical than is often supposed and is seen to be carrying on a similar function to earlier tribunals and courts in the transformation of historical narratives. The book will cover a number of issues, all of which have been before the Waitangi Tribunal, including the Old Land Claims, the Kemp Purchase, confiscation, the Orakei Block, the Whanganui River, fisheries, the Chatham Islands and the ...
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9781869403904
Hostile Shores : Catastrophic events in prehistoric New Zealand and their impact on Maori coastal communities
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Bruce McFadgen
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This is a groundbreaking book which explores the incidence and effects of catastrophic events - tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions - on Maori coastal communities in the pre- European period. It focuses in particular on a cluster of tsunamis in the late 1400s which had devastating effects from Northland to Otago on population and cultural practices. Nga Ngaru Kaiwaka is the product of meticulous and rigorous research, drawing on archaeology, geology, demography and, most importantly, oral tradition; but it will be of considerable interest to the many readers who are fascinated by New Zealand's prehistory.
First published September 2007.
The cover blurb reads "Essential reading for anybody living within 300 metres of the New Zealand shoreline." Right on! – Bob Brockie, Dominion Post
· Dr McFadgen is already renowned worldwide for his recalibration of the carbon-dating technique, but Hostile Shores . . . ...
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9781877242168
Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi
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Claudia Orange
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Few subjects in recent years have created as much debate as the Treaty of Waitangi. Its history is a fascinating one, that embraces not only events of 1840 but also forces leading to the making of a treaty and the impacts, protests, and negotiations that followed for the next century and a half.
Claudia Orange offers here a straightforward account of a complex narrative. A wide range of illustrations brings the history to life: the different kinds of people who negotiated and signed the Treaty are vividly presented, the many periods of our past are portrayed; the context of this important document comes to life throughout the book.Perhaps the most significant feature of this book is the remarkable summary of the events of the 1980s and 1990s. In these years, the Waitangi Tribunal and iwi undertook massive research, to establish the validity of land claims; major settlements were made, and more claims are close to settlement.
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9781869403508
Mana Tuturu : Maori Treasures and Intellectual Property Rights
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Barry Barclay
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This book is a timely, valuable and immensely wise meditation on the complex and difficult problems that arise when the treasures of indigenous peoples, especially Maori, enter the commercial world which seeks to reproduce and disseminate them. Well aware that such matters are not simple, Barry Barclay draws on his long experience as a filmmaker, often depicting Maori subjects, to conduct a hui, or public forum, to show, to listen, to suggest ways in which two worlds, each important, can meet. His gripping and moving book will be a guide in the areas of film and television, libraries, archives and museums, jurisprudence and ethics; but beyond that it is the kind of classic book that anyone seriously concerned about the culture of contemporary New Zealand, or any post-colonial country, should read and ponder on.
First published November 2005.
“Wake-up calls like Mana Tuturu give us all an opportunity to be guided into largely ...
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9781869694029
Maori and the Environment : Kaitiaki
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Rachael Selby, Pataka Moore & Malcolm Mulholland (editors)
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This collection of 19 articles discusses the impact of changes in Aotearoa New Zealand's natural environment due to factors such as climate change, pollution and degredation of waterways and land, pest control and environmental management policy. It highlights Maori perspectives on these issues and actions that Maori have taken to maintain and restore the environment. These contributions demonstrate that the relationship that Maori have with the environment through kaitiakitanga has sound environmental principles and provide a reminder of obligations for future generations of all New Zealanders. With local, regional and central government decisions about the environment continuing to be based on a least expensive option rather than on the most sustainable, the book suggests that Maori should take a lead role as active kaitiaki to promote sound principles in the wider community for the benefit of all.
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9780864736116
Maori and the State: Crown-Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa 1950-2000
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Richard S. Hill
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This book examines the principal interrelationships between the Crown and Maori through the 1950s and 60s, when Crown assimilationist policies intensified, and in the period from the 1970s, when the pressure of the 'Maori Renaissane' encouraged policies and goals based upon biculturalism (although Crown motivations were and remain problematic).
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9781877394249
Maori and Welfare
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Lindsay Mitchell
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DoP May 2009, WEllignton
A-4 / 38pp
"While acknowledging the existence of confounding factors, such as low educational achievement and childhood deprivation, this paper considers what role welfare has played in both creating and perpetuating this gap and why the associated social dysfunction and crime are more prevalent among Maori. It makes alternative suggestions for preserving a safety net without generating destructive dependence.
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Maori Property Rights and the Foreshore and Seabed : The last frontier
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Claire Charters & Andrew Erueti (eds)
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In this recent era of indigenous peoples’ rights recognition, many states around the globe are faced with reconciling the pre-existing, inherent rights of indigenous peoples with those held and asserted by the state. Within New Zealand we remain engaged in this process of reconciliation and while there has been significant progress, there remain many outstanding and controversial questions about the status of Maori and their treaty and customary rights. This fact was brought into sharp focus by the Court of Appeal decision of Ngati Apa.
These are essays written by academics on topics that fall within their area of expertise. The general tenor is that New Zealand in its haste has enacted legislation that undermines the rights of Maori tribes. In short, the view is that the reconciliation process has tipped too far in favour of the rights of the state and non-Maori. While the foreshore may be the last frontier in terms of terra firma ...
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9781877283987
Nga Kahui Pou : Launching a Maori Future
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Mason Durie
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This substantial change in our society will have major implications for Maori and wider society.
Professor Durie discusses traditions and customs and addresses contemporary needs in order to build development strategies for the launch of the Maori population into the new millenium. This work also suggests models for the development of other indigenous peoples.
Professor Mason Durie (Rangitane, Ngati Kauwahata, Ngati Raukawa) is currently a professor of Maori research and development, and assistant vice-chancellor (Maori) at Massey University. He is one of New Zealand's most respected social policy experts. With a background in psychiatry spanning over thirty years, he has published widely both within New Zealand and internationally, mainly on the topics of health, education and models for indigenous self-determination.
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9781877241031
Te Kooti Tango Whenua
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David V williams
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Williams’ history – the first book to provide the ‘bigger picture’ of the activities of the Native Land Court – details the dramatically adverse impact it had on the landholdings of Maori hapu. ‘Te Kooti tango whenua’ offers a picture of the court in action, with legislative practices that perhaps resulted in the most serious breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi to date, and ‘points the way to a future less contaminated by hurts arising from injustices of the past’.
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9780195583670
Te Mana, Te Kawanatanga - The Politics of Maori Self-determination
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Author:
Mason Durie
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2008 reprint
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280pp
This book is about contemporary Maori development and Maori aspirations for greater autonomy. It contains a detailed account of legislation, legal battles and conflicting attitudes between Maori and the Crown.
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9780864735799
The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution (title change - was Realism about Relationships)
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Matthew Palmer
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What was the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in the law and costitution in 1840?
What has the Treaty be reinterepted to mean in New Zealand today?
What is its current legal status and force?
What is its current place in New Zealand's constitution?
In this acadenically robust and accessible book, Matthew Palmer answers these questions and goes on to provide concrete suggestions for where the teaty should be in New Zealand's law and constitution.
The general meaning of the Treaty amounts to an explicit commitment to the health of the relationships between the Crown, Maori and other New Zealanders. However, the legal status of the Treaty is incoherent and its legal force inconsistent, and the constitutional place of the Treaty remains contested and political, reflecting the underlying tension between democratic majority rule and the protection of the indigenous rights of a minority, as well as uncertainty about the foundational ...
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9781877283888
Tikanga Maori : Living by Maori Values
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Hirini Moko Mead
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'Relationships between and among people need to be managed and guarded by some rules.'
Professor Hirini Moko Mead's comprehensive survey of tikanga Maori (Maori protocol) is the most substantial of its kind ever published.
Areas discussed include: social structures and groupings, the tapu-noa principle, protocol of the marae, welcome ceremonies, mourning ceremonies, tikanga of settlement and ritual confiscation, gift-giving etiquette, relationships between identity and land, tikanga of karakia, childbirth, guidelines for proper behaviour, knowledge acquisition and retention, wellbeing, creativity and performance, and protocol for places we live and work. Suggested reading-lists provide the reader with avenues for further research.
Hirini Moko Mead (Ngati Awa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhourangi) is a prominent writer and commentator and the author of over seventy books, papers and articles. He was foundation ...
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9781869416317
Treaty : Every New Zealander's Guide to the Treaty of Waitangi (out of print)
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Author:
Marcia Stenson
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Why does something signed in 1840 matter to us today? Who’s getting the money from land claims? Will the settlement decisions affect me? These and other key questions are answered in history teacher and historian Marcia Stenson’s short, straightforward book.
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9781869404680
Tuamaka : The Challenge of Difference in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Author:
Joan Metge
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Tuamaka' is the rope that Maui and his brothers used to snare the sun. Plaited with flax, the rope gained its strengths from bringing together its different strands. In her new book, Tuamaka, our most renowned anthropologist Dame Joan Metge asks what sort of rope we need to forge our multicultural future. She identifies the Treaty, the words, and the stories with which all New Zealanders can gain the strength that comes from twining people and ideas together. The Treaty is our founding narrative, Metge suggests and she tells a story of cultures meeting, arguing and then dealing with diversity. Maori and English, increasingly used in the same sentence, are our languages and Metge shows how Maori words are used and abused in everyday speech and the media. Finally, the art of storytelling – from myths of
Maui and James Cook to present day whakapapa is how we understand the land and ourselves.
Dame Joan ends Tuamaka with a ...
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9781869403720
Waitangi and Indigenous Rights (revised edition 2006)
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F.M. Brookfield
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This is a revised edition of Jock Brookfield's landmark study of issues surrounding the Treaty of Waitangi first published in 1999. Here he adds an extensive epilogue addressing three recent debates relevant to his central topic: the Fiji revolutions, successful and attempted; Maori customary title to the foreshore and seabed and the Foreshore and Seabed Act of 2004; and the Rekohu Report (2001) of the Waitangi Tribunal on the conflicting claims of Moriori and Ngati Mutungu on the Chatham Islands. He deals with these complex and controversial matters with his usual careful, thorough and principled approach dealing with the broad constitutional issues and responding to comments made by other scholars. This new edition will be an essential tool for all those working in the area and for anyone interested in this vital contemporary debate.
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9780195584004
Waitangi Revisited : Perspectives on The Treaty of Waitangi (2nd edition 2005)
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Michael Belgrave, Merata Kawharu & David Williams
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Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1989, a great deal has changed although some of the themes and ideas relevant at the time endure. Among the new issues to emerge is the inclusion of the Treaty in a large range of legislation, greater recognition by the Crown of its duty to recognise the Treaty, and the transformation of the claims process. This new edition of Waitangi retains all the strengths of the original edition, whilst addressing new issues that have emerged during the 1990s and early twenty-first century.
Contents: FOREWORD BY HUW KAWHARU; 1. Introduction; 2. The Treaty of Waitangi and the Recognition of Tikanga Maori; 3. Waitangi and the Legal Systems of Aotearoa New Zealand: Conflict and Change; 4. Unique Treaty Based Relationships Remain Exclusive; 5. The Wait 262 Claim: A Claim by Maori to Indigenous Flora and Fauna: Me o Ratou Taonga Katoa; 6. Lands Under the Sea: Foreshore and Seabed; 7. A ...
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9781869694043
Weeping Waters : The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change
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Malcolm Mulholland] (ed)
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Weeping Waters is a must read for anyone who wants to be informed about the current debate regarding the Treaty of Waitangi and a constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand. The book features essays from eighteen well-known and respected Maori figures including Professor Margaret Mutu, Bishop Muru Walters, Judge Caren Fox and lawyer Moana Jackson. This is the first book in recent years to offer a Maori opinion on the subject of constitutional change. It shows how Maori views have been ignored by successive governments and the courts and how Maori have attempted to address constitutional issues in the past. The book also provides suggestions for a pathway forward if the Treaty of Waitangi is to be fully acknowledged as the foundation for a constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand.
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9780195584035
Whaiora : Maori Health Development (2nd Edition 1998)
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Mason Durie
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Maori health development is about the trials and discoveries of the past, the energies and initiatives of the present, and the priorities and plans for the future.
In this welcome second edition of
Whaiora
, Mason Durie documents progress in Maori health development over the past century, placing special emphasis on the last fifteen years. He draws connections between changes in Maori leadership, Maori political power, and government health policy. Using the twin standards of the Treaty of Waitangi and biculturalism, he examines past policies, health reforms, Maori health leadership and the major health problems currently facing Maori. This second edition of Whaiora deserves to be widely read. It takes account of changed government objectives for Maori health and shifting Maori priorities for health development. Not only does it demolish some misleading stereotypes, but it also offers a comprehensive account of the cultural, ...
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