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This practice-research based article explores the relationship between mana motuhake (indigenous sovereignty) and white patriarchal sovereignty in Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on Ngāti Tūwharetoa as a case study. It seeks to find the... more
Engagement between Iwi Maori and local government operates within a complex environment of involving multiple expectations within multiple statutory frameworks. Not surprisingly different models of engagement have developed, some of which... more
This is the fourth chapter of the NZ Human Rights Commission's 2010 review of Human Rights in New Zealand. It was published as a stand-alone discussion document to coincide with Waitangi Day 2010.
In late September 2016 former Prime Minister, respected legal scholar and constitutional law reformer, Rt. Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC and public law specialist Andrew Butler released, as part of a New Zealand Law Foundation funded study... more
In 1881, colonial troops invaded, occupied, and forcefully evacuated the Maori village of Parihaka. Located on the west coast of the North Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand in the shadow of Mt. Taranaki, a location of great spiritual... more
Māori wellbeing is the foundation of Māori development, yet Indigenous peoples (including Māori) are often invisible in universal measures of wellbeing. In 2006 Mason Durie outlined Māori-specific measures of wellbeing, built upon Māori... more
Cellfish (2017) is a dark comedy written by Miriama McDowell (Ngāti Hine), Rob Mokaraka (Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Tūhoe), and Jason Te Kare (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui). The play follows the story of a drama teacher, Miss Lucy, who enters the world of... more
Pareraukawa’s Te Ahukaramū identifies an externalised type of knowledge as mātauranga (Royal 2005). It is a shared knowledge, “‘ma’ and ‘tau’ … said to be attained when it is held or comes to rest within us” (Smith 2015, 51).... more
An analysis of pakeha (white settler) ideology and representation of Maori in three New Zealand feature films dealing with race relations, with particular reference to the 19th century land wars.
Can be viewed or downloaded from the URL provided.
Invited Essay - published in Middle Grades Review, Volume 1
Issue 3: Social Justice: For Whom?
Invited Essay - published in Middle Grades Review, Volume 1
Issue 3: Social Justice: For Whom?
An authentic pronouncing dictionary of Maori place names throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Archival voice recordings of many well known Maori speakers from various Tribes and dialect groups. Author: Hugh Young; prepared & published with... more
The use of computational formats and digital tools including machine fabrication by indigenous people worldwide to augment traditional practices and material culture is becoming more and more commonplace. However within the practice of... more
Zu Tätowierungen hat fast jeder eine Meinung. Dennoch gibt es sehr viele Klischees und Vorurteile. Gleichzeitig sind Tattoos für viele mit Rebellion, Freiheit, Erotik oder einfach Attraktivität verbunden. Kalt lassen sie die wenigsten.... more
A paper outlining the links between Lincolnshire and New Zealand including an account of some of the earliest encounters with the native population of New Zealand, the Māori.
Lincolnshire Past and Present (Spring 2018) pp3-7.
Lincolnshire Past and Present (Spring 2018) pp3-7.
In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori are overrepresented in criminal and mental health contexts, comprising only 14.9% of the nation, yet over 50% of institutional populations. These figures are not unique, but represent a broader struggle to... more
I found myself nodding in approval as I read this book. Smith has a sufficient understanding of the intricacies of options in research methodology to titillate the experts. I found myself thinking that her level of understanding was... more
Academic Reference: Zuckermann, Ghil'ad & Monaghan, Paul (2012). "Revival linguistics and the new media: Talknology in the service of the Barngarla language reclamation", pp. 119-126 of Foundation for Endangered Languages XVI Conference:... more
This paper proposes the enactment of an ex gratia compensation scheme for loss of Indigenous languages in Australia. Although some Australian states have enacted ex gratia compensation schemes for the victims of the Stolen Generation... more
This paper explores the situation of arriving to New Zealand as an immigrant/expatriate. Equipped with local citizenship and a rich familial regional history going back 1000 years, but with limited connections, and with professional and... more
I propose the peace-making efforts of the missionaries, the printing and distribution of Bible books in te reo (the Maori language) and the eagerness of many chiefs to embrace the example of Jesus Christ (Ihu Karaiti), were pivotal in... more
Analysis of the relationship between tradition and evolution in the Maori culture as shown in the book The Whale Rider, by WIti Ihimaera
Ratana, the Prophet
Ma te wa: the sign of the broken watch
First published in Mana Maori + Christianity, Huia, 2012 ©
Ma te wa: the sign of the broken watch
First published in Mana Maori + Christianity, Huia, 2012 ©
Focussing on the aspect of travelling cultures, this article deals with Indigenous characters from Aotearoa/New Zealand who are internationally mobile. The discussion of Anahera Gildea’s “Te Ahi Kā” (2011), Kelly Joseph’s “Transient”... more
This article examines the evolution of Maori filmmaking since the 1980s and explores the Indigenous cinema in the context of developments in the New Zealand film industry. It does so by focusing on the predominantly state-funded... more
This chapter explores the complex engagements navigated by heritage professionals and a self-defined and genealogically connected community working together under the auspices of two separately funded but related projects: ‘Artefacts of... more
Drawing on the creative output of Witi Ihimaera, Apirana Taylor and Patricia Grace, this article examines how memories related to Oceania are woven into these authors' prose and verse narratives. After a brief introduction of the concept... more
In this paper, I discussed the athletic aspect as well as cultural aspect of Kapa Haka which is the ethnic dance of Māori who are the indigenous people of New Zealand, through viewing how people learn Kapa Haka and how their performance... more
Anthropology of Consciousness vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 15-26. ABSTRACT: In "primitive" cultures, dual symbolic classification systems draw rigid temporal and spatial boundaries between the Sacred and the profane. The right and left hands are... more
This article is a extensive discussion from a Māori perspective into issues around the use of Māori cultural items, in particular haka, to commemorate the fallen in WWI. Embedded in the are key theories of cultural memory, ‘war culture’... more
All peoples develop their own academic traditions: philosophies grounded in their experiences over successive generations, and theories for growing knowledge and wisdom. Mātauranga Māori (mātauranga) is the Indigenous knowledge system of... more
A paper written following my time in the South Pacific, this essay examines how culture and language can have effects on perspective and worldview. Examples from Maori education and religious language as well as Australian Aboriginal... more
Winner of the Michael Standish Prize 2016. As Ann Laura Stoler notes, “what constitutes the archive, what form it takes, and what systems of classification and epistemology signal at specific times are (and reflect) critical features of... more
This paper examines issues relating to the appropriate display and conservation of taonga Maori in the context of a discussion of the establishment of Mahi Mareikura, a room in the University of Waikato library that is dedicated primarily... more
As spatial technology has evolved and become integrated in to archaeology, we face a new set of challenges posed by the sheer size and complexity of data we use and produce. In this paper I discuss the prospects and problems of Geospatial... more