The representation of Maori women in early 20th century advertising. Figure 1: “The Canoe Poi Dance’ 1957 The representation of New Zealand culture/society that is created in this first advertisement- “The Canoe Poi Dance” published by New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department‚ (see Fig. 1). There is a beautiful Maori woman‚ partly silhouetted‚ sitting down wearing the traditional Maori women costume‚ which consists of a traditional Maori patterned top and a flax skirt called ‘piupiu.’ Here
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tradition‚ and are the most common form of myths found throughout human culture (Murtagh). The Maori are the aboriginal tribe that inhabits New Zealand. They are believed to have emigrated from the Polynesian Islands to New Zealand in the 500-year period between 800-1300 CE. Much evidence found suggests that the Maori share many common words with the Polynesian languages along with cultural values. The Maori are one of the most successful groups of aboriginal tribes in terms of surviving colonization
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Describe each religions creation myth‚ including the formation of the world‚ people‚ animals and plants. Maori Religion According to the Maori religion the beginning was emptiness and nothing existed. The Maori origin of the world and the creation of all life are called ‘te kore’. In the state of Te kore two gods appeared the male sky god Ranginui and the female earth god Papatuanuku who spawned six children. The birth of weather (Tawhiri)‚ crops (Rongo)‚ war (Tu)‚ sea (Tangaroa)
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The Maori Jesus I saw the Maori Jesus‚ Walking on Wellington Harbour He wore blue dungarees His beard and hair were long His breath smelt of mussels and paraoa When he smiled it looked like the dawn. When he broke wind the little fishes trembled. When he frowned the ground shook. When he laughed everybody got drunk. The Maori Jesus came on shore And picked out his twelve disciples. One leaned toilets in the Railway Station; His hands were scrubbed red to get the shit out of
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Katherine Ms. Collins 11IB English B 2 April 2015 Summary: Treatment of Maori Intolerance towards indigenous people is typical colonial societies. European colonists settled in New Zealand justified their exploitation and enslavement as culturing and civilizing native people which were regarded as uncivilized people by European colonists (mainly British people). In New Zealand‚ Māori‚ as individuals and communities‚ were the subject of racism and discrimination when Europeans immigrants (Pakeha)
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impact on the health of Maori. Special attention will be given to the Treaty of Waitangi and the events of colonisation. The implications of these events for nursing practice today will also be discussed. Many countries throughout the world have been subjected to colonised control. When this occurs the indigenous people struggle to keep their foundations strong against a culture whose values are totally foreign to their own. While this experience has occurred for Maori over the last one hundred
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RHH November 29‚ 2011 ANTH 350 University of Hawai’i at Manoa New Zealand In the book We Are the Ocean‚ by Epeli Hau’ofa‚ in his selected work of ‘Our Sea of Islands’ he says‚ “As far as concerns Oceania‚ derogatory and belittling views of indigenous cultures are traceable to the early years of interactions with Europeans. The wholesale condemnation by Christian missionaries of Oceanic cultures as savage‚ lascivious and barbaric has had a lasting effect on people’s views of their histories
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Maori world views were encapsulated in Whakapapa‚ which provided them with their identity‚ in Whanau‚ Hapu‚ Iwi and Whenua‚ the land. Their world views also included believing in wairuatanga (spiritual connection to the natural environment)‚ kaitiakitanga‚ which is that people are linked to all living and non – living things and it is the responsibility of the mankind to safeguard the ecosystem. In addition‚ they believed in oneness (kotahitanga) and manaakitanga - the ability to care for others
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create and the place of Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi within it. The settlement of New Zealand as an independent nation was driven by politics and culture with very Eurocentric values. Christianity‚ trade and policy established the British society in New Zealand. The Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti O Waitangi) sought to give Maori people the same rights as the British settlers‚ and also protection against potential enemies. However the accommodation of the indigenous Maori people into the British
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Toi Moko is the tattooed‚ severed heads of Maori Chiefs‚ warriors and later‚ slaves. The heads were traded with Europeans in the early 1800’s for materials and muskets to defend their tribes. The trade became very dangerous and people were beginning to get killed for having a Moko. The trade stopped in the late 1840’s for this reason. The New Zealand government would like these heads returned as they are the human remains of their ancestors‚ though France were not willing to send them back as they
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