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Ngā taonga mōhiotanga. Voices of kaumātua and early childhood education leaders

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Brenda Eva Soutar & Vanessa Anne Paki

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.2.9

Mana and kaitiakitanga capture the relationships essential to Māori perceptions of wellbeing. These relationships reflect the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans with the people, places and things in their worlds, and the responsibilities associated with these relationships. Mana is critical for mokopuna, as is the requirement to action it, through kaitiakitanga (Marsden, 2003; Paul-Burke & Rameka, 2015). Kaitiakitanga recognises the place of humans, including mokopuna, to assume guardianship roles and responsibilities.

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Rameka.pdf

Tapu and noa as negotiators of Māori gender roles in pre-colonial Aotearoa and today

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.2.2

Tapu and noa are often cited as fundamentals by which we enact tikanga, promote well-being and divide labour. However, exactly how tapu informed precolonial gender divisions of labour is difficult to examine, mostly because of the pervasive influence Christianity has had on cosmological narratives, from which tapu derives (Mikaere, 2017; Rewi, 2010; Te Awekotuku, 1994). This article outlines some commentary on the relationship between tapu, gender roles and colonisation, and tries to extend that scholarship.

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Mitchell.pdf

Economy of Mana: Where to next?

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alternative economies

Author(s):

Kiri Dell

Nimbus Staniland

Amber Nicholson

DOI:

10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.1.5

Writings on traditional Māori economies have highlighted the value system that philosophically underpins them and the relational nature of trading interactions. Further, the significance of mana in sustaining economic relationships has been emphasised, leading to the concept of an “economy of mana”. In this paper, we explore traditional Māori economies, the concept of mana and the limited exploration of an economy of mana in order to propose future research directions for Māori economic research.

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MAIJrnl_7_1_Dell_02.pdf

Elevating the mana of soil through the Hua Parakore Framework

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.1.8

How might Māori values in relation to soil contribute to national strategies for identifying, maintaining and enhancing soil health? This article uses the Hua Parakore framework, a kaupapa Māori approach developed out of the Māori organics sector, to address these questions. Soil is an essential national resource on which New Zealand’s primary sector and agriculture industries depend. Soil is also part of the woven universe constituting Māori ways of knowing and doing (Marsden, 2003).

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MAIJrnl_7_1_Hutchings_02.pdf

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mana

Ngā taonga mōhiotanga. Voices of kaumātua and early childhood education leaders

Tapu and noa as negotiators of Māori gender roles in pre-colonial Aotearoa and today

Economy of Mana: Where to next?

Elevating the mana of soil through the Hua Parakore Framework