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Philosophy, Matauranga Maori, and the Meaning of NZ Biculturalism
(University of Canterbury. School of HumanitiesUniversity of Canterbury. Philosophy, 2008)
New Zealand has scarcely taken the first step towards genuinely bicultural dialogue, because no-one has indicated clearly what that first step must be.
Four general questions for NZ are introduced which broaden out into ...
Māori participation and representation : an investigation into Māori reported experiences of participation and representation within the policy process post-MMP.
(University of Canterbury. Political Sciences, 2015)
This thesis seeks to understand Māori experiences of representation and participation in the policy process of New Zealand Government. The introduction of an MMP electoral system came with a promise of more effective ...
Ahua : Māori in Film
(University of Canterbury. Maori and Indigenous Studies/Sociology, 2011)
This thesis draws together three strands for analysis: the social, political and historical narrative of race-relations, which has framed Måori subjectivity in the 20th and early 21st century. The themes identified are ...
The Soliloquy of Whiteness: Colonial Discourse and New Zealand's Settler Press 1839-1873
(University of Canterbury. Social and Political Sciences, 2010)
From 1839 to 1873 New Zealand was characterised by ideological, religious, economic cultural and social contest. This struggle to order a new society, in which colonists and indigenes were required to co-exist, is captured ...
Barriers To Maori Student Success At The University Of Canterbury
(University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2006)
This thesis explores how the University of Canterbury has responded to the Tertiary Education Strategy's (2002-2007) concerns vis-à-vis declining Maori participation and unsatisfactory rates of retention and completion in ...
He Atua, He Tipua, He Takata Rānei: The Dynamics of Change in South Island Māori Oral Traditions
(University of Canterbury. Te Aotahi: Maori and Indigenous Studies, 2008)
The aim of this thesis is to undertake a theoretical analysis of the dynamics of change in pre-Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe oral traditions of Te Waipounamu to gain a deeper understanding of their nature, function, evolution ...
Between people and things: understanding violence and theft in early New Zealand transactions
(University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political Sciences, 2013)
In this thesis some Māori-Māori and Māori-European transactions in pre-colonial New Zealand are examined in detail to establish why physical violence resulted although violence had not been the intention. A methodology ...
Religion, Gender and Rank in Maori Society: A Study of Ritual and Social Practice in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Documentary Sources.
(University of Canterbury. Maori and Indigenous Studies, 2000)
The main goal of this work is to understand the role that tapu (the sacred) had in ordering Maori gender relations, and set this role into a wider social context, through an investigation of early documentary sources. ...
Maori political thought in the late nineteenth century: Amicrohistorical study of the document of speeches from John Ballance's tour of seven Maori districts, 1885
(University of Canterbury. History, 2004)
This thesis explores the nature of ambivalence in Maori political thought as expressed during John Ballance's tour of seven Maori districts in 1885. A microhistorical study of Maori speeches recorded during the tour, ...
Ethics in Practice: Conversations about Biobanks
(University of Canterbury. School of Sociology and Anthropology., 2005)
This paper uses the concept of 'ethicality' to analyse focus-group conversations in New Zealand on biobanking and genetic testing. 'Ethicality' has been used by Arohia Durie, a Maori educationist, to highlight how ethical ...
