Te Kore - Exploring the Māori Concept of Void

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Te Kore - Exploring the Māori Concept of Void

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Auckland University of Technology

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Tuwhera

Description

Mohi Ruatapu, a nineteenth century Māori tohunga (scholar) from Tokomaru Bay, positioned Te Kore (which translates as nothingness, void and also potentiality) within Te Ao Mārama, the realm of contemporary human existence. He also personified Te Kore within a whakapapa (genealogy) stemming from Tāne-nui-a-Rangi, son of primordial parents Rangi-nui (Sky Father) and Papa-tu-a-nuku (Earth Mother). This creative proposition provides a kaupapa or foundation for conceptualising the origins of exist...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2012

Creator

Nepia, Peter Moana

URL

https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/5480

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Te Kore - Māori concept of void, nothingness and potentiality / Indigenous and Māori epistemologies, kaupapa and tikanga Māori / Inter-disciplinary and creative practice-led research / Mohi Ruatapu / Te Aotāwarirangi / Ngāti Porou / Ruawaipu / Rongowhakaata / Te Aitanga a Hauiti / Performance / dance / video / choreography / creative writing / moteatea / haka / Māori visual and performing arts

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