Cloaked in Life and Death: Tangi and Taonga in a Contemporary Māori Whanau

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Cloaked in Life and Death: Tangi and Taonga in a Contemporary Māori Whanau

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This thesis is an examination of tangihanga (indigenous funerary practices) unique to the lived experience of the Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand, drawing on fieldwork undertaken amongst Māori, by a Māori. The introduction and influence of modern practices, ideologies, and articles of significance are considered, in the context of the ongoing traditions of tangihanga, a unique and critical collective occasion. This research navigates a tribally distinct journey by way of familial experiences of...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2014

Creator

Malcolm-Buchanan, Vincent Alan

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8679

Related subjects

Aotearoa / Anthropology / Āpotoro Takiwā / burial / cloaked / cultural traditions / Death Studies / death / ethnography / ethnohistoric / fieldwork / genealogic / hapū / Hinenuitepo / Hohepa / iwicentric / indigenous / iwi / korowai / Māori / Māori artefacts / marae / matakite / Ngāti Tamateatutahi Kawiti / Ngāti Pikiao / Ngāti Whare / Ngahti Hamua / Ohlson / participant observation / poipoia / Rotoiti ki te a Ihenga / Rotorua / tangi / tangihanga / taonga / Tangi Research Programme / Tapuaeharuru / Te Arawa / Te Whāiti Nui a Toi / Te Tuhi Pihopa / Te Pae Mihikore / Te Hāhi Rātana / tohunga / tohunga whakairo / transnational / tūpāpaku / tūpuna / Tūhoe / Uruika / Waikotikoti / whānau / whānaunga / Wharepākau / worldviews

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