Te Okiokinga Mutunga Kore - The Eternal Rest: Investigating Māori Attitudes towards Death.

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Te Okiokinga Mutunga Kore - The Eternal Rest: Investigating Māori Attitudes towards Death.

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Metaphorically entitled as ‘te okiokinga mutunga kore’, ‘the eternal rest’, this thesis addresses the research question ‘what are Māori attitudes to death?’, specifically experienced by three major cohorts of people; working professionals, those in education and Māori cultural practitioners, and explains how their environments have shaped their view of death. These attitudes are shaped through upbringing and belief, thus, this thesis re-tells Māori mythological beliefs of origins of death, di...

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Research paper

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2013

Creator

Sullivan, Courtney

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/4056

Related subjects

tangi / tūpāpaku / Māori / death / attitudes / tikanga / myth / spiritual

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