He Take Hei Pupuri Tonu i te Whenua: A Perspective on Hapū Formation in Māori Society

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He Take Hei Pupuri Tonu i te Whenua: A Perspective on Hapū Formation in Māori Society

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The study of hapū formation is an excellent place to begin, in order to understand the dynamic nature of Māori society. Hapū, or clans, are a group of inter-related whānau, joined together by a streamline of whakapapa and distinguished rangatira. The hapū begins first as an imagined political community, conceptualised in the minds of people, both members and non-members. In former times, changing circumstances sometimes led to a rivalry for mana causing disparate groups within a hapū to ramif...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2008

Creator

Paranihi, Jacinta

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5187

Related subjects

hapu / clan / whanau / iwi / waka / imagined communities / Ngati Pikiahu Waewae / Kaupapa Māori theory / mana whenua / rangatiratanga / Ngati Raukawa / Ngati Tuwharetoa / Te Heuheu Tukino II (Mananui) / hekenga / tikanga / kaupapa / Jacinta Paranihi / Te Tumu / Māori Studies / PL Languages & literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania / HM Sociology / DU Oceania (South Seas)

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