Kā pākihi kā whakatekateka a waitaha The plains where the waitaha strutted proudly Titiro ki muri, kia whakatika ā mua, look to the past to proceed to the future: Why tīpuna used rakimārie peaceful living to claim and maintain ahi kā burning fires of occupation during early colonial contact and does it hold validity and relevance for whānau family today?

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Kā pākihi kā whakatekateka a waitaha The plains where the waitaha strutted proudly Titiro ki muri, kia whakatika ā mua, look to the past to proceed to the future: Why tīpuna used rakimārie peaceful living to claim and maintain ahi kā burning fires of occupation during early colonial contact and does it hold validity and relevance for whānau family today?

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This hybrid publications-based thesis explores the concept of rakimārie as a way to sustain and maintain relationships with Papatūānuku and some Indigenous tribes of Aotearoa New Zealand. This thesis focusses on the First Nations People of Waitaha ki Te Waipounamu and my tipuna, Te Maihāroa, a Waitaha prophet. It is motivated by the call to provide Indigenous histories as a counter narrative to the colonial myths that have masked a peaceful history to fit within dominant discourses such as th...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2019

Creator

Te Maihāroa, Kelli

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/9818

Related subjects

Māori / Waitaha / Moriori / Parihaka / peace / indigenous / traditions / NewZealand / Aotearoa / TeMaiharoa

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