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Have you heard of Hinehau? A research journey of reclamation

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Have you heard of Hinehau? A research journey of reclamation
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University of Waikato
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As the Māori political and cultural movement continues to grow, issues of representation, power, and control are critiqued by Māori minds. After discovering a tribal myth about the mana of a woman known as Hinehau, a chain reaction of enquiry develops into the reclamation of tribal knowledge. By investigating the historical context surrounding the narrative of Hinehau, her story transcends the fairy-tale myth she was confined to, and exposes the rendering down of her story. Under the umbre...

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Research Paper
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Thesis
Thesis level
Masters
Date created
2021
Creator
Wakefield, Sandy
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14957
Related subjects
Te Tai Tokerau / Ngāpuhi / Musket Wars / Oral History / History / Kaupapa Māori / Decolonisation / Aotearoa / Story Sovereignty / Maori (New Zealand people) -- History / Maori (New Zealand people) -- Folklore / Maori (New Zealand people) -- Colonization / Decolonization -- New Zealand / Prophets -- New Zealand -- History / Mythology, Maori -- History / Ngā Puhi (New Zealand people) -- History / Hinehau / Tohunga matakite / Kōrero nehe / Pūrākau / Kupu tuku iho / Tikanga-ā-iwi / Taipūwhenuatanga / Ringa kaha

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