Kauora: A theory and praxis of swimming for Māori

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Kauora: A theory and praxis of swimming for Māori

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Kauora (Māori swimming) is a theory and praxis of swimming for Māori (Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand) that is based on the three key pou (pillars) of kaukau (swimming as play), kauhoe (swimming as providing) and kautiaki (swimming as protection), which contribute to the enhancement of whānau (family) health and well-being. Kauora was developed through this research in part as a response to Western framings of swimming, namely that the history of swimming (Means, 2020; Tsui, 2020)...

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Research format

Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2023

Creator

Raureti, Terina

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/15179

Related subjects

Swimming / Māori / Indigenous / Well-being / Aotearoa / Water safety / hauora / awa / river / whānau / Ōtaki / Ngāti Kapu / Kauora

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