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He kete hauora taiao: A Bicultural Ecological Assessment Framework

Belcher, Sara (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Ka mau tonu ngā taonga tapu o ngā matua tupuna Koinei ngā taonga i tuku iho, na te ātua Hold fast to the treasures of the ancestors For they are the treasures that have been handed down to us by God’ (Dymond, 2013, p. ...
Mana wahine and atua wāhine

Sharman, Ataria Rangipikitia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

The characteristics of atua wāhine provide the female elements of mana wahine for Māori women. In expressing mana wahine, Māori women draw on the attributes and narratives of the atua wāhine. The atua wāhine narratives ...
Māori Business Perceptions of the Potential Use of Biotechnologies in Pest Wasp Management

Palmer, Symon (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

The government has set a target of Aotearoa becoming predator-free by 2050. Scientists see biotechnologies as a potential solution for pest management at large scale, with wasps identified as an opportune prototype for ...
The Illustrated Chicano: Chicano Border Methodology in Practice

Franco, William (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

What is Chicano Border Methodology? In my thesis I am answering this question by showing that this is a key part of my practice, and revisiting my past work and experiences to re-construct the development of this methodology. ...
Te Hokinga Mai O Ngā Tūpuna: Māori Perspectives of Repatriation and the Scientific Research of Ancestral Remains.

Aranui, Amber Kiri (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

The repatriation of human remains has been the subject of much discussion and debate, especially since the 1990s. Since then, there has been a marked increase in the international literature relating to museums, indigenous ...
Part of The Whānau: The Emergence of Takatāpui Identity - He Whāriki Takatāpui

Kerekere, Elizabeth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Since the early 1980s, Māori who are whakawāhine, tangata ira tāne, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex or queer have increasingly adopted the identity of ‘takatāpui’ - a traditional Māori term meaning ‘intimate companion ...
Kia Tomokia Te Kākahu O Te Reo Māori: He whakamahere i ngā kōwhiri reo a te reo rua Māori

Olsen-Reeder, Vincent Ieni Rubhen Coire (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Kua eke te hunga kōrero Māori ki tōna 150,000 te rahi i te tau 2013 (Statistics New Zealand). Ahakoa tērā, kāore tonu i te kaha kōrerotia te reo Māori. Kei roto i te whakaora i te reo Māori o nāianei, me whakakōrero i te ...
Heke Mai Ki Ahau Nei E! Roka Paora's Contributions To Tukunga Iho A Te Whānau-a-Apanui And Te Reo O Te Whānau-a-Apanui

Richards, Parehau (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Throughout the twentieth century Te Whānau-a-Apanui scholars continued to assert distinctive features of Te Whānau-a-Apanui identity through both literary and non-literary texts. Roka Pahewa Paora contributed to this ...
Whakatipu te Pā Harakeke: What are the success factors that normalise the use of Māori language within the whānau?

Muller, Maureen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Despite the language revitalisation efforts of kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori, the Māori language is still endangered. The population of highly proficient speakers is dwindling (Statistics New Zealand, 2013). The ...
Aspects of change in the syntax of Māori - A corpus-based study

Kelly, Karena (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

In the current climate of Māori language revitalisation, there is ample anecdotal evidence to suggest that not only the vocabulary, but also the syntax of modern Māori is markedly different from its traditional roots, and ...
"Towards a Positive Treaty Partnership in the Post-Settlement Era”: Treaty of Waitangi Settlements and Decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Summerfield, Scott (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Settlements of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims present a unique opportunity to provide redress to Māori for the past and ongoing grievances committed by the Crown, and through that redress and the accompanying focus ...
Mai rangiriri ki Pōkaewhenua: The confiscation of Pōkaewhenua in the national interest - 1961-1969

Payne, Dione Lee Marama (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

The title of this thesis, Mai Rangiriri ki Pōkaewhenua, refers to the battle of Rangiriri as the point of reference that marks the first confiscation of Waikato land. It was at Rangiriri that Waikato Māori took up arms to ...
Rethinking Māori academic development in New Zealand universities

Hall, Meegan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Indigenous scholars have called for a rethinking of the cultural interface of Indigenous people within the academy. For Māori academics, their culture often has a significant impact on their work, career goals and academic ...
"Friendly relations between the two races were soon established"?: Pākehā interactions with Māori in the planned settlements of Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, 1840-1860

Burke, Rebecca (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis uses a micro-historic approach to explore the personal relationships between Māori and settlers in Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth between 1840-1860 [prior to the Taranaki Wars] as they are presented in ...
Living Memory and the Travelling Mountain Narrative of Taranaki

Ngāwhare-Pounamu, Dennis (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

The Travelling Mountain Narrative is the origin myth of Taranaki maunga and the foundation on which Taranaki tribal tradition and identity is constructed. The story pattern of the Travelling Mountain Narrative relates the ...
Hei tiki: He whakamārama hōu

Austin, Dougal Rex (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis addresses the problem that while hei tiki are the most culturally iconic of Māori adornments, there still remains much uncertainty concerning their origins, lineage of development and cultural use. A collections-based ...
Outcasts and Orchestrators: Finding Indigeneity in Contemporary Aotearoa Punk Culture

Douglas, Sarsha-Leigh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Though not acknowledged as a realm heavy with indigenous participation, punk culture has the potential to provide solidarity for the indigenous people it attracts. In this study, I explore how indigeneity is being expressed ...
The Best of Both Worlds - How Māori Small Businesses Engage with Their Pākehā and Māori Values

Best, Philip Graham (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Māori small business owners must work in two cultures; their own Māori culture and the Pākehā culture which frames much of the legal and commercial imperatives of their business. Some Māori business leaders have commented ...
Māori Vocabulary: A Study of Some High Frequency Homonyms

Keane-Tuala, Kelly Elizabeth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

The problem addressed in this thesis concerns the accuracy of Māori language vocabulary counts, e.g Boyce (2006), where Māori was found to use a very small vocabulary in comparison with e.g. English. As Boyce (2006, ii) ...
Tau mai e Kapiti te whare wananga o ia, o te nui, o te wehi, o te toa: Reclaiming early Raukawa-Toarangatira writing from Otaki

Loader, Arini May (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Maori writing in the nineteenth-century was prolific. Maori writers worked in multiple genres including, but not limited to biography, correspondence, historical narrative, political response, memoir and song composition. ...