#maoritanga

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Maori Stand with Palestine

#maori #maori culture #maoritanga #digital art #digital fanart #palestine #indigenous #free gaza #native beauty #free palestine #israel

[radishwine]

by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

#middleearth #maoritanga #newzealand #laurataffata #maori

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by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park – South Island, New Zealand.

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[fmab-royai]

by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

#middleearth #maoritanga #newzealand #laurataffata #maori

[hugoina]

by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

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[sedusadrakaina]

by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

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[new-wave-girl]

by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

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[fluffy-crimp]

by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

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[mucking-faori]

Also, I find it really interesting that racists constantly claim that maori people are not maori enough to be taken seriously when we talk about racism because our blood quantum isn't high enough or some shit, and yet-

David Seymour's maoritanga was only pulled out of his ass once it became politically useful to him, seemingly holds no further significance to him because he's never seen fit to even visit the iwi he constantly cites for legitimacy, he is connected only through a fairly distant relation he never met, and is /ACTIVELY HATED AND DISOWNED/ by his supposed hapū and by Maori at large- you know, ticking all the racist's boxes for "fake maori I don't have to listen to"

Except /now/, those connections are "enough" for the bigots, because he's using them to tokenize himself and his hate speech.

#maori #ahau #aotearoa #torangapu #nz #nzpol #new zealand #david seymour

[irawhiti]

i need to just like. do something. i don’t know what. get a new hobby or something. living with a catholic racist fuck is so fucking draining because a large portion of my hobbies are to do with maoritanga and i straight up can’t practice that stuff for my own safety right now and i don’t have money so i’m just sitting and not doing very much recently

[cccrhirdb2]

break and pivot independant

cannot believe we had independent study to do over the break when we are simultaneuosly told to take a break and relax

okay re-reading what it says its telling me to take my time doing the independant and to not forget about it - explore at your own pace

reading is  Hirini Moko Mead's Ngā Pūtake o te Tikanga: Underlying Principles and Values. 

Make some notes on your understanding of tikanga, considering this in relationship to ethics and values. You will need to bring this to class for discussion in week 7.

notes from the reading;

Tikanga Maori - English doesn't do it justice but Tikanga is basically the customs and practices and all-encompassing things to do with Maori culture. for example as outlined in the text -tikanga maori is something that (for example) a ceremony must have to be correct and true to the principles and values of maori culture.

principles of tikanga maori

tika - right, correct

pono - true, genuinue (when making a judgement in terms of maoritanga)

tuturu - fixed, permament, enduring (use to emphasise a fixed and never changing practice but now meaning has changed to be more like pono)

take - a breach of tikanga

utu - recompense

ea - a state of resolution in which all parties are satisfied

manaakitanga - expected standard of behaviour - an ideal that one should aspire to reach.

value - the regard something is held to deserve; importance or worth

values - principles (holding something to be important

whanaungatanga - embraces whakapapa and focuses upon relationships.

kanihi kitea - a face seen

muru - the ritual redistribution of property

mana - authority, control, influence, prestiege, power, psychic force, effectual, binding authoritative - the place of the individual in the social group.

pono is an old idea and its meaning is free of other connotations - by focussing on pono judgement can be made about whether the practice of a particular tikanga is true to the principles of maoritanga or if it is borrowed from somewhere else (i dont know what this means).

what a spectator might observe and be told is genuine Maori culture may not pass the test of pono - so a tikanga Maori ceremony needs to be correct and true to the principles and values of Maori culture.

judgment about the application is based on whether the principles or standards of behaviour or practice have been observed adequately - so a judgment is made by assessing a range of variables

concept of take-utu-ea comprises an analytical template for examining behavioural issue. each of the three individual concepts ca be applied to a variety of situations and is subject to many variables such as; mana of the persons involved, severity of the breach and economic situation of the wrongdoers.

williams argues that tikanga maori deals not so much with rules but with values which are subject to various cultural tests of appropriateness, correctness and adequacy. some argue that values do not have a place in tikanga such as manaakitanga is an ideal that only few can attain and sustain. people in turn reach towards the values and practise them to the degree they can manage.

there are obligations in terms of whanaungatanga - relatives are expected to support the whole ceremony at a tangihanga. many tikanga prescribe ways of restoring a balance in relationships because it is recognised that relationships are fragile and need to be nurtured. this relationship reaches beyond actual whakapapa relationships to include non -kin as through shared experiences they can become like kin.

all tikanga are underpinned by the high value placed upon manaakitanga - nurturing relationships, looking after people and being very careful about how others are treated. manaakitangi is always important no matter what the circumstances might be.

personal and group relationships are always mediated and guided by the high value placed upon mana. people with mana tend to be persons with leadership roles in their community.

as a general rule, mana must be respected and public events should enhance the mana of participants. actions that diminish mana result in trouble.

tapu is not the matter of choosing one religion over another, it has to do with integrating different philosophies and making an attempt ar reconciling apparent contradictions. tapu is inseparable from mana.

as maori they respect the tapu of places and buildings, respect the tapu of people - these are ideals and values that they believe in - but nowadays not many know about these values or what to do. tapu remains an important part of their actions and beliefs.

there is value placed upon utu as compensation or revenge, or reciprocity. the concept of utu is present in warfare and economic transactions - metge regards its main purpose as maintaining relationships.

it is not useful to think of noa an the opposite of tapu or the absence of. the state of noa indicates that a balance has been reached, a crisis is over, health is restored and life is normal again, 'ea' and 'noa'.

underlying principles and laues are persuasive in any study of tikanga maori. it follows therefore that these principles and values will arise time and again in the descriptions of the range of tikanga maori.

Make some notes on your understanding of tikanga, considering this in relationship to ethics and values. You will need to bring this to class for discussion in week 7.

tikanga maori is a whole bunch of values and principles that underly how maori exist and move through the world - how they treat people in different states, how conflict is resolved, how we treat one another at all times.

the same goes for ethics and values in the western world but I feel as though compared to tikanga maori they are no where near as hashed out. ethics is taught and debatable and is always trying to reach the best state of achievement with it - compared to tikanga where it is acceptable that people do the best they can with all aspects - as they do the best they can their values and ethics aren't questioned because it is a shared idea that you are doing your best to achieve.

i also feel because ethics wasn't formed by one group of people in a small country and instead independently by multiple it is much harder to decide what is ethical - because what is etical to one is not to another.

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by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

#middleearth #maoritanga #newzealand #laurataffata #maori

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by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

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[daenosaga]

by Cristiano Corsini on Flickr.Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman National Park - South Island, New Zealand.

#middleearth #maoritanga #newzealand #laurataffata #maori

[mucking-faori]

Really good Maori shows

Are you sick to death of having Moana, The Lion King, or straight up racist shit recommended to you? Have you watched all the good movies from Taika Waititi? Do you want to watch some shows actually made by and for Maori people? Then read down below!

(These are just my personal recs btw, my tastes might be very different from yours :) )

The Casketeers

A series about Tipene Funerals, a Funeral home business in Aotearoa, and the lives of its proprietors. Their clientele is basically all Polynesian, and so you get to see funerals conducted for people of many different cultures, and how the business adapts to these differences in tradition, with light breaks in between where the day-to-day running of the business is discussed.

Find Me A Maori Bride

Comedy series about two cousins who have become separated from their maoritanga and have to both reconnect with their culture and marry a maori girl in order to claim an inheritance after their nana dies. I really enjoyed the first season, not so much the second, but both have a really cool, fun approach to cultural reconnection.

Sidewalk karaoke

Competition show where they travel to night markets and the like and members of the public can compete in singing popular karaoke songs for a cash prize of up to 1000 dollars. All walks of life compete. Very light, as with most shows of its ilk, but really nice casual wairua.

Literally any kapa haka

Do you want to see important political issues addressed poetically? Do you want to hear beautiful harmonies? Wanna see a 40-person group sing about kapa haka to the tune of It's Raining men?

I recommend the competitions if you want to watch good groups, or if you haven't watched much kapa haka before- matatini and the top five in High school nationals are usually the best. Maori tv has an option to see videos in order of most viewed and these are usually the really good items.

But even if it's not very good, most kapa haka has fun tunes, or ideas, or a multitude of other really enjoyable stuff to grab onto while you watch. These are groups of up to fifty people, who have spent months working unpaid on their brackets. Songs, choreography, actions and even kakahu are all made by the group, and with the exception of kakahu all are made new for every competition. With that in mind, how can you not enjoy any ropu to some extent?

Usually Maori tv only has stuff from the last five years or so on their site, but if you go on YouTube and search specific groups or items you can often find a rip or someone filming it with their phone.

Note that kapa haka usually doesn't have subtitles, as the English translations for songs usually don't get the same meaning because of how rich with metaphor and reference most maori writing is.

You can find all of these on Maori TV's website, and I /think/ The Casketeers is also available on the TVNZ on demand site. If you access these shows by these sites, English subtitles should be available if you aren't fluent in Maori (though all the shows I've recommended are a mix of Maori and English, so you should still know what's happening. You can find a wealth of kapa haka on YouTube as well.

I'm not sure how well the aforementioned sites will work for international viewers but it's definitely worth a try!

#maori #maori tv #nz tv #new zealand #nz #I'll make a part 2 maybe when i can think of more shows #whakaata #kiriata #indigenous #tangata whenua