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This book takes you on a journey exploring the histories of the country's first Polynesian discoverers, its encounters with Europeans and the subsequent settling by Westerners. Particular attention will be paid to the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and the Dutch immigration wave of the 1950s. Throu...
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oapen-20.500.12657-328842022-04-26T12:25:48Z Mana Māori. The Power of New Zealand’s First Inhabitants Wonu Veys, Fanny maori ethnography new zealand popular science Meeting house National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands) Netherlands Taonga bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography This book takes you on a journey exploring the histories of the country's first Polynesian discoverers, its encounters with Europeans and the subsequent settling by Westerners. Particular attention will be paid to the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and the Dutch immigration wave of the 1950s. Through a discussion of the meeting house and meeting grounds, the relationships Maori maintain to the land will be considered. The vital role of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) and its present-day repercussions will be looked at. Finally the role of taonga or cultural treasures embodying the ancestral identity of a Maori kin group in relation to particular lands and resources will be explained. 2016-02-04 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:21:38Z 2020-04-01T14:21:38Z 2010 book 595045 OCN: 1030817990 9789087280833 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32884 eng application/pdf n/a 595045.pdf Leiden University Press 10.26530/OAPEN_595045 10.26530/OAPEN_595045 276c53fd-5f1d-4065-9fce-9628863ddca8 9789087280833 open access |
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This book takes you on a journey exploring the histories of the country's first Polynesian discoverers, its encounters with Europeans and the subsequent settling by Westerners. Particular attention will be paid to the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and the Dutch immigration wave of the 1950s. Through a discussion of the meeting house and meeting grounds, the relationships Maori maintain to the land will be considered. The vital role of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) and its present-day repercussions will be looked at. Finally the role of taonga or cultural treasures embodying the ancestral identity of a Maori kin group in relation to particular lands and resources will be explained. |
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