Starting over with Mana. Starting points? A discussion of contemporary Maori society and culture Peter Cleave ISBN 978-1-877229-38-1 Contents Introduction Page 5 1 Frame by Frame Page 9 2 Te Reo Page 19 3 The City Space Page 37 4 Starting at the seashore Page 53 5 Social Work Education Page 81 6 Ahurei Page 107 7 Wananga Page 123 8 Starting with marae; clear lines in a complex struggle Page 179 9 Maori Television and the internet Page 191 10 Across the spectrum Page 217 11 Review Page 223 Bibliography Page 233 Introduction Starting Points offers various perspectives, a range of ways to think about contemporary Maori culture and society. In Chapter One the historical frame with which the student starts is examined. There is a detailed examination of work by Paul Moon suggesting that the Hui Taumata of 1984 ushered in an era characterised by a new political will. At the end of every chapter there is a consideration of the history of the topic examined and the frame of reference involved. Te Reo is considered in the next chapter. Moon’s thesis of a leap forward, if you like in the early eighties is considered again with regard to te reo Maori. The effect of the 1986 Waitangi Tribunal recommendation on te reo is considered in some depth Towards the end of the book there is a return to ways of considering history. This is revisited as it is suggested that there are complexities to the state and its histories in New Zealand and Australia, complexities that obfuscate certain starting points such as Maori concepts of time, including those found in myth and history, and space. In Chapter One though the emphasis is on how a given date or event can be taken as a starting point for a particular type of analysis. The subject of analysis might be the iwi or hapu rather than or as well as the wider Maori community. The ways in which the identity of an iwi are marked for members is also discussed. The struggle for space for Maori Studies in the universities is the subject of the second chapter. A locked out or locked down situation is described along with some of the difficulties involved. The space of the city is the subject of the third chapter. There are several starting points for a consideration of space including cyberspace and the space entailed in airwaves for radio and television and these are set out at various places in the book. In this chapter the space of the city is considered in some depth. As with the universities there is a lock out of tangata whenua interests in the cities and a comparative perspective is introduced. There is also a process of exclusion and then inclusion from history, the inner city and academic space which itself can cause confusion and uncertainty. Chapter Four considers starting with a resource which in this case is the foreshore and seabed as well as the offshore fisheries. The lock out of iwi in the foreshore and seabed, the coastal marine area is discussed. A discussion of the psychological impact and the stress involved in the various lock outs so far described is begun. The following chapter builds on the points in Chapter Four with a discussion of the values emphasised in social work education. The structure of meetings is discussed along with the critical aspects of social work including health and justice activities. Also the history of social work in New Zealand as compared to Europe is discussed. The next chapter is about performance, ahurei. The scale and popularity of ahurei particularly in the last two decades is described and an analysis is begun. Historical aspects are considered. The next chapter is about Wananga. Here the rediscovery of tradition and the opening of the learning floodgates that came with that rediscovery are examined. The impulse to inquire is discussed. The next chapter looks across the spectrum at several possible starting points and the discussion is taken to the internet and cyberspace. As mentioned above the discussion is taken back to history in the next chapter. A review rather than a conclusion is offered in at the end as no starting point is seen as superior to others, Peter Cleave, Aokautere Aotearoa May 2009
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