- Tāwhirimātea God of the wind and storms
- Tāne Māhuta God of the forest and all that dwell therein, especially the birds
- Papatūānuku Mother Earth
- Ranginui Father sky
- Tangaroa God of the sea, rivers, lakes and all that live within them
- Tūmatauenga God of war
- Rongo God of peace
- Rūaumoko God of earthquakes and volcanoes
- Rongo mā Tāne God of kumara and all cultivated foods
- Haumia-tiketike Guardian spirit of wild food
- Whiro God of evil
How long ago?
- 1000 + yrs??
- Lepta people
- First inhabitants
- European contact
- Topography
- Food shelter
Contemporary Maori Society and Pre Colonisation
- Hieratical in nature
- Whanaungatanga-relationship, connectivity, co-dependant, belonging to, self-worth, responsible to all
- ‘Ehara taku toa I te toa takitahi, Ēngari ko taku toa ko te takikotahi’, My strength does not lie in working alone. Rather my strength lies in working with others
First European Contact
- Able Tasman 13 Dec 1642
- Whalers
- Cook 6 Oct 1769
Introduction of the "Pou"
- Maori wars
- UTU
- 1840 Te Treaty
- European Maori land wars land wars
- New diseases
- A dying race
- New agriculture /fishing methods
Decline in Maori Economics and language
- Government policies
- Farming community hindrances
- Valed racism
- Free vote
- Rebirth of language
The Two Wars
- Who Fought
- Colonisation Continues
- Urban Drift-factory labour
- Development of new towns
- Break down in Whanau values/structure
- Rise of urban Marae
Health and Education
- Predominately trained for labour
- Material Values replaces traditional values
- Ease of modernity
- Cross cultural mariages
Adaptability
- Rebirth of Reo
- Higher education
- Treaty settlements
- Partnership/ownership
Maori Society Today
- Advanced and retrenched
- Individuality Verses Collectively
- Economic bases
- Treaty Settlements
- Education
- Two world Views
- Raising to the challenge
- Tug of War between two worlds
Types of Technology
- Stone
- Wood
- Bone
- Fishing
- Bird Hunting
- Wheel-less
- Stone age people
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