MAOR270-Assignment 1:
Tapu and Noa utilised in traditional Māori society as a recognised approach to health and wellbeing.
1. Introducing methods of health and wellbeing in traditional Māori society
Prior to colonization, Maori society was constructed around the relationship between people and the natural environment (Durie, 1994). Traditional Māori society was communal and heavily structured around whānau, iwi and hapū, the relationship between their ancestors (Te Rangi Hiroa,1949). Therefore, families and communities worked together in order to survive. There was no opportunity for individualistic views (Durie, 1994). Māori set in place systems to regulate health and well being within their communal lifestyle. These systems were based on …show more content…
A state of tapu is assigned with a ritual performed by tohunga, “a priest or skilled spiritual expert” (Mead, 2004 p. 368). The purpose of tapu was to regulate social and community interactions, and the relationship between people and the environment. Tapu is often placed to prevent illness within the community, to restore balance after troubling events, provide protection when a crisis is foreseen (durie, 1994). Essentially tapu is a form of guidance utilised by Māori as a safety mechanism for member of the community. Tapu imposes a set of rules or boundaries, that can be applied to a person, place, object, or organism (Whitmore, …show more content…
The medical council of New Zealand (2006) suggest that more emphasis need to be focused on incorporating traditional Māori concepts through educating the health sector of the rules and regulations of tapu and noa. In many occasions when whanau wish to spend time with their deceased family member, hospital staff may offer food such as tea, as a form of comfort. However, this is an infringement on the regulation of maintaining the separation of tapu and noa, the separation of the hospital room which is tapu and the food which is noa (Medical council of New Zealand, 2006).
Traditional Māori society utilized approaches such as tapu and noa as a recognised method to regulate and control health and wellbeing within the community. Tohunga used rituals and karakia to impose tapu on people, places and objects, also to remove tapu using noa ceremonies. The settlement of Europeans resulted in the slow demise of tapu and noa practises in current society due to the tohunga suppression act.
5. Tapu and noa principle in the present day health
Tapu and Noa utilised in traditional Māori society as a recognised approach to health and wellbeing.
1. Introducing methods of health and wellbeing in traditional Māori society
Prior to colonization, Maori society was constructed around the relationship between people and the natural environment (Durie, 1994). Traditional Māori society was communal and heavily structured around whānau, iwi and hapū, the relationship between their ancestors (Te Rangi Hiroa,1949). Therefore, families and communities worked together in order to survive. There was no opportunity for individualistic views (Durie, 1994). Māori set in place systems to regulate health and well being within their communal lifestyle. These systems were based on …show more content…
A state of tapu is assigned with a ritual performed by tohunga, “a priest or skilled spiritual expert” (Mead, 2004 p. 368). The purpose of tapu was to regulate social and community interactions, and the relationship between people and the environment. Tapu is often placed to prevent illness within the community, to restore balance after troubling events, provide protection when a crisis is foreseen (durie, 1994). Essentially tapu is a form of guidance utilised by Māori as a safety mechanism for member of the community. Tapu imposes a set of rules or boundaries, that can be applied to a person, place, object, or organism (Whitmore, …show more content…
The medical council of New Zealand (2006) suggest that more emphasis need to be focused on incorporating traditional Māori concepts through educating the health sector of the rules and regulations of tapu and noa. In many occasions when whanau wish to spend time with their deceased family member, hospital staff may offer food such as tea, as a form of comfort. However, this is an infringement on the regulation of maintaining the separation of tapu and noa, the separation of the hospital room which is tapu and the food which is noa (Medical council of New Zealand, 2006).
Traditional Māori society utilized approaches such as tapu and noa as a recognised method to regulate and control health and wellbeing within the community. Tohunga used rituals and karakia to impose tapu on people, places and objects, also to remove tapu using noa ceremonies. The settlement of Europeans resulted in the slow demise of tapu and noa practises in current society due to the tohunga suppression act.
5. Tapu and noa principle in the present day health