Iwi

treasure and is significant in Maori art culture. Pounamu comes in many shapes because different shapes have different meanings from status and authority to making peace. Before the arrival of Europeans, Pounamu designs were one of a kind depending on the iwi (Maori tribe) now in modern days Pounamu carvings are still done but for sale so most is nearly identical. Pounamu was most significant to…

The significance of history Mason Durie highlights that in order to achieve wellness for Māori they need to establish connections and identity, with their land, language, whanau, hapu, iwi, culture and spirit (Manna, 2002). These connections are shaped by intertwined cultures, the past, the present and a predicted future (McNeill, 2009). How social workers approach social issues in contemporary times, is prominently founded on the past, and knowing and reflecting on our history can be…

Child Poverty is an issue often associated with developing nations; nations in Africa, South-East Asia and Latin and South America. It is not however often associated with being a wide-spread issue in New Zealand Society. Whilst New Zealand is considered to be a well-developed OECD nation, it still has many of the issues that face developing nations especially in terms of poverty. This essay will seek to examine the disproportionate numbers of Māori children living in poverty, focusing on the…

There are a wide variety of roles in New Zealand’s health sector. Increasingly, there is a greater emphasis on the public health sector and on a population health approach. This report covers the role of public health dietitians including what they do, where they work, who they work with, the health issues they address. It explains how public health dietitians contribute to improved health outcomes and their importance in the future in New Zealand’s Health System. Public Health Dietitian is an…

the elections. Under this law, it stated that Māori were allowed to vote if the property was owned individually rather than communally. Despite this, very few Māori men owned individual land as under Māori worldview land was communally owned through iwi, hapu or whanau. Consequently, only one hundred Māori men voted in 1,853 out of an electorate of 5,849. Linking Māori men’s inability to vote to type II diabetes fundamentally starts with racism. Europeans settlers were concerned Māori were not…

and evaluating the crowns actions and inactions is a right derived to Maori; The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Treaty of Waitangi empower these rights. These documents declare that a right to indigenous peoples is self-determination, allowing Maori to be named as and recognised as tangata whenua of New Zealand. We should ensure Tangata whenuas wellbeing, necessitating the monitoring of Maori health, including health outcome and disparities between…

These are the example that TMC staff should be adhere to: Here are the key ethical principles that required to complete TMC research: Be fair and honourable conduct in all relationships, TMC staff should always provide relevant and reliable information about the research with participants and society. Ensuring employees who are committed to integrity, honesty, openness etc. Full, fair, truthful, timely and reasonable disclosure in public reports and documents, the Participants that involve in…

tribe is in their mid 60s or older, wise and has knowledge of tribal history and traditions. The role of a tribe elder was very important, they were the leaders of the family and made decisions about the family land and education for the children. iwi whakapono (Priests) A priest in a Maori tribe was an expert. They had knowledge of the religion of the tribe and spiritual ceremonies, this information was passed down by generations in the tribe. kaiwhakaora (Healer) A tribe's healer Did the…

Tangihanga: Introduce concept of tangihanga etc outpouring of grief etc. Tangihanga is the traditional Maori mourning process where whanau, hapu and iwi come together under the mantle of whanaungatanga (family relationships) in love, respect and sorrow to grieve over the loss of a loved one. Ordinarily Tangihanga unfolds in fairly well-defined stages, starting from the time when someone is near death, progressing through the moment of death, the funeral preparations and arrangements, the lying…

Everything that we do in our life impacts and changes it either it’s our decisions, doing, or other people’s acts, one impacting moment that has changed my tremendously is learning how to talk. For most people learning how to talk changing their life as we use this skill everyday although it affected me more and I appreciate it more because couldn’t talk fully tell the age 6. I went o many doctors and none of them new why I couldn’t talk there was no logically reasoning for this event they just…