Ma Rainey

company one of the top most valuable tech companies in the world, ahead of big names like Facebook, IBM, and Samsung (Profile). In April 4, 1999, Ma Yu, also known as Jack Ma, founded Alibaba, with a vision to serve a non-existed market at that time in China, Alibaba was created to help facilitate the connection between merchants and customers, furthermore, Mr. Ma inspired millions of people to open their own business and grow China’s economy. Alibaba group has three main sites: Taobao, Tmall,…

ensure that British settlement could commence. There would have been immense pressure on Hobson from British government, to get the Maori approval of the terms within the treaty. Considering Hobson’s responsibility he would have done everything he could in his power to get the Maori to sign the treaty, even if that meant telling them the fabricated version of the treaty. There was, without a doubt a mass amount of pressure on missionaries to get Maori to sign the treaty. Less than a month prior…

Grace v Minister of Land Information [2014] Facts: Mrs Patricia Grace, the objector, owned a block of land that had Maori freehold status. On 6 June 2013, the Minister of Land Information, the respondent, signed a Notice of Intention to take a section of Grace’s land to enable the construction of the Kapiti Expressway. Grace then filed a Notice of Objection to the Environment Court. In an attempt to protect her land, she applied to the Maori Land Court to set aside her land as a Maori…

Ethnobotany is the interactions of culture and plants and how the two affect each other over time Cordyline australis also known as ti Kouka or Cabbage Tree is a plant endemic to the New Zealand islands. Often described as out of place among the native fauna of New Zealand it is an iconic symbol of the country. Its uses have changed over the centuries, evolving along with New Zealand as Maori and then Europeans settled New Zealand and the resulting cultural shift that accompanied. Ti…

-consumer(C2C), business-to-consumer(B2C) and business-to-business(B2B) sales services via web portals. It also provides electronic payment services (EPS), data-centric cloud computing services and shopping search engine and. The group founded in 1999 when Jack Ma started the website Alibaba.com, a business-to-business(B2B) portal to link Chinese manufacturers with local and overseas buyers. Alibaba.com has grown splendidly from its initial stages as a small e-marketplace to a giant…

1 How have you demonstrated a more culturally responsive environment for your tamarisk? Through: Documentation – I have moved from just using singular Te Reo words in my learning stories to full sentences and brief paragraphs. Leadership – I have been modelling the behaviour I want to see i Practice – I have been making a big effort to use more of the Reo in my everyday practice. This includes using singular words, simple sentences, singing the children songs, counting, and reading cultural…

Rangatahi Courts Indigeneity has also been attempted to be recognised through Rangatahi Courts, which emerged after the judiciary acknowledged the overrepresentation of Maori youth in the criminal justice system (Dickson, 2011). Rangatahi courts monitor family group conferences which engage in sentencing. They support retaining Maori identity which is critical to avoid harm and poverty (Jackson, 1988). Yet, the same concerns of being tokenistic in nature are present, as though the process is…

The world encompasses many different cultures, which governs way of living. Culture is defined as the characteristics that mutually make up societies or groups of people identified by beliefs, behaviours and customs. Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction formed from culture studies created the concept cultural capital. Divided into three types of cultural capital aspects embodied, objectified and institutionalised state all contributing to shaping lifestyles and individuals. Presence,…

The Metanarrative In the film the Whale Rider, the once complimentary narratives that governed the Maori culture: Gender, Identity, and Traditions are competing against one another. The fundamental elements of these narratives have stayed unchanged; However, some characters are interpreting these liturgies to their own personal narratives, causing conflict within the Maori Culture. Synopsis of film During a time of modernization, poverty, and the decentralization of the Maori’s culture, one…

Utu Maori responses in the early historical period were committed by well-established customs and practises. Some of the most important concepts and values were of Mana, Tapu and Utu. They were causes of both order and difference in Maori society. (New Zealand History, 2012). They were forces at work and in daily routines. Maori Values are resources, areas, places and everything that is important and valued by Maori people. This essay will be explaining the value of Utu and how it relates to…