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introduced it as a means of manipulating and controlling the Maori people (Glover, 2005). As British settlers confiscated the land, the Maori people lost their primary source of income therefore causing them to turn calming effects such as smoking. Over time tobacco became a source of stress relief and thus a behavioural norm amongst Maoris’. This behavioural norm has endured through generations resulting in a high number of Maori smokers (Glover, 2005). The Stroke Foundation of NZ indicates…

environmental, mental, and physical. A major change was literature in itself. Prior to western influence, literature was never around for most of the stories and song were done orally. For most people change in the end may be beneficial, but often times bring conflict and hardships, and unfortunately many of these hardships begin in their very own home. Though many western influences have been if not needed, wanted, they have diminished and altered out cultural way of life. Thus, literature of…

focuses on domestic abuse, sexual abuse, violence, culture, and identity. I found that looking up some background on Māori culture gave me context for what the film was attempting to communicate. The Māori are a Polynesian people who are part of New Zealand culture. Modern Māori have a huge struggle with identity. The Māori were colonized by Europeans in the 1800s. Pittman says “Defining who you are [as Māori] is important. We must reclaim the right to define ourselves because it’s that constant…

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 local leader (Koro) looked upon “hope” in a form of a prophet. According to ancient myth, the oldest male descendant of Paikea is the tribe leader that will…

Strengthen local community support services To develop holistic practice and cultural competency, community interaction may be another way to support academic achievement in school and clinical settings. As a result, the Ministry of Education (2013) has recommended strengthening of local community support services to support Pasifika education. The number of community support services is on the rise. Research by Pasikale and Wang in 1998 recognised two Pasifika organisations that were run by the…

Food Security in the South Pacific: An Annotated Bibliography Silke Groeneweg What are the effects of climate change and subsequent rising sea levels on food production and security of the inhabitants of islands in the South Pacific? In the past few decades, climate change has become a bigger concern for researchers and the public alike. For the inhabitants of small island nations in the South Pacific, there is no issue more pressing or potentially detrimental to their lives. Scientists,…

information management throughout all New Zealand. It started as a single company, New Zealand Couriers, and nowadays, it has expanded, becoming then a group composed by nineteen companies, being the biggest, New Zealand Couriers, and the smallest, Castle Parcels, after growing by acquisition with representation in every major city and town in throughout New Zealand. The number of employees is over 1.200 people, which means, Freightways is a big size company for New Zealand standards and…

in New Zealand are activities to attain objectives of health, delivered, run or funded by the Health Ministry, associations, and allied healthcare professionals that are based on the health determinants of the country. Thus, targets to decrease the negative impact of these on the health…

The Current State of New Zealand Tourism: Years ago, if someone mentioned New Zealand in a sentence, they wouldn’t know where it is or what you were talking about. Now New Zealand has grown, and is still growing today. One of the biggest reason now that New Zealand has been recognized more is because of our tourism industry. Tourism is one of New Zealand’s biggest export industries earing $11.8 billion of New Zealand’s current exchange earnings. New Zealand has a reputation of this clean green…

Kua tawhiti ke to haerenga mai, kia kore e haere tonu. He tino nui rawa ou mahi, kia kore e mahi nui tonu"."You have come too far not to go further. You have done too much not to do more Te Kupenga Mōteatea was chosen after many hours of reading and researching Tuwharetoa - History of the Maori People of the Taupo District (Grace, Te.H) 1959. The storyline of Te Kupenga involves friendship, love, conflict, insult, war and revenge. In this essay I will describe what Te Kupenga Mōteatea means…