The great war waka were of course too heavy for even a hundred men to lift. So a tohunga would climb into the canoe and recite a charm to make it lighter. Then even though the extra weight of the sorcerer had been added the warriors found that the war vessel could be lifted and ...
Of course he is an incredible professional and he’s doing a great job on the TV show, but the way he handles and respects people has really blown me away. Throughout the programme Maori was being spoken and, as a viewer, I revelled in how beautiful and musical that language is. ...
Couple’s heated dispute sparks concern online A couple’s heated dispute in public raised alarm among community members and had people involved in trying to separate a violent man from his wife ... 15 hours ago More News fijivillage Straight Talk with Vijay Narayan...
This arrangement and attitude is in no way consistent with a sensitive desire to present the “special ways of knowing” and special truths of an unfairly marginalized group. Science is THE way of knowing in science. There is only one weight class (not...
And of course there were no Maori. There was one on the shilling, and one on the twopenny stamp—depicted, I think, running through a swamp, carrying a parcel—but his business there, on the stamp and the shilling, and for that matter in the swamp, was unclear to me. There was the...
Rata, E. 2011b. Theoretical claims and empirical evidence in Maori education dis- course. Educational Philosophy and Theory. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezpr- oxy.auckland.ac.nz/doi/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2011.00755.x/full (accessed October 23, 2011)....