Tikanga Maori Living by Maori Values |
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| Author:
| Mead, Hirini Moko |
| ISBN: | 978-1-877283-88-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2006 |
| Publisher: | Huia Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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An authoritative and accessible introduction to tikanga Maori. It is essential reading for all who seek to understand the correct Maori ways of doing things. The author explores the creative arts and interactions between older and newer social groupings such as iwi and urban Maori authorities; he develops approaches to problems such as violent crime and substance abuse; and he surveys the ways that tikanga guides relationships between people, with the Gods and the land.
An authoritative and accessible introduction to tikanga Maori. It is essential reading for all who seek to understand the correct Maori ways of doing things. The author explores the creative arts and interactions between older and newer social groupings such as iwi and urban Maori authorities; he develops approaches to problems such as violent crime and substance abuse; and he surveys the ways that tikanga guides relationships between people, with the Gods and the land.