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A comprehensive study of the Maori in New Zealand, this book covers
Maori history and culture, language and art and includes chapters
on the following: * Basic concepts in Maori culture * Land *
Kinship * Education * Association * Leadership & social control
* The Marae * Hui * Maori and Pakeha * Maori spelling and
pronunciation There is an extensive glossary, bibliography and
index. First published in 1967. This edition reprints the revised
edition of 1976.
Until 1939 the Maori people remained an almost wholly rural
community, but during and after the second world war increasing
numbers of them migrated in search of work to the cities, and urban
groups of Maori were established. This development has
significantly affected relationships, both between Maori and
Europeans, and within the Maori people as a whole. The importance
of Dr Metge's book lies in its presentation of a carefully
documentd comparative study of two Maori communities, one in a
traditional rural area and the other in Aukland, New Zealand's
largest industrial centre. Housing and domestic organization,
marriage patterns, kinship structure, voluntary associations and
leadership in both types of community are discussed. The author's
survey and conclusions make a valuable practical contribution to
Maori social studies, and also have a bearing on the world-wide
problem of the urbanisation of cultural minorities.
A comprehensive study of the Maori in New Zealand, this book covers
Maori history and culture, language and art and includes chapters
on the following: * Basic concepts in Maori culture * Land *
Kinship * Education * Association * Leadership & social control
* The Marae * Hui * Maori and Pakeha * Maori spelling and
pronunciation There is an extensive glossary, bibliography and
index. First published in 1967. This edition reprints the revised
edition of 1976.
Until 1939 the Maori people remained an almost wholly rural
community, but during and after the second world war increasing
numbers of them migrated in search of work to the cities, and urban
groups of Maori were established. This development has
significantly affected relationships, both between Maori and
Europeans, and within the Maori people as a whole. The importance
of Dr Metge's book lies in its presentation of a carefully
documentd comparative study of two Maori communities, one in a
traditional rural area and the other in Aukland, New Zealand's
largest industrial centre. Housing and domestic organization,
marriage patterns, kinship structure, voluntary associations and
leadership in both types of community are discussed. The author's
survey and conclusions make a valuable practical contribution to
Maori social studies, and also have a bearing on the world-wide
problem of the urbanisation of cultural minorities.
Based on extensive interviews with 21 individuals, this book allows
us to listen to M?ori from Northland recall the mid-20th century
rural world in which they grew up. Metge's work tackles important
questions about M?ori teaching and learning: What was the role of
whanau and hapu, household and marae, kaumatua and siblings, work
and play in learning? How much learning was practical and how much
by teaching? Metge shows that M?ori ways of learning flourished
alongside the school system in rural Northland and that those
educational practices had a particular form and philosophy. M?ori
focused on learning by doing, teaching in context, learning in a
group, memorising, and advancement when ready. M?ori of rural
Northland imparted cultural knowledge as well as practical skills
through daily life and storytelling, in whanau and community
activities. Under achievement of M?ori children in state schools is
often attributed to deficiencies in the children's home
environment. Joan Metge presents a different view. She introduces
readers to M?ori methods of teaching and learning that are rich in
lessons for us all.
What is 'the trick of standing upright here' in Aotearoa New
Zealand? What sort of rope can modern New Zealanders weave to haul
themselves to their feet? In this book renowned anthropologist Dame
Joan Metge identifies the Treaty, the words and the stories upon
which New Zealanders - both Maori and non-Maori - can stand and
flourish. The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand's founding
narrative, Dame Joan suggests - and she tells a story of cultures
meeting, arguing and then dealing with diversity. Maori and
English, increasingly used in the same sentence, are the languages
of New Zealanders and she shows how we can use and abuse words from
utu (revenge) to koha (donation). Finally, the art of storytelling
- from myths of discoverers Maui and Captain James Cook to New
Zealand's own whakapapa (genealogy) - is how the land and the
people are understood. Dame Joan ends the book with a personal
reflection on her life as a New Zealander and as an anthropologist
living deeply within two very different cultures over six decades
of field work. In this book, New Zealand's leading anthropologist
provides an engaging and moving manifesto for living for modern
times.
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