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A landmark account in words and pictures of Māori art, by Māori art historians – from Polynesian voyaging waka to contemporary Māori artists.

He toi whakairo, he mana tangata.
Through artistic excellence, there is human dignity.

Toi Te Mana is a landmark account of Māori art from the time of the tūpuna (ancestors) to the present day.

In 600 pages and over 500 extraordinary images, this volume invites readers to climb on to the waka for a remarkable voyage – from ancestral weavers to contemporary artists at the Venice Biennale, from whare whakairo to film, and from Te Puea Hērangi to Michael Parekōwhai.

The authors explore a wide field of art practice: raranga (plaiting), whatu (weaving), moko (tattoo), whakairo (carving), rākai (jewellery), kākahu (textiles), whare (architecture), toi whenua (rock art), painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, installation art, digital media and film. And they do so over a long time period – from the arrival of Pacific voyagers 800 years ago to contemporary artists in Aotearoa and around the world today. Through wide-ranging chapters alongside focused breakout boxes on individual artists, movements and events, Toi Te Mana is a waka eke noa – an essential book for anyone interested in te ao Māori.

Toi Te Mana is a Māori art history, written by Māori, given to the world.

Toitū te whenua, toitū te tikanga, ka ora ngā toi.
When we hold fast to our land and values, our art flourishes.

Kua rongo pai te iwi mō ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna hōia, engari, he aha rā ngā kōrero mō te hunga i noho tonu ai ki te kāinga?

Whakaheke toto tonu ana te iwi Māori ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te ao. I te tuwheratanga o te whawhai nui ka puta noa ngā taitama hei tūao ki te Taua Tuarua o Aotearoa. Kua rongo pai te iwi mō ngā mahi rongonui a ngā tūpuna hōia, tae noa ki te Ope Taua 28. Engari, he aha rā ngā kōrero mō te hunga i noho tonu ai ki te kāinga?

Kei a Raupanga he kōrero mō te ao Māori i te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua, arā, mō ngā mahi me ngā wheako o te hunga i noho nei ki te kāinga. E toru tekau mā iwa ngā pūrākau kua tāngia ki te reo Māori, kua whakanikohia ki ngā tini whakaahua ātaahua. E aro matua ana ki ngā kaupapa e whitu, arā, ki te Mahi, ki ngā Mahi Taua, ki te Hapori, ki ngā Taiohi, ki te Tōrangapū, ki te Whakapono, ā, ki Muri i te Pakanga.

Ka ahu a Raupanga mai i ngā wheketere ki ngā pāmu, mai i ngā marae ki ngā whare karakia, mai i ngā kura ki ngā puni hōia, mai i ngā takiwā taiwhenua ki ngā tāone nunui. E āta titiro ana tēnei ki ngā koiora o ngā tāngata, ki ngā mahi hoki a ngā whānau me ngā hapori. Kei roto he kōrero mō te Kīngitanga, mō te petihana o Ōrākei, mō te kapa haka, mō ngā tohetohe ā-tōrangapū, ā-hāhi, ā-papori hoki, arā, he kōrero mō ngā Māori e noho tonu ana ki Aotearoa i te wā pakanga. He waka huia a Raupanga, e horaina ana ngā kōrero o taua wā mō ngā whānau o nāianei, me ngā reanga whakaheke.

We have heard the heroic story of the Māori Battalion, but what of the Māori people who remained at home?

Raupanga brings together the people, stories and places underpinning the Māori wartime experience of the Second World War. Written in te reo Māori, thirty-seven succinctly illustrated pieces explore seven themes: Mahi (Work); Mahi Taua (Home Defence); Hapori (Community); Taiohi (Youth); Tōrangapū (Politics); Whakapono (Religion); and I Muri i te Pakanga (Post-war). Raupanga journeys from factories to farms, from marae to churches, and considers the experience of communities in and out of urban centres. Delving into stories of the Kīngitanga, kapa haka, the Ōrākei petition, and their champions, this book is a treasure trove of historical narratives waiting to be shared with whānau and future generations across Aotearoa New Zealand.

The illustrated account of how Māori society was transformed at home while the Māori Battalion were fighting overseas.

Taking readers to the farms and factories, the marae and churches where Māori lived, worked and raised their families, Te Hau Kāinga tells the story of the profound transformation in Māori life during the Second World War.

While the Māori Battalion fought overseas, the Māori War Effort Organisation and its tribal committees engaged Māori men and women throughout Aotearoa in the home guard, the women’s auxiliary forces, and national agricultural and industrial production. Māori mobilisation was an exercise of rangatiratanga and it changed how Māori engaged with the state. And, as Māori men and women took up new roles, the war was to become a watershed event for Māori society that set the stage for post-war urbanisation.

From ammunition factories to kūmara fields, from Te Puea Hērangi to Te Paipera Tapu, Te Hau Kāinga provides the first substantial account of how hapori Māori were shaped by the wartime experience at home. It is a story of sacrifice and remarkable resilience among whānau, hapū and iwi Māori.

Te Kura Roa refers to our collective knowledge and ideas and the responsibility to ensure they are left as an enduring legacy for generations to come. The vision to gather our Mātauranga Māori champions, practitioners, researchers and scientists was premised on the idea that collectively, we are stronger; that working collaboratively, we are more intuitive; and being connected, we are relational.

To support the vision, a new body will be formed under Te Kura Roa with a broad vision where Mātauranga Māori is valued, elevated and reflected in RSI systems, structures, policies, resources and practices. Te Kura Roa builds off the work of the Rauika Māngai and will be responsible for providing advice to Government on delivering to Te Tiriti outcomes for Māori and supporting our whānau to
thrive and flourish.

Ko au ko te kura, ko te kura ko au.

Exploring the vehicle’s role in imposing colonialism on Indigenous people, this book proposes an Indigenous automobility that reclaims sovereignty over place and centricity.

This book argues that there is a need to develop greater indigenous-led intergenerational resilience in order to meet the challenges posed by contemporary crises of climate change, cultural clashes, and adversity.

In today’s media, the climate crisis is kept largely separate and distinct from the violent cultural clashes unfolding on the grounds of religion and migration, but each is similarly symptomatic of the erasure of the human connection to place and the accompanying tensions between generations and cultures. This book argues that both forms of crisis are intimately related, under-scored and driven by the structures of white supremacism which at their most immediate and visible, manifest as the discipline of black bodies, and at more fundamental and far-reaching proportions, are about the power, privilege and patterns of thinking associated with but no longer exclusive to white people. In the face of such crisis, it is essential to bring the experience and wisdom of Elders and traditional knowledge keepers together with the contemporary realities and vision of youth.

This book’s inclusive and critical perspective on Indigenous-led intergenerational resilience will be valuable to Indigenous and non-Indigenous interdisciplinary scholars working on human-ecological resilience. 

To review this book:

• Email your expression of interest to: editors@alternative.ac.nz. 
• Include your name, Indigenous affiliations and the AlterNative Code.

This paper examines the interface between science and policymaking and calls for a policy approach that is enabled by, and responsive to, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Mātauranga Māori. For a science sector to have its greatest reach and impact for all citizens, it must demonstrate relevance, accessibility and inclusion. In Aotearoa, there has been concern about the exclusion of Māori and Pacific expertise from science advice and key decision-making roles. Te Tiriti offers a powerful framework for connecting systems and communities of knowledge in ways that are mutually beneficial and future focused.

Authors

Tahu Kukutai, Tracey McIntosh, Amohia Boulton, Meihana Durie, Meika Foster, Jessica Hutchings, Melanie Mark-Shadbolt, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Te Taiawatea Moko-Mead, Sarah-Jane Paine, Suzanne Pitama, and Jacinta Ruru

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

28-April 2020 | Stuff interview with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Morning Report with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Newshub with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | Waatea News with Tahu Kukutai

28-April 2020 | The Spinoff with Jacinta Ruru & Tahu Kukutai

03-May 2021 | Research Professional, Article (Paywall)

In this publication of firsts, 24 Māori preeminent scholars bravely share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their academic careers. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātaurang knowledge – is positively influencing the Western-dominated learning disciplines.

‘It is a shameful fact,’ says co-editor Jacinta Ruru in her introduction to Ngā Kete Mātauranga, ‘that in 2020, only about five percent of academic staff at universities in Aotearoa New Zealand are Māori.’

‘The book demonstrates the power, energy and diversity that can be brought out into the world by Māori scholars working both comfortably and uncomfortably from within, without and across diverse academic disciplines and mātauranga Māori.’ – Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Not only a celebration of all knowledges in Aotearoa NZ, this book is also a greater call to action to create positive transformative change for our nation.

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

Te Kura Roa: Whaihua

Rāwinia Higgins, Poia Rewi and Vincent Olsen-Reeder launched this series of reports from the Te Kura Roa research programme in June 2017. The reports were presented to Te Kōhanga Reo and Te Ataarangi, with findings from the ‘Whaihua’ research project which was first initiated in 2010.

Download the report series below:

Pūrongo 1: He Whenua Haumako – Te Kōhanga Reo, Te Ataarangi

Pūrongo 2: Te Kōrerotia o te Reo Māori

Pūrongo 3: Te Reo Māori me te Whānau

Pūrongo 4: Te Reo Māori me te Hapori

Pūrongo 5: Te Reo Māori me te Wāhi Mahi

Pūrongo 6: Te Reo Māori me te Tuakiri ā-Motu

Pūrongo 7: Te Reo Māori me ōna Ratonga

This research programme was commissioned and supported by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga to gain insight into the value of the Māori language. Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua was a part of a wider investigation into the national value of the Māori language. The main objective of the research was to investigate the community value of the Māori language among the whānau of Te Kōhanga Reo and Te Ataarangi.

The seven reports above contain the results of the project and are designed to share and discuss. If you have any queries please contact Te Kura Roa: tekuraroa@vuw.ac.nz

The authors and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga humbly thank all, the whānau, the purapura, the communities and boards, vibrant locales through whom we were able to carry out this Māori language project.

The Māori economy is often defined simply by the contributions of Māori in New Zealand in the areas of farming, fisheries and forestry. This book explores the ways that Māori in the privatised military industry contribute in monetary and non-monetary ways to the Māori economy.

Workers in the privatised military industry very rarely, if ever, give interviews about their work or details about their pay. However, this book includes five interviews with Māori who have worked or are still working in the privatised military industry and explores how they articulate themselves as Māori in the industry, giving a glimpse at this secret world and how Māori operate in it.

See more at: http://www.huia.co.nz/huia-bookshop/bookshop/a-hidden-economy-maori-in-…