Browsing Doctoral Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Ka'ai, Tānia"
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He kupu tuku iho mō tēnei reanga: a critical analysis of Waiata and Haka as commentaries and archives of Māori political history
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Prior to the arrival of Pākehā to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Māori language was exclusively oral. However, this did not in any way impede the archiving of knowledge and history deemed important by tīpuna Māori. In fact, ... -
Ko te awa tōku piringa ka puta, ka ora - he tangata, he whenua, he tangata whenua
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The Waikato river is regarded as the ancestor of the Waikato people and an instrinsic element of the people's identity, who's name is derived from the river. The people and their river are inextricably connected. This ...