Browsing by Author "Mahuika, Nepia"
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The presence of the past: Maori history in contemporary reflection
(2016)This is the opening line of a famous saying in my tribe. For our people - Ngāti Porou - these words have become embedded in our tribal identity as important directives that we are encouraged to aspire to. In the “days ... -
Revitalizing Te Ika-a-Maui: Māori migration and the nation
(University of Auckland, 2009)Maui-Tikitiki-A-Taranga is more than simply a ‘mythic’ hero. For many he is a prominent figure in a long family line. The whakapapa that binds Māori to our tupuna is significant to the present and future, and carries with ... -
Survivance as narrative identity: Voices from a Ngāti Tiipa oral history project
(2020)For Indigenous peoples, and Mäori specifically, storytelling and oral history are crucial to the survival of our collective identities, culture and language. Retold across generations, our stories are often explicit and ... -
Telling “Us” in the “Days Destined to You: Response Life-Telling: Indigenous Oral Autobiography and the Performance of Relation
(University of Hawai'i Press, 2016)This “tau-utuutu” (responsive) protocol feels familiar to me.² My turn to speak, to respond, to share in a conversation with Warren Cariou’s stimulating essay on “Life-Telling,” Indigenous autobiography, and Dovie Thomason. ...
