Browsing by Author "Murphy, Ngahuia Aroha Grace"
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Te ahi tawhito, te ahi tipua, te ahi nā Mahuika: Re-igniting native women’s ceremony
Murphy, Ngahuia Aroha Grace (The University of Waikato, 2019)This research examines the multiple ways in which Māori, and Hawai’ian and Native American women, are re-activating feminine ceremonial forms and recovering sacred relationships with customary feminine deities. Attention ... -
Te Awa Atua, Te Awa Tapu, Te Awa Wahine: An examination of stories, ceremonies and practices regarding menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori world.
Murphy, Ngahuia Aroha Grace (University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis examines Māori cosmological stories, ceremonies, and traditional practices regarding menstruation in pre-colonial Māori society. I use kaupapa Māori and mana wahine as a theoretical and methodological framework, ...