Browsing by Supervisor "Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia"
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Cloaked in Life and Death: Tangi and Taonga in a Contemporary Māori Whanau
(University of Waikato, 2014)This thesis is an examination of tangihanga (indigenous funerary practices) unique to the lived experience of the Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand, drawing on fieldwork undertaken amongst Māori, by a Māori. The introduction ... -
Contextualizing street homelessness in New Zealand: A case study approach
(University of Waikato, 2010)Homelessness is commonly associated with large urban settings. For people who sleep on the streets it encompasses experiences of stigma, regulation and displacement, marginalization, violence, loneliness, and bodily decline. ... -
Different Coloured Tears: Bicultural Bereavement Perspectives
(University of Waikato, 2017)The research explored the pathways that Māori and Pākehā bicultural whānau follow in mourning, grieving and moving on through life, in response to the death of a signficant loved one. Of specific interest were sites of ... -
I Muri i Te Ārai: Ko Ngā Mōrehu Ka Toe: Healing processes in Tangihanga for Wāhine Māori
(University of Waikato, 2015)This study involved a qualitative examination of the healing elements of tangihanga as described by eight female Māori respondents whose loss was not spousal but was dearly loved. Few substantive contemporary works on the ... -
Ko Waikato-Maniapoto te iwi
(The University of Waikato, 2010)Nō te ūnga mai o Tainui waka, i Whangaparāoa, ka tīmata i reira te tautapa haere a Tainui waka i tōna rohe, i tāna tere i Te Ika-ā-Māui. Nāwai rā ka tau ki tōna tumu i roto o Kāwhia Moana, Kāwhia Kai, Kāwhia Tāngata, i te ... -
Mouri Tu, Mouri Moko, Mouri Ora! Moko as a wellbeing strategy
(University of Waikato, 2011)This research has been undertaken within the Health Research Council funded International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership (ICIHRP) program, “The role of resiliency in responding to blood borne viral ... -
Native Hawaiian Well-Being at Hawaiʻi Community College, An Initiative for Academic Success
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis investigates the relationship between a Native Hawaiian sense of well-being and student educational attainment at Hawaiʻi Community College in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. It is written in an indigenous, Native Hawaiian ... -
Rata, the Effect of Māori Land Law on Ahikāroa
(University of Waikato, 2012)Rata, the effect of Māori land law on ahikāroa is an examination of the special relationship a whānau of Ngāi Tahu (ki Wairoa) has had since 1868 with their ancestral land Tutuotekaha. The effects of Māori land law on ... -
Tangi and State Funeral: Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu and Prime Minister Norman Kirk
(University of Waikato, 2010)The tangi of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (Te Arikinui) in 2006 paralleled the State funerals for New Zealand Prime Ministers like Norman Kirk who died in 1974. State funerals require the huge mobilization of people ... -
Te Whakaihonga: He tikanga tapahi makawe i te ao Māori
(University of Waikato, 2011)E ai ki te Māori, mai anō i a Māui Pōtiki, kua tapahia e te pouaru, e te kirimate, ngō rātou makawe i te tangihanga. He reureu, he tiotio, he pakipaki taha ngētehi o ngā tohu weriweri nei, i tauawhi, i whakaū i te aroha ... -
The Treaty of Waitangi and Asian Immigrants in Aotearoa: A Reflective Journey
(University of Waikato, 2014)The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand being represented at the signing by chiefs from various tribes. The Treaty promised to ensure legitimate ... -
Ua tafea le tau'ofe: Samoan cultural rituals through death and bereavement experiences
(University of Waikato, 2015)Given that dialogue relating to death and grief for many Samoans remains in the realm of tapu (sacred) or sā (protected), few attempts have been made by researchers of Samoan heritage to understand whether the cultural ... -
Use of LA-ICP-MS to analyse dental enamel in order to locate the geographical origin of teeth
(University of Waikato, 2011)The investigation reported here involved the analysis of possum tooth samples by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to determine whether or not the data obtained from the elemental ...
