The Impact of Colonisation on the Maori community: An exploration of the attitudes and perspectives held by Maori in relation to the active reclamation of Maori sovereignty/tino rangatiratanga.

Baty, Tina Amy

The Impact of Colonisation on the Maori community: An exploration of the attitudes and perspectives held by Maori in relation to the active reclamation of Maori sovereignty/tino rangatiratanga.

dc.contributor.advisor	Rua, Mohi
dc.contributor.author	Baty, Tina Amy
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-14T22:15:38Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-14T22:15:38Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.date.updated	2019-02-12T06:05:35Z
dc.description.abstract	Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei Seek the treasure you value most dearly: If you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain The purpose of my research was twofold. I first sort to explore the attitudes and perspectives held by Māori in relation to the active reclamation of Māori sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga. I further wanted to know how Māori sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga could lead to the improvement of Māori health. My research collected information pertinent to these two inquiries from current literature and from interviews I conducted with five Māori individuals from different iwi, hapu groups. All whom were actively engaged with the Māori community in some form. My research data found that colonisalism has and continues to negatively impact the Māori community. This negative impact manifests in a variety of behaviours that effect Māori health and leads to poor outcomes for Māori. Māori sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga was thought of as the solution to overcome and neutralise the negative effects of colonialism experienced by Māori. Māori sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga was found to be related with Māori idenity and instrumental in all things pertinent to the Māori communities. My research found that Māori sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga can be identified as existing on a philosophical level, governance-structural level, and on a day-to-day basis. This research found that the reclamation of Māori sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga is a process that is currently in motion. Finally, the exercising of Māori sovereignty, tino rangatiratanga in relation to Māori health provides a well-established argument that it can produce positive health benefits to the Māori community, because it is responsive to Māori and better meets the needs of our Māori community simply because it is a Māori way of being, doing and knowing.
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dc.identifier.citation	Baty, T. A. (2018). The Impact of Colonisation on the Maori community: An exploration of the attitudes and perspectives held by Maori in relation to the active reclamation of Maori sovereignty/tino rangatiratanga. (Thesis, Master of Applied Psychology (MAppPsy)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12331	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12331
dc.language.iso	en
dc.language.iso	mi
dc.publisher	The University of Waikato
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dc.subject	Maori
dc.subject	Indigenous people
dc.subject	Tino rangatiratanga
dc.subject	Maori sovereignty
dc.subject	Colonisation
dc.subject	Aotearoa
dc.subject	The Treaty of Waitangi
dc.subject	Te Tiriti o Waitangi
dc.subject	The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand
dc.subject	He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene
dc.subject	Whakapapa
dc.subject	Culture
dc.subject	Identity
dc.subject	Health
dc.title	The Impact of Colonisation on the Maori community: An exploration of the attitudes and perspectives held by Maori in relation to the active reclamation of Maori sovereignty/tino rangatiratanga.
dc.type	Thesis
pubs.place-of-publication	Hamilton, New Zealand	en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor	The University of Waikato
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Applied Psychology (MAppPsy)