Final arrangements following death: Maori indigenous decision making and tangi

Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Masters-Awatere, Bridgette; Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia

Final arrangements following death: Maori indigenous decision making and tangi

dc.contributor.author	Nikora, Linda Waimarie
dc.contributor.author	Masters-Awatere, Bridgette
dc.contributor.author	Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-19T22:51:14Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-19T22:51:14Z
dc.date.issued	2012-03
dc.description.abstract	Death is a universal event. It will happen to all of us, yet how we respond to death is particular and influenced by our cultural worlds. This study offers an investigation of the idiographic, of how one woman responded to, and made arrangements to, mourn and bury her mother. Specifically, we explore how she and her whanau (family) under pressure of time and grief and in the absence of clear final wishes, met to consider issues and make decisions about the situation they were confronted with. This case forms part of a much larger programme of research into Maori death rituals, change and adaption. Informing a scholarly audience unfamiliar with the Maori world requires a significant amount of contextual information. The case study is a powerful strategy to achieve this and one that draws readers into deep understanding (Willig, 2008). This case provides insight into the struggles of an indigenous fourth-world people living within the heterogeneity of Aotearoa/New Zealand society; it demonstrates how values change across generations as people live their lives increasingly away from their ancestral homelands; and how traditionally defined roles and responsibilities within the whanau (family) are challenged by members living away from each other.	en_NZ
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Nikora, L. W., Masters, B., & Te Awekotuku, N. (2012). Final arrangements following death: Maori indigenous decision making and tangi. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 22(5), 400-413.	en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/casp.2112
dc.identifier.issn	1099-1298
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6235
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wiley	en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOf	Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology	en_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Tangihanga Research Programme
dc.rights	This is an author's version of an article published in the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
dc.subject	Maori death rituals	en_NZ
dc.subject	bereavement	en_NZ
dc.title	Final arrangements following death: Maori indigenous decision making and tangi	en_NZ
dc.type	Journal Article	en_NZ
pubs.begin-page	400	en_NZ
pubs.elements-id	37422
pubs.end-page	413	en_NZ
pubs.issue	5	en_NZ
pubs.volume	22	en_NZ