NGA MAHI TAHI

TE KAUWAE RUNGA, TE KAUWAE RARO

"BUILDING TEAM WORK"

Research in a Māori sense seeks to expand knowledge outwards (te whānuitanga);

in-depth (te hōhonutanga); and toward light (te māramatanga).

Hirini Moko Mead.

Na Tahuata Rawiri

KOHA

Whanau Rational

Whanau & Whakapapa

Whanau

MAURIORA

Is there a difference between traditional and modern Maori.

Yes: I believe so, older customs were very strict, there was one way and one way only.

There was no making for allowances as in today's modern maori where a kai wero, performs his duty as a challenger to a plane?

Where it is cool to perform a haka to famous Rap stars?

Old traditions where hard to live by, which ment making changes to them to suit the now'er day times.

The Acts of giving through teachings

• Maintaining positive relationships
• Reciprocity giving - receiving
• Using the family to create positive relationships; Iron Maori, Hikoi for life, Shave for cancer and many more.

• Tikanga
• Kawa
• aroha
• manaaki
• kotahitanga
• hononga
• waiata
• whakatau(a)ki

Whanau means having a connection, wither related to by blood, land, waka, moana, nga rarangi, a group, a kura etc ...

Whanau to me is having an open door or welcoming door, To be surrounded by people you care about.

Staying with the whanau

• keeping healthy
• keeping active
• keeping in good spirits
• keeping in a good mood
• keeping family close, everyday relationships

koha atu

koha mai

"giving & receiving"

AHURUTANGA

TE KAUWAE RARO

Kaupapa Wananga

"He tangata e ako ana i te mara, he pou o te whare kai, tau ana"

(a gardener, the pillar of good health)

"The depth of understanding our connectedness, from the heavens above to the earth below and beyond".

KAITIAKITANGA

Ahurutanga is keeping each other safe, respecting our boundries.

• Respect for each other (space)
• Safe place,
• The principle can be used in the whanau situation to keep all peoples from harm, in a way of acknowlging each other and what knowledge they bring.

A brief personal overview of Kaupapa Wananga.

Ki au nei (for me) it is a building of knowledge (matauranga), gathered through our korero (forum), of our topics., our lifes experiences, history, waiata and karakia.

A sound understanding of tools in learning others ie: Kaiako, Librarian, Classes, class mates. All this put together forms a body of understanding and learning.

It is the communication, of learning from shared experiences.

It is also a way to understand our Maori language, and the deeper meanings in this learning forum.

Wananga to me is a place, where we broaden ourselves to understanding ourselves in depth.

Wananga happens everyday, at no specific time or place,wananga is unbound to just the physical elements.

From a teaching perspective is stewardship.

• This is how we share and care for each other.
• Our view is the retention of old customs.
• This is also where we nurture our future from our past.
• Where family have an upset, Kaitiakitanga is used to keep healthy relationships
• Guardianship

TE KAUWAE RUNGA

"Ma te kahukura

ka rere te manu"

(adorn with feathers, we learn to fly)

"Kai i te tii, aki te tanga, te Kaitiakitanga"

'" when we eat, let it be in sharing"

INDIGENOUS RESEARCH WEBSITES

http://www.nirakn.edu.au/

(National Indigenous reseach and knowledges network) This is a collective website where facilitation of research study is housed.)

My understanding of Te Kauwae runga.

Apart from being an art form of identity on the chin of wahine Maori, who have either gained knowledge through the learning process of Wananga Matauranga, Maramatanga and Mohitanga of Karanga or Raranga, who are Kaitiaki of these treasures handed down to them, or as to signify their attonement of reaching tohunga status in their field or journey.

Or that the Kauwae Runga; may be the connection or understanding of our celestrial being, our connectedness to the elements of being how we came to be as Whakapapa maori is retold through waiata, karakia, recited through the process of whare wananga, an old way of teaching and learning.

The Kauwae Runga to me is the pathway in which our people have handed these types of knowledge down.

The Whare Wananga has some answers:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/lww/lww1.htm

INDIGENOUS RESEARCH

TO AO TOKU AO

Hirini Moko Mead

http://irca.ucdavis.edu/.

(An indigenous research centre of America's)

(This is an debates and forum style research website)

http://cahr.uvic.ca/nearbc/

WHERE TO BEGIN

WHAT TO BE OPEN TO

WHERE DO I START

NEARBC | Aboriginal Health Resource Site.

(An Aboriginal Research Network to improve and enhance the health and well-being of Aboriginal Peoples)

Sidney M Mead

Writer

Sir Sidney Moko Haerewa Mead KNZM is a New Zealand anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher, writer and prominent Māori leader. Wikipedia

Born: January 8, 1927 (age 87)

http://www.indigenousdevelopment2012.ac.nz/

(This is a forum type Indigenous research website, it is Maori based)