Kaupapa Māori theory

Developing mahi-toi theory and analysis

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
mahi-toi
post-colonial theory
Kaupapa Māori theory
Te Kete Aronui
muka kete
Author(s): 
Jani Katarina Taituha Wilson
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2017.6.2.2

Many Māori researchers have mahi-toi skills. Mahi-toi, arts and the production of art, is where a concept takes physical form, and is brought into the physical realm by mahi-ā-ringa. The mahi-toi practitioner is the conduit. When the practitioner is also the researcher and vice versa, these vernaculars can enrich each other, and structure the work. Setting research writing practice beside mahi-toi practice also lends theoretical and analytical frameworks that could be useful for mahi-toi practitioners making the transition to academic research.

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MĀTAURANGA MĀORI AT THE OLYMPIC AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Kaupapa Māori theory
mātauranga Māori
narrative inquiry
Olympic and Commonwealth games
sport
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Author(s): 
Bevan Erueti

Mātauranga Māori has become commonplace in international sport events involving New Zealand athletes and teams to create a national identity. The heart of this article examines the journey and implementation of mātauranga Māori into the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth games teams at Athens 2004, Torino 2006, Vancouver 2010 and Delhi 2010. The experiences of one cultural advisor (referred to here as CA), who is also an ex-Olympian, are presented through an analysis that considers the principles of rangatiratanga and ōritetanga as advocated in Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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