representation

Kia manawanui: Kaupapa Māori film theoretical framework

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
kaupapa Māori
Indigenous
film
media
representation
Author(s): 
Angela Moewaka Barnes
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.1.1

This paper outlines key categories and elements of Kia Manawanui: Kaupapa Māori Film Theoretical Framework, developed to interrogate film texts and shed light on the processes of Māori film production and environments within which filmmakers operate. Kia Manawanui film theory is informed by diverse expressions of Kaupapa Māori , Indigenous and critical media studies, discussions with Māori  filmmakers, theorists and film texts, particularly Ngati (1987), Mauri (1988) and Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Wēniti—The Māori  Merchant of Venice (2002).

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Theorising representation in the Māori seats: The crucial role of accountability

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
reserved seats
Indigenous seats
Māori seats
Indigenous political theory
representation
Author(s): 
Sylvia Nissen
Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2017.6.2.5

The guaranteed Māori seats are a distinguishing and controversial feature of New Zealand’s democracy. In recent years, a number of reports, commentators and politicians have called for the seats to be abolished on the grounds that they are no longer “needed” in New Zealand’s proportional electoral system. These claims are usually grounded in principles of equality. This paper makes the opposite claim: that principles of equality create convincing and coherent justifications for the Māori seats.

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Smoking, Not Our Tikanga: Exploring representations of Māori and smoking in national media

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Māori
tobacco
tupeka
smoking
media
representation
Author(s): 
Emerald Muriwai
Marewa Glover
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2016.5.1.3
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Māori experiences and responses to racism in Aotearoa New Zealand

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Māori
media
racism
representation
Author(s): 
Angela Moewaka Barnes
Ken Taiapa
Belinda Borell
Tim McCreanor

When racism is promulgated on a number of fronts, including the media, it becomes a powerful and pervasive force in society, detrimentally impacting on the lives of those who are its object. This paper analyses Māori focus group interviews that traversed a wide range of sites where racism occurred, including print and broadcast media. We utilised a framework for understanding racism that is in line with key racism theorists and identifi es four primary levels through which it operates: internal, interpersonal, institutional and societal.

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