In Aotearoa New Zealand, Maori have long held close connections with their lands,
mountains, seas, lakes, rivers, wetlands and other freshwater ecosystems. In 2017 …

Indigenous people continue to develop methods to strengthen and empower genealogical
knowledge as a means of conveying histories, illuminating current and past values, and …

This chapter looks at what it means to set out to do anthropological research with tangata
whenua (New Zealanders of Māori descent; literally,'people of the land'), from the particular …

This paper discusses the practice of music therapy in relation to kaupapa Maori models of
health and how these models articulate the means whereby musical activities can address …

This article looks at the indigenization of Butch Morris's Conduction methodology by
embodying it within ngā taonga puoro (traditional Māori musical instruments and practice). It …

This thesis examines the material culture of a public historic space, assessing how the
meanings embedded in objects may develop more nuanced narratives in the house …

Rangatuone (the weaving of gestures) represents an innovative exploration at the
intersection of Indigenous musical traditions and contemporary compositional practices. This …

Taonga pūoro (Māori singing treasures) historically held many functions in everyday Māori
life. Colonisation had catastrophic consequences for these taonga (treasures), yet they have …