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Pre-colonial Maori Society & Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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Pre-colonial Maori Society & Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Learn about te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi by first learning about pre-colonial Māori. Chapters are listed in timestamps below. Full video of the Pre Treaty Series. Dr Kiri Prentice (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa) is a consultant psychiatrist, and Deputy Clinical Director Māori of Mental Health Services at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:49:20 Ontology of Whanaungatanga 02:24:25 Social Structure 05:11:07 Property & Sovereignty: Whenua, Mana & Rangatiratanga 26:54:01 3 Eras of Law. Kupe, Cook & Beyond. 30:53:28 Summary 35:06:05 References RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Te Ao Raranga: The Weaving Universe. A Māori Philosophy Framework https://youtu.be/B8tQE3PZkgM Clip 1: Pre-Colonial Māori Society: Social Structure and Ontology https://youtu.be/9oRk39yuDxo Clip 2: Pre-Colonial Māori Society: Property & Sovereignty: Whenua, Mana & Rangatiratanga. https://youtu.be/dGnvcJMEbK4 Clip 3: Pre-Colonial Māori Society.Māori Systems: Utu, Hau, Kaitiakitanga, Economy, Ecology, Sociology & Health. https://youtu.be/cffcTrOtvpg?si=a69aOF0Tc66pN89F Clip 5 Pre-Colonial Māori Society 3 Eras of Law. Kupe, Cook & Beyond. https://youtu.be/mIuV7_iCQsw SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gj... SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: https://www.maoriminds.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiri-pren... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maoriminds/ STOCK FOOTAGE/IMAGES Storyblocks, Pixabay, Pexels Wikimedia Commons MUSIC Artlist A Carousing Consort – Hallelujah Chorus Aerial Cliff – Michele Nobler Alon Peretz – Song for Heather ANBR – The Castle ANBR – Tomorrow Andriàn Berengure – Aware Ardie Son – Fear No Evil Birraj – Grey Boreis – Antionetta C.K. Martin – The Endurance Dan Zeitune – Nevada Doug Kaufman – Preservation Ian Post – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky) Ian Post – Just Jump Max H. – Back Home Role Shpigler – Gliding Hearts Rotem Cinamon - Apollo Semo – Chemtrails TURPAK – Synergy Ty Simon – Genesis – Instrumental Version Veaceslav Draganov – Awards Veaceslav Draganov – The Last Hero REFERENCES 1. Best, E. (1901). Spiritual Concepts of the Maori. Part II. The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 10 1 (37): p. 1-20. 2. Healy, S. (2009). 'Tuku Whenua' as Customary Land Allocation: Contemporary Fabrication or Historical Fact? The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 118(2): p. 111-134. 3. Locke, J. (1821). Two Treatises of Government, Etc. Whitmore and Fenn. 4. Marsden, M. (2003). The woven universe: selected writings of Rev. Māori Marsden. Estate of Rev. Māori Marsden. 5. Mead, H. M. (2016). Tikanga Maori (revised edition): Living by Maori values. Huia publishers. 6. Moorfield, J.C. (2003). Te aka online Māori dictionary. Auckland: Te Ipukarea. 7. Te Puni Kōkiri. (2001). He Tirohanga o Kawa ki te Tiriti o Waitangi: A Guide to the Treaty of Waitangi as expressed by the Courts & the Waitangi Tribunal. 8. Temara, P. (date unknown). Te tikanga me ngā kawa. The University of Waikato Te Whare Wananga o Waikato. https://www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/309154/0 9. Waitangi Tribunal. (2017). Te Urewera Volume I (Wai 894). Legislation Direct: Wellington, New Zealand. 10. Whatahoro, H. T. (2011). The Lore of the Whare-wānanga: Or Teachings of the Maori College on Religion, Cosmogony, and History (Vol. 2). Cambridge University Press. 11. Williams, J., The harkness henry lecture lex aotearoa: An heroic attempt to map the Maori dimension in modern New Zealand law. Waikato Law Review: Taumauri, (2013). 21: p. 1-34.
MĀORI SYSTEMS: Utu, Hau, Kaitiakitanga, Economy, Ecology, Sociology & Health
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MĀORI SYSTEMS: Utu, Hau, Kaitiakitanga, Economy, Ecology, Sociology & Health

This is the third video clip from a longer video about pre-colonial Māori society. It is intended to help the viewer better appreciate Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi, its history, significance, and relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, present and future, and all associated tensions. It focuses on Māori concepts related to systems, including utu, and hau which are widely overlooked and misunderstood. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction heading 00:00:05 Utu 00:01:05 Hau 00:01:58 Hau at a metaphysical level 00:02:09 Hau at an ecology level 00:02:55 Hau, hauora, & health 00:03:05 Hau economy 00:04:26 Hau & kaitiakitanga (guardianship) RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Pre-Colonial Māori Society: Clip 1: Social Structure and Ontology https://youtu.be/9oRk39yuDxo Property & Sovereignty: Whenua, Mana & Rangatiratanga. Clip 2: Pre-Colonial Māori Society. https://youtu.be/dGnvcJMEbK4 3 Eras of Law. Kupe, Cook & Beyond. Clip 5 Pre-Colonial Māori Society https://youtu.be/mIuV7_iCQsw Te Ao Raranga: The Weaving Universe. A Māori Philosophy Framework https://youtu.be/B8tQE3PZkgM SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gj... SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: https://www.maoriminds.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiri-pren... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maoriminds/ STOCK FOOTAGE/IMAGES Storyblocks, Pixabay, Pexels Archives New Zealand Wiki Media Commons – Open-Source Copyright-Free images MUSIC/SOUND EFFECTS Artlist C.K. Martin – The Endurance Max H. – Back Home REFERENCES 1. Best, E. (1901). Spiritual Concepts of the Maori. Part II. The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 10(1 (37), 1-20. 2. Mauss, M. (1925). The gift, trans. I. Cunnison. London: Cohen and West. 3. Prentice, K. (2022). Turning the Spotlight on the Hau in Hauora. A Conference Presentation by Dr Kiri Prentice. [Educational YouTube Video]. https://youtu.be/CzN6LVjKobI 4. Waitangi Tribunal. (2010). Te Urewera: Pre-Publication Part 2. Waitangi Tribunal Report WAI 894. 5. Waitangi Tribunal. (2017). Te Urewera Volume I (Wai 894). Legislation Direct: Wellington, New Zealand. 6. Whatahoro, H. T. (2011). The Lore of the Whare-wānanga: Or Teachings of the Maori College on Religion, Cosmogony, and History (Vol. 2). Cambridge University Press.
Property & Sovereignty. Whenua, Mana & Rangatiratanga. Clip 2: Pre-Colonial Māori Society.
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Property & Sovereignty. Whenua, Mana & Rangatiratanga. Clip 2: Pre-Colonial Māori Society.

This is the second video clip from a longer video about pre-colonial Māori society, that is intended to help the viewer better appreciate Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi, and its history, significance, and relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, present and future, and all the tensions associated with it. It focuses on what the whenua (land) meant to Māori, and Māori concepts related to sovereignty and authority, like mana, mana motuhake and tino rangatiratanga. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Whenua (Land) and Property 00:02:03 Mana & Rangatiratanga, Power & Authority 00:02:05 Role of a Rangatira, Tino Rangatiratanga, Sovereignty 00:06:33 Mana 00:06:59 Tapu 00:07:36 Noa 00:07:43 Mauri 00:08:40 Manaakitanga 00:08:59 Mana Whenua 00:09:29 Mana Tangata 00:09:47 Mana Atua 00:10:02 Mana Motuhake and Ngāi Tūhoe. 00:10:41 Absolute Sovereignty 00:11:18 Right of Revolution & Rebellion 00:11:58 References RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Pre-Colonial Māori Society: Clip 1: Social Structure and Ontology https://youtu.be/9oRk39yuDxo 3 Eras of Law. Kupe, Cook & Beyond. Clip 5 Pre-Colonial Māori Society https://youtu.be/mIuV7_iCQsw Te Ao Raranga: The Weaving Universe. A Māori Philosophy Framework https://youtu.be/B8tQE3PZkgM SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gj... SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: https://www.maoriminds.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiri-pren... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maoriminds/ STOCK FOOTAGE/IMAGES Storyblocks Pixabay Pexels Archives New Zealand Wiki Media Commons – Open Source Copy Right Free images MUSIC/SOUND EFFECTS Artlist C.K. Martin – Endurance ANBR – Tomorrow Birraj – Grey Andriàn Berengure – Aware Alon Peretz – Song for Heather Ty Simon – Genesis – Instrumental Version Ardie Son – Fear No Evil Doug Kaufman – Preservation REFERENCES 1. Best, E. (1901). Spiritual Concepts of the Maori. Part II. The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 10 1 (37): p. 1-20. 2. Te Puni Kōkiri. (2001). He Tirohanga o Kawa ki te Tiriti o Waitangi: A Guide to the Treaty of Waitangi as expressed by the Courts & the Waitangi Tribunal. 3. Healy, S. (2009). 'Tuku Whenua' as Customary Land Allocation: Contemporary Fabrication or Historical Fact? The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 118(2): p. 111-134. 4. Locke, J. (1821). Two Treatises of Government, Etc. Whitmore and Fenn. 5. Marsden, M. (2003). The woven universe: selected writings of Rev. Māori Marsden. Estate of Rev. Māori Marsden. 6. Moorfield, J.C. (2003). Te aka online Māori dictionary. Auckland: Te Ipukarea. 7. Waitangi Tribunal. (2017). Te Urewera Volume I (Wai 894). Legislation Direct: Wellington, New Zealand.
3 Eras of Law. Kupe, Cook & Beyond. Clip 5 Pre-Colonial Māori Society
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3 Eras of Law. Kupe, Cook & Beyond. Clip 5 Pre-Colonial Māori Society

This video is inspired by 3 Māori Sirs; Justice Sir Joe Williams, Sir Hīrini Moko Mead and Sir Pou Temara. Dividing Aotearoa New Zealand’s Law into 3 Eras, was the inspired idea of Tā Joe Williams. Some basics of tikanga are taken from the works of Tā Hirini Moko Mead and Tā Pou Temara. This is a video clip from a longer video about pre-colonial Māori society, that is intended to help the viewer better appreciate Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi, and its history, significance, and relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, present and future, and all the tensions associated with it. Dr Kiri Prentice (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa) is a consultant psychiatrist who is the Deputy Clinical Director Māori of Mental Health Services at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, the Deputy Medical Director Māori of Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac, and a Professional Teaching Fellow at The University of Auckland. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:16:00 Aotearoa’s 1st Law/Kupe’s Law 00:36:00 New Zealand’s 2nd Law/Cook’s Law 00:53:23 Aotearoa New Zealand’s 3d Law 01:21:17 Waitangi Tribunal 01:45:21 Williams on Kupe’s Law 02:21:05 Tikanga 03:57:23 References RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Te Ao Raranga: The Weaving Universe. A Māori Philosophy Framework https://youtu.be/B8tQE3PZkgM Clip 1 Māori Ontology & Social Structure https://youtu.be/9oRk39yuDxo SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gj... SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: https://www.maoriminds.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiri-pren... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maoriminds/ STOCK FOOTAGE/IMAGES Storyblocks, Pixabay, Pexels Wikimedia Commons Archives New Zealand https://www.youtube.com/@archivesnz MUSIC Artlist Dan Zeitune – Nevada Veaceslav Draganov – The Last Hero A Carousing Consort – Hallelujah Chorus Veaceslav Draganov – Awards ANBR – The Castle Rotem Cinamon - Apollo REFERENCES 1. Mead, H. M. (2016). Tikanga Maori (revised edition): Living by Maori values. Huia publishers. 2. Williams, J., The harkness henry lecture lex aotearoa: An heroic attempt to map the Maori dimension in modern New Zealand law. Waikato Law Review: Taumauri, (2013). 21: p. 1-34. 3. Temara, P. (date unknown). Te tikanga me ngā kawa. The University of Waikato Te Whare Wananga o Waikato. https://www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/309154/1_Te-tikanga-me-ng-kawa.pdf
Pre-Colonial Māori Society - Clip 1: Social Structure & Ontology.
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Pre-Colonial Māori Society - Clip 1: Social Structure & Ontology.

This is a video clip from a longer video about pre-colonial Māori society, that is intended to help the viewer better appreciate Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi, and its history, significance, and relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, present and future, and all the tensions associated with it. It focuses on the Ontology of Whānaungatanga and pre-European Māori social structure. Dr Kiri Prentice (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa) is a consultant psychiatrist who is the Deputy Clinical Director Māori of Mental Health Services at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, the Deputy Medical Director Māori of Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac, and a Professional Teaching Fellow at The University of Auckland. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:49:27 Ontology of Whanaungatanga 00:02:25 Māori Social Structure 00:05:10 References RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Te Ao Raranga: The Weaving Universe. A Māori Philosophy Framework https://youtu.be/B8tQE3PZkgM SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gj... SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: https://www.maoriminds.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiri-pren... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maoriminds/ STOCK FOOTAGE/IMAGES Storyblocks, Pixabay, Pexels MUSIC Artlist Ian Post – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky) Aerial Cliff – Michele Nobler TURPAK – Synergy Boreis – Antionetta Semo – Chemtrails REFERENCES 1. Kawharu, I. (1984). Maori Sociology: A Commentary. The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 93(3), 231-246. 2. Moorfield, J. C. (2003). Te aka online Māori dictionary. Auckland: Te Ipukarea. 3. Prentice, K. (2022). Te Ao Raranga: The Weaving Universe. A Māori Philosophy Framework. [Educational YouTube Video]. https://youtu.be/B8tQE3PZkgM 4. Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, N. L. o. N. Z. (2017a). Hēnare Mānuka - He Tohu interview [YouTube video]. https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu/korero/interview-with-professor-manuka-henare https://youtu.be/RzpUfKu-7PI 5. Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, N. L. o. N. Z. (2017b). Moana Jackson - He Tohu interview [Video file]. https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu/korero/interview-with-moana-jackson 6. Tribunal, W. (2017). Te Urewera Volume I (Wai 894). Legislation Direct: Wellington, New Zealand.
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