Caught in the Construction of a Colonised Reality Flashcards
Whanaugatanga
close connection between people, kinship
Personal and Possessive Pronouns in Te Reo
are gender neutral
Papatuanuku
the earth, ancestress of all maori
Whare Tangata
‘the house of humanity (a way to describe women)
Whenua
land/afterbirth
Hapu
large kinship group/pregnancy
Maori View of Childbirth
celebrated and normal part of life
Women Could Not Be Raped By Their Husbands Until
1985
Mana Wahine
power/authority/charisma/prestige
Native Land Act of 1885
destroyed Maori collectivism through land loss
Native Land Act of 1909
declared Maori marriage only valid for some select situations
White Nuclear Families
were seen as the proper standard of care for children
Maori Could Not Adopt Pakeha Children Until
1955
Three Ways of Adoption of Maori Children From 1962
- Informal
- Legal, assisted by Maori welfare officers
- Legal, assisted by child welfare officers
Closed Stranger Adoptions
are based in a patriarchal, white supremacy influenced common law seeing women and children as property
flouts tikanga Maori by ignoring the rights and responsibilities of of whanau, hapu and iwi