lecture 8 - Maori Cultural And Beleife Systems

Question 1

Outline Whakapapa

Answer 1

A line of descent from ones ancestors; a genealogy
Multiple layers of broad flat things

Question 2

outline the traditional social structure

Answer 2

Whakau (family)
Hapu (subtribe)
Iwi (tribe)
Waka (boat/vehicle)

Question 3

What were the main groups in pre European day to day Māori society

Answer 3

Hapu, and Whanau

Question 4

What is matauranga Māori

Answer 4

The knowledge, comprehension or understanding of everything visible or invisible that exists across the universe according to Māori.
All branches of Maori knowledge, past present and still developing.
Foundation to all things Māori, passed down through generations, always developing, not one thing

Question 5

What are purakau (creating narratives)

Answer 5

Observations, theories
Means of passing information on to next generation

Question 6

Outline the Māori world view

Answer 6

Holistic
Collectivist
Different for each person/Whanau/hapu/iwi
Informed by Whakapapa

Question 7

What is a whakatauki

Answer 7

A Māori proverb where the origins are unknown