Tākiri mai te ata: Understanding whāngai and adoption he tauira kōrero mō ētahi

he tauira kōrero mō ētahi mahi o ia rā

Year: 2022

Type: Book

Size (l x w x d): 380 pages

on mātauranga and tikanga

Tākiri mai te ata: Understanding whāngai and adoption he tauira kōrero mō ētahiThis book takes readers on a journey from the whakapapa centred world of te ao Mori to the imposition of colonisation, and back again. Destroying whnau served the wider colonial goal of taking Mori land and assimilating the people who belonged to it. That destruction included outlawing the tikanga of whngai, which helps grow strong and connected whnau, and replacing it with adoption and nuclear families. Drawing on interviews with over a hundred