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Synkrētic 1
The journal Synkrētic is an outlet for thought-provoking writing on the philosophy, literature and cultures of the Indo-Pacific. It showcases the diverse traditions of thought, story-telling and expression which are woven into the living tapestry of this culturally, linguistically and politically complex region.
Magical Arrows
Schrempp concludes that a meaningful comparative cosmology is possible and that the tradition of Zeno provides a propitious starting point for such a perspective.
Iwi
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Tikanga Māori
'Relationships between and among people need to be managed and guarded by some rules'. Professor Hirini Moko Mead's comprehensive survey of tikanga Maori (Maori custom) is the most substantial of its kind every published. Ranging over topics from the everyday to the esoteric, it provides a breadth of perspectives and authoritative commentary on the principles and practice of tikanga Maori past and present.
The Journal of the Polynesian Society
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
The Lore of the Whare-wānanga
This account of Maori traditions, dictated by elders in the 1850s, was published with an English translation in 1913-15.
The New New Zealand
Today's New Zealand is an emerging paradigm for successful cultural relations. Although the nation's Maori (indigenous Polynesian) and Pakeha (colonial European) populations of the 19th century were dramatically different and often at odds, they are today co-contributors to a vibrant society. For more than a century they have been working out the kind of nation that engenders respect and well-being; and their interaction, though often riddled with confrontation, is finally bearing bicultural fruit. By their model, the encounter of diverse cultures does not require the surrender of one to the other; rather, it entails each expanding its own cultural categories in the light of the other. The time is ripe to explore modern New Zealand's cultural dynamics for what we can learn about getting along. The present anthropological work focuses on religion and related symbols, forms of reciprocity, the operation of power and the concept of culture in modern New Zealand society.
The Birth of the Universe
Why did the Maori, of the Wairarapa in particular, come to write down their oral traditions? How did they do it? And what was changed, or lost, in the translation from oral to literal? These are the questions Professor Agathe Thornton examines in relation to oral traditions of the Wairarapa, and the stories she chooses to compare are major parts of the areas's cosmogony (Cosmogony is the story of how the cosmos came into existence). Of great importance are the dictation of stories from the heavenly world; the Separation of Rangi and Papa, and the ascent of Tane to Io for the Sacred Stones. In the Wairarapa, stories of the heavenly world were recited by three tohunga; Te Matorohanga, Pohuhu and Te Okawhare. Professor Thornton's conclusions provide insight into the way in which the tohunga shaped his narrative performance, as well as commenting on cosmogony stories of greater Polynesia and the relevance of Maori oral traditions in the present day."
