Title: Being Māori in the city : indigenous everyday life in Auckland /
Authors: Gagné, Natacha.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people) New Zealand Auckland.; Indigenous peoples Urban residence New Zealand Auckland.; Maoris Nouvelle-Zélande Auckland.; Autochtones Habitat urbain Nouvelle-Zélande Auckland.; Whānau; Tikanga; Noho-ā-iwi; Āhuatanga pāpori
Abstract: "Indigenous peoples around the world have been involved in struggles for decolonization, self-determination, and recognition of their rights, and the Māori of Aotearoa-New Zealand are no exception. Now that nearly 85% of the Māori population have their main place of residence in urban centres, cities have become important sites of affirmation and struggle. Grounded in an ethnography of everyday life in the city of Auckland, Being Maori in the City is an investigation of what being Māori means today.
Contents: CHAPTER I: An overview of Māori and New Zealand history -- CHAPTER II: Māori lives in Auckland -- CHAPTER III: The Marae: a symbol of continuity -- CHAPTER IV: Ways of life in a Māori house -- CHAPTER V: The whānau, past and present -- CHAPTER VI: A practical universe of meanings -- CHAPTER VII: At the heart of a politics of differentiation -- CONCLUSION: Interconnected places and autonomous spaces.