Tikanga Māori
Subtitle: living by Māori values
By: Hirini Moko Mead
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: Huia Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9781775502227
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people); Social life and customs; Rites and ceremonies; Tikanga; Tikanga tuku iho; Ao wairua; Mātauranga
Description: "This is an authoritative and accessible introduction to tikanga Māori for people wanting to understand the correct Māori ways of doing things. It covers the ways that tikanga guides relationships between people, people's relationship with the natural environment, spiritual areas, and health, and it proposes guidelines to test appropriate tikanga Māori responses to new situations and challenges in contemporary life"--Publisher information.
Notes: "Published with the assistance of Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, Creative NZ, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-413) and index.
Table of contents: title: He Timatanga Kōrero : introduction to Tikanga Māori; title: Ngā Āhuatanga o te Tikanga Māori : the nature of Tikanga Māori; title: Nga Pūtake o te Tikanga : underlying principles and values; title: Te Tapu o te Tangata : the Tapu of the person; title: Wāhi Tapu, Taonga Tapu : the Tapu of places and things; title: Te Marae : the ceremonial courtyard; title: Te Pōhiri : welcome ceremonies; title: Tangihanga : ceremonies of the dead; title: Te Muru : the concept of ritual compensation; title: Te Tatau Pounamu : peace agreements; title: Te Takoha : gift giving; title: Rāhui, Aukati : ritual prohibitions; title: Whakahuihui Tangata : social groupings; title: Te Āhua o te Tangata : the behaviour of people; title: Ngā Mahi Auaha : creativity and performance; title: Te Tuakiri, Te Whenua : identity and land; title: Mana Whenua, Mana Moana  : authority over land and the ocean; title: Te Whakawhānau : new life; title: Mātauranga Māori : knowledge; title: Te Whānuitanga o te Tikanga Māori : extensions of Tikanga Māori; title: Ngā Ahi E Ngiha Mai Nei : the fires that flare up; title: Kua Ea : it is done.