Maori Times, Maori Places

Prophetic Histories

By (author) Karen Sinclair

Publication date:

24 December 2002

Length of book:

288 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780742516380

Today, the Maori must live in a world that is dominated by European institutions. The ability to do this successfully depends on their constant vigilance in sustaining their beliefs, their views of themselves, and their notions of how the world works. Their membership in Maramatanga permits them to feel selected while they cautiously traverse a landscape which has lost its familiar outlines. This book is a compilation of twenty-five years of fieldwork with a group of Maori. It is an examination of oral histories, notebooks of songs, diaries, accounts of pilgrimages, and life histories. Critical issues are addressed including, written and unwritten histories, colonialism, gender, and membership in Maramatanga. This book examines in great detail what scholars of New Zealand have grown to understand, there is no monolithic Maori voice.

Chapter 1 Introduction Narrative: Te Karere
Chapter 2 The Dispensation of Colonialism
Chapter 3 Mere Rikiriki at Parewanui: The Genesis of the Maramatanga
Chapter 4 Mareikura, Maungarongo, and the Development of the Maramatanga Narrative: Hine Ataarangi
Chapter 5 Growth and the Emergence of a New Generation Narrative: Pinenga
Chapter 6 Expansion and Consolidation Narrative: Hoana
Chapter 7 Pilgrimages to Waitangi Narrative: Raana
Chapter 8 Te Umuroa and the Tira Hoe Waka Narrative: Matiu
Chapter 9 Conclusion: The Tradition of Propecy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Chapter 10 Appendix 1: Kinship Diagrams 1-6
Chapter 11 Appendix 2: Nationally Recognized Waiata from the Maramatanga
Chapter 12 Appendix 3: Flags of the Movement
Chapter 13 Appendix 4: Interviews, Research, and Notebooks
Chapter 14 Glossary

Maori Times, Maori Places is a book that will interest scholars of New Zealand as well as general readers. It is a history that seeks to place the Maramatanga within the changing landscape of New Zealand. Through all the political and social upheaval of the past seventy years, the gentle voice of Te Karere can still be heard by her people.