Mana - power and authority derived from the gods.
Mana is grounded in the spiritual realms.
BOTH authority and power are required for mana to exist and it must be undertaken in the spiritual realm in which it was delegated.
There are many forms of mana.
Tapu - an area or thing set aside and dedicated to a god
Taonga - anything that is precious and highly prized.
Hauora = the breath of life (hau = breath) + (ora = life).
Tane distributed the responsibilities between himself and his 6 brothers (Tangaroa, Rongo, Tūmatauenga, Haumia-tike-tike, Rū-ai-moko and Tāwhirimātea.) He took responsibility for the forest and birds but also of lots of other things; it is for this reason that he is known by many different names of which are listed below.
Tangaroa – deity responsibility for seas, carving
Tūmatauenga – deity responsibility for man, war, destruction
Rongomātāne – deity responsibility for peace, cultivated vegetables (he hid himself in his mother Papatuankuku).
Haumia-tike-tike – deity responsibility for uncultivated vegetables
Rū-ai-moko – deity responsibility for volcanoes, earthquakes (was unborn when his parents were separated).
Tāwhirimātea – deity responsibility for winds, storms, weather. (Was very angry at his brothers for separating their parents so he want with his father away from his mother and brothers.)
Tane created people therefore all Maori people come from the land this is why whenua (land) is so important and needs to be protected as it is who they are and where they come from (as in their mother).
Tikanga - the correct way to carry something out in Maori cultural terms.
for Maori tikanga is law. Tikanga is Maori law.
Tikanga varies from hapu to hapu however their underlying tikanga which are common throughout.
Underlying values help to create the tikanga for a particular event or instance.
Kaitiaki - kai- prefixed to a verb means the doer of the action
tiaki – base meaning translates as ‘look after, care for, guard’
Kaitiakitanga is the role played by the kaitiaki.
Whanaungatanga - the manner in which everyone in a community is related genealogically
This in fundamentally important to Maori. You MUST know how you are related to each other.
Rangatira/Rangatiratanga
A rangatira is a person of mana who can lead the people by holding them together
ranga ‘shoal (of fish)’ raranga ‘plait, weave’
tira ‘group of people’
The rangatira needs to be able to look after their people in all ways, house them, feed them, clothe them, employ them etc. etc.
Rangatiratanga is the exercise of mana – power and authority derived from the gods.
Utu
In order to make sure that everything is balanced their needs to be respect, balance and harmony between people so that mana is respected and everyone can live in peace.
To maintain the balance between people.
Part 2: Ikanui Kingi-Waiaua
It was reiterated that as far as Ngati kahu are concerned Ngati Kahu tikanga is Ngati Kahu Law.
In the classroom from year 6 down this is the area of Social Studies is where we can meaningfully talk about the above areas.
How might we as educators break this down?
We need to look at this over a long term to be able to unpack and explore it properly.
How can we use tuakana / teina tanga within these lesson plans?
Teach it through the area of the curriculum you are most passionate about and most confident and comfortable teaching through.
Ngati Kahu elders use ru-ai-moko not ru-a-moko.
Dave wants us to begin our day from next week with Taupara 1.1
As well as us beginning to learn the Ngati Kahu Chant on Page 4.
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