The story takes place in the small town Whangara in New Zealand. Many centuries ago a legendary ancestor named Paikea brought there the Maori people‚ who still live there. The myth about Paikea says that he was rescued by a whale‚ after his canoe was lost in the sea. He rode the whale and founded the Maori people‚ and from that day the tradition exists: an eldest son is the Chief of the tribe and the leader. Once deep within the ocean‚ a herd of whales was responding‚ and when the whales began
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and shaming the person. The Maori way is a positive way of punishment. And the Portion’s way is a negative punishment. In the “Maori Way” the punishment wasn’t bad like the puritan. In the “Maori way” instead of sending him to jail they gave him a second chance to change. In the Maori Way it more about in the justice side because they didn’t put him in jail or kill him they gave him a chance to pay back his grandmother by getting a job and cooking for her.in the Maori Way the kid learns from his
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AusEng ‘shall’ and ‘should’ avoidance “Will I see you there?” as in ScotEng Singular verb agreement preferred The team is playing badly “in the weekend” rather than at / on Vocabulary Includes Australianisms Some distinct NZEng items Maori loanwords Mostly in colloquial usage & slang More colloquially… to farewell tramping to front (up) to uplift to jack up domain to flat dairy to say goodbye
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In the spring of 1993‚ a film was released to the world that would end up changing the way many people perceived and appreciated films‚ especially those made internationally. It would be delivered from New Zealand’s most famous female filmmaker. Jane Campion‚ the director whom was previously known for her films‚ Peel-an Exercise in Discipline‚ and Sweetie‚ would achieve even higher acclaim for her masterpiece to date‚ The Piano. The Piano portrays the story of a mute‚ unwed Irish woman in late
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Translation” (2003) comments on globalisation’s progressive development toward cultural uniformity‚ utilizing Tokyo to exhibit hybridisation of Western and Japanese cultures. Similarly‚ Witi Ihimaera’s “The Whale” explores the invasion of global forces into Maori culture‚ depicting the increasing stigmatisation of traditional values and their eventual submergence by the dominant Western influence. Both texts explore the conflict between global and local‚ as well as the need to adapt for individuals to form
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Intro: Anti-heroes are realists who are formed through both social and physical hardship. Characters in King Lear‚ American Beauty‚ Fight club‚ Daredevil‚ and The Maori Jesus are all anti-heroes that bend societies normality on what anti heroes are. Society believes anti-heroes are people who want to make the world a better place but do so through the ‘wrong’ methods. However in society people rarely consider that anti-heroes were once just everyday people with everyday lives. Anti-heroes are not
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Country Briefing Report November 27‚ 2012 Global Business Dr. Gary Mahan Table of Contents Geography 1 7 Introduction 1.1 7 Description of New Zealand’s Location 1.2 7 Description of the Climate and Surface Features 1.3 8 Sources Used 10 Political Environment 2.0 11 Political System 2.1 11 The Executive 2.2 11 Governor General 2.3 12 Prime Minister 2.4 12 Jurisdiction 2.5 12
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the factor that helped us to develop faster/slower. In December 1835‚ the Moriori civilization came to an end‚ this because a greater and stronger civilization‚ the Maori‚ wanted to conquer their lands. The Maori‚ had better weapons and were a more war-like civilization unlike the Moriori‚ which were a peaceful community. The Maori “came from a [big] population of farmers chronically engaged in ferocious wars‚ equipped with [better] technology and weapons” which was the main reason why they conquered
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services for the population of their district (Ministry of Health‚ 2011). This includes funding for primary care‚ hospital services‚ public health services‚ aged care services‚ and services provided by other non-governmental health providers including Maori and Pacific providers (Ministry of Health‚ 2011). This brief overview of the structure of the health system shows that it is structured in a way that healthcare in New Zealand comes from a range of different corporations and distributors‚ both publicly
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different cultures‚ asking who is at risk‚ preventing unsafe situations‚ and creating a culturally safe environment (Wood and Schwass‚ 1993). During my first night shift at clinical placement‚ I provided care for Anna (pseudonym)‚ an 85- year old Maori lady‚ who was admitted to the ward following suicide attempt‚ which was related to the second anniversary of her husband’s death. She had a 20 year history of depression. On admission Anna was agitated and fearful‚ stating that she could not do almost
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