peoples gave all power to a single entity (like the sun or Judeo-Christian God)‚ while others‚ like the Japanese and the Maori‚ created a more balanced myth. (these are versions of the two-creator myth‚ but more critically in terms of culture‚ myths of balance) In Japan the Sun was female and the Moon male: to make the Sun a man would have given it too much power. The Maori used the sky and the earth as the father and mother of the universe (and no doubt many a dissertation has been based on the
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was found near the Italian-Austrian border. Ancient Egyptians are those that have expanded the practice of tattoos to countries as far away as Japan‚ China‚ and the Greek regions. “Ta moko” is another popular form of body modification‚ which the Maori culture introduced from Eastern Polynesia. This is the same concept as a tattoo‚ only it carves the skin rather than punctures it. This leaves the skin with indented grooves rather than with smooth lines of a traditional tattoo. The descriptive
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“Some people think I am a bloody Maori… a typical pakeha… a blasted asian… a flaming coconut.” These are examples of stereotyped identity. Identity is the thing which makes people unique. It is the thing which separates individuals from other people. It also brings people together and makes the bond between them stronger. Although identity can also connect‚ it can also be something which alienates people from ever connecting. Through the four texts‚ “The Fat Boy” by Owen Marshall‚ “You‚ the Choice
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BMI is measured by your weight divided by your height. In New Zealand according to Ministry of Health (MOH) there’s approximately 500‚000 adults who are obese and 900‚000 overweight. Maori and Pacific Islanders being the main contributors. According to the 2002/03 New Zealand Health survey 27 percent of Maori men and women and 36 percent of Pacific men and 47 percent of Pacific women were obese This is an astounding percentage for a small country like ours. World Health Organization (2003)
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Postcolonial Nations‚ Islands‚ and Tourism examines how real and literary islands have helped to shape the idea of the nation in a postcolonial world. Through an analysis of a variety of texts ranging from literature to prison correspondence to tourist questionnaires it exposes the ways in which nationalism relies on fictions of insularity and intactness‚ which the island and island tourism appear to provide. The island space seems to offer the ideal replica of the nation‚ and tourist practices promise
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“Cartographers have strongly emphasised the visible‚ the tangible‚ the static‚ the physical and the historical values over the invisible‚ intangible‚ dynamic‚ human and futurist aspects of the world.” Cartographers have long ago developed maps for understanding the complexity of our environment. Whether it started for war or general education‚ cartography has developed over time in an astonishing way. While analysing the quote ‘Cartographers have strongly emphasised the visible‚ the tangible
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families in 1987 in an effort to harness unique and rare tourist attraction- the sperm Whale. The WWK was created to create a stable and self-sustaining economic base for Maori Tribe. Revenue was generated through the whale watching ticket sales as they were able to purchase Kaikoura peninsula ( a cultural island mass for Maori cultural preservation). The success of Whale Watching has created a sustainable development in the area of accommodation‚ dining‚ tour operations and transport services. WWK
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captain James Cook claimed New Zealand for Great Britain; he claimed a part of the Australian continent for Great Britain in 1770. -Both lands claimed by James Cook were already inhabited prior to his doing of such. -New Zealand was inhabited by the Maori‚ a Polynesian farming‚ hunting‚ and fishing people who settled in New Zealand around 800 A.D. -Cook‚ when he reached Australia‚ considered it to be uninhabited. -Australia‚ at the time‚ however‚ was inhabited by “Aborigines;” the term was developed
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Mariah Johnson Dr. Beaujot Final: Part 2 14 December 2012 The Columbian Exchange‚ which started mostly after 1492 when Columbus traveled from the Old World to the New World‚ can be defined as the time when various items such as plants‚ technologies and food were carried from the New World to the Old‚ and vice-versa. The potato is a great example of the Columbian Exchange‚ seeing as how it was carried from the New World to the Old World‚ and had a significant impact on Europe‚ as well as other
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The San people of the Kalahari Desert were ‘discovered’ by the outside world in the 1950s. The San are one of the oldest indigenous populations on earth. They have been around for 20‚ 000 years or more‚ with a history of living in small family bands. They were a people that never cared about riches or personal possessions as everything was shared among their people. Their populations survived through hunting and gathering in the desert and semi-desert environment of the Kalahari. Things have changed
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