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    transitions‚ circumstantial increase/decrease in trade/interaction‚ and the migration away from the coast. With food sources destroyed‚ societal changes had to be made in order to survive. The societal changes created a shift in culture‚ resulting in the Maori people to have a larger warrior based culture‚ to protect the remaining resources they have left. Another example of cultural changes after tsunamis would be the increase in intellectuality‚ the various of the current philosopher’s referenced the wave

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    Assignment 1 Organisation Background -Korean Cloth Shop- 21201043 Kendrick Oh [TABLE OF CONTENT] Headings Page 1.Introduction 1.1 Organization & Product and Services 1.2 Company’s Vision and Mission 1.3 Market Profile 1.4 Corporate Objectives 2. Contents 2.1 Corporate Strategy 2.2 Marketing Strategy 2.3 Strategic linkage/relationship

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    Kaysha Whakarau-Twigge 12004012 Community Development: 179.320 Assignment 1: Essay Community Development Word count: 2275 (excluding references). Class coordinator: Polly Yeung Community development is formed when there is a need for change within a group of people. When people come together with the same vision of helping and changing a community’s way of living‚ it is essentially what community development is all about. Community development has many different definitions‚ however

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    Nicole Phung (861003576) Professor David Burrill MSC 20 11 March 2013 Whale Rider The 2002 movie Whale Rider tells a story of a young woman named Paikea growing up in patriarchal society known as the Maori tribe. Pai‚ short for Paikea‚ spends her life trying to get her grandfather to accept her. When she was born‚ her twin brother died at birth‚ leaving the grandfather’s dreams shattered. He needed a male so he can grow up to be chief. The chief will be known as the Whale Rider and he was supposed

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    Anthem: God Defend New Zealand and God Save the Queen GMT: +13:00 Nicknames: God Zone‚ The Long White Cloud. Etymology Aotearoa (often translated as "land of the long white cloud") is the current Māori name for New Zealand‚ and is also used in New Zealand English. It is unknown whether Māori had a name for the whole country before the arrival of Europeans‚ with Aotearoa originally referring to just the North Island. Abel Tasman sighted New Zealand in 1642 and called it Staten Landt‚ supposing

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    While smoking is a lifestyle choice‚ we also need to engage with communities to decrease the rates of smoking-related CVD cases in NZ. The rate of smoking amongst the population is approximately 25% (MoH‚ 2002b). However‚ amongst Maori it is much higher: 44% for men and 51% for women (MoH‚ 2002b). Society has changed its views on smoking in recent decades. In the 1980s‚ smoking was used as a social interaction and even doctors were seen in advertisements smoking. Doctors now strongly

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    Prologue: The author presents a question by a politician named Yali from a trip to New Guinea in 1972 of how whites were able to bring a great amount of cargo than the natives already living in their land. Yali argues of why it was because of the environment advantage for the Europeans to claim land from the Native Americans to go against racial differences that were made. He also argues of how modern Stone Age people were capable of accomplishing more productions for their societies than those industrialized

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    Alexie’s tone throughout the story impacts the reader’s perception of it. Throughout the text‚ there are many corrupt incidences told that ends with laughter. For example‚ there was one situation in which a Maori soldier had lost both of his legs but he tries to humor his condition by joking that his legs had ran away in heaven. Jackson’s grandmother then proceeds to be witty back and tell the soldier that “you have got to get your arms strong... so you can run on your hands” (Alexie 4). Another

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    and animal feathers. Now a days korowai are displayed at museums or they are worn by students on there graduation day. Each and every korowai has a background story to it. Whether it be about the chief who wore it or the tribe itself. At first Maori women used the Pandanus plant for weaving baskets and clothes. Then they discovered flax‚ and found that the flax fibers where much stronger and more reliable. They then learned to obtain the strong fiber (muka) in the flax by scrapping the green flesh

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    gods appeared and made people and a place for them to live. Destruction from the Gods The motif where the gods destroy something they or another god created comes from the god(s) getting angry at something that they don’t like. For example‚ in the Maori myth the god Tawhirimatea go angry when his brother Tane separated their parents. Tawhirimatea got so angry that he ripped his eyes out and they became

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