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The Lost World of Maori Wealth & Abundance

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Kiri.Dell

I absolutely love this picture, because everything about it screams abundance. The picture was painted by Cuthbert Charles Clark, at a hakari (feast) held in the Bay of Islands in 1849, it is an enormous erected structure of a stage, where … Continue reading The Lost World of Maori Wealth & Abundance

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Maori and the Next-Level Meditation!

July 31, 2016July 31, 2016 Kiri.Dell

I’ve always been struck by how the tools promoted to achieve meditative states seem quite foreign to a Maori way of being.  To pull yourself away from everyone, to be alone, to be on you own, to be without anyone, always seemed … Continue reading Maori and the Next-Level Meditation!

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The Great Māori Shame Legacy

July 17, 2016July 21, 2016 Kiri.Dell

As Māori, we don’t deal well with shame or whakamā. Yet, our people are riddled with it. Whakamā impacts our social, spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing. It sits at the birthing place for our addictions, obesity, violence, aggression, depression and … Continue reading The Great Māori Shame Legacy

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A Mauri Assault: A Kuia’s Lesson in Dealing With Haters

July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 Kiri.Dell

Recently I read some belittling and demeaning comments with regards to where I had questioned another authors integrity. It caused a nerve with quite a few (non-Māori), who were then spurred on to write blogs, react and comment in a mostly … Continue reading A Mauri Assault: A Kuia’s Lesson in Dealing With Haters

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Linda Tuhiwai Smith: Live Up to Our Talk

July 7, 2016July 10, 2016 Kiri.Dell

Originally posted on K.I.N. Knowledge in Indigenous Networks:
This is the keynote address by Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, from the He Manawa Whenua Conference 2013. There are so many good take-aways in this for us as indigenous researchers to… Continue reading Linda Tuhiwai Smith: Live Up to Our Talk

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Whenua Ūkaipō: Returning to the Mother

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 Kiri.Dell

Kua hoki mai nei ki te ūkaipō Return to your spiritual and physical nourishment   Mother and baby are one of the most powerful relationships that can exist between two humans. The bonds, attachment and connections that come into play … Continue reading Whenua Ūkaipō: Returning to the Mother

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Taming the Wickedness of the Maori Land Problem

June 25, 2016June 25, 2016 Kiri.Dell

There is something happening on our whenua that we are ignoring and it needs serious attention. Conventional measures to addressing the wickedness of the Maori land problem have fallen to directing a strong focus on the legislative, administration, and structural issues. … Continue reading Taming the Wickedness of the Maori Land Problem

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The Quest to End Maori Poverty and Violence

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Kiri.Dell

  I am the master of my fate, I am the Captain of my soul One of the reasons I started this blog is my concern for Maori poverty and violence, especially against children. My objective of this blog is … Continue reading The Quest to End Maori Poverty and Violence

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