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Te Tauraka Waka A Maui | Kutarere's Blog — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:49:44 +0000

[...] We were invited into the whare for the whaikorero and hariru. (Interestingly on this marae whaikorero is always done indoors rather than on the marae atea as is the norm. The reason is simple- namunamu.) The interior of this whare is wonderful. Around the walls are story-telling tukutuku panels between beautifully carved poupou that each represent one of the ancestors of the Ngāti (Kāti) Māhaki ki Makaawhio . Featured in a number of the poupou is pounamu, that magic stone that is so important to the people of Te Wai Pounamu. Several poupou have a panel with a thin slice of pounamu that is back-lit and gives the whare truly unique ‘night-lights’ providing striking visual addition to the pou while creating a subtle soft light for those who need to negotiate their way through what may be a crowded ‘whare-moe’. After the hariru (the shaking of hands and hongi) with our tapu status removed we proceeded to the whare kai, called ‘Poke’ after the tipuna wahine who was the wife of Kaipo, for shared kai with our new ‘whanau‘. [...]

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natural skin care — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:46:54 +0000

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Comment on Whiteness matters: on domination and seeing what’s not to be seen by Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:47:03 +0000

While i do agree with almost everything you say, i feel that there can be no good from feeling guilt or shame simply for being white. How can this help things? it will only breed resentment and more racially based hate.

I’m a white teenager and whenever i read something like this i do feel guilt and shame, my self esteem drops and my ability to have an effect on those around me is diminished. but I’m not the person you want this to happen to. its the white people who will not experience guilt or shame for the deeds of their ancestors, who have no empathy or understanding for people of other ethnicity’s who you want to…………………………wait what are you even trying to achieve?

Comment on Whiteness matters: on domination and seeing what’s not to be seen by aboriginalpress

aboriginalpress — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:06:01 +0000

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Comment on Whiteness matters: on domination and seeing what’s not to be seen by Rochelle Kupa

Rochelle Kupa — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:52:36 +0000

Except that we are not talking about Asia or Africa, and Europe is inheriting the legacy of being past colonisers, and not coping too well with that legacy.

Comment on Whiteness matters: on domination and seeing what’s not to be seen by Rochelle Kupa

Rochelle Kupa — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:49:29 +0000

Did you actually read the article or is ‘Pakeha’ enlightenment/education, work that should be outsourced, by all means, come to Australia, you would right in.

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Garland Fullam — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:31:57 +0000

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facebook status — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:33:49 +0000

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Comment on Whiteness matters: on domination and seeing what’s not to be seen by Bearer of discomfort

Bearer of discomfort — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:19:15 +0000

Thank you for your comment j.yang. However you appear to be missing the point. I am not arguing that the over-representation of whiteness in western media is the result of a concerted campaign to ‘get darky’. Fortuitously for some, such overt action is not necessary. This over-representaiton may well be based on the dominance of English language and the distribution of wealth and resources. But how did this language come to spread, and what brought about the current distribution of resources? On who’s backs (labour, theft of resources etc) have fortunes been made? It is more than happy circumstance or chance that colonial practices past and present enable the ideological domination of the ‘othered’ in western societies to continue. You may have a point on representation in Asia, though I suspect even that is in a process of change. Cheers.