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Discussion of Ormond: Who Determines What Story is Told? Silenced Voices and Narratives of Marginalisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Mere Kēpa
Mere Kēpa*
Affiliation:
Nga Pae o te Maramatanga/The Centre of Research Excellence for Maori Development and Advancement hosted by the University of Auckland, New Zealand. [email protected]
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*Address for correspondence: Mēre Kepa, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga/The Centre of Research Excellence for Maori Development and Advancement hosted by the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Abstract

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Development or transformation can be understood as an active process. The process has confronted and mobilised Maori people since our ancestors departed Hawai'iki to settle Aotearoa-New Zealand. In coming to understand the land the ancestors called ‘Aotearoa’, we changed. And as we changed, our internal and external symbionts and parasites also changed with us. Maori people have endured disease, climatic change, natural disasters, human made disasters, political disasters, economic disasters, educational disasters, and linguistic disasters for nearly two centuries. And as the indigenous people of Aotearoa we continue to be changed by and to change the prevailing assumptions on development (and sustainability) to become healthier and more imaginative people.

Type
Articles and Discussions
Information
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology , Volume 2 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Part 2 in a Series of Special Articles: Psychology in Pacific Rim Nations: Its Past, Present and Future , 01 March 2008 , pp. 43 - 45
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008