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    Utopian Arcadia

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    Colonial New Zealand desired a utopian Arcadia, in other words New Zealand was sought to be a new beginning for those living in the country. A land that is unspoiled and idealistically perfect. Infant schools in Britain inspired Robert Owen a philanthropist to establish an infant school in 1816 to battle child labour, poverty, disease and neglect. During colonial New Zealand Owen’s Utopian vision, along with British reformers didn’t survive. However the desires for early childhood education as a

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    Whale Rider Essay

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    Caro's focus on the pre-adolescent female protagonist in Whale Rider creates a parallel between the personal development of the individual and that of the ancient Maori culture in modern society. The Whangara people are portrayed as “a community frozen in time, waiting to be saved” (Hokowhitu 58) as they believe that their existence is reliant purely on a brave prophet, Paikea, who rode on the back of a whale to escape death. Whangara chiefs trust that each first born male has the potential to be

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    Tep Speech

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    Good morning everyone. I would first and foremost like to start by showing my respect and Acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land, of Elders past, present and future on which this meeting takes place. Hello, my name is Dylan Dwyer and I am here today to speak on behalf of the graduating TEP class as not only an Indigenous man but also as a successful former student of the course. When people ask what the TEP program has allowed me to achieve and how important it was for myself I can

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    The Whale Rider

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    “Listen...once there were many of our protectors, now there are few.Listen to how empty our sea has become”-Koro Apirana(Pg. 50). This comes from not real life, but in a novel/book called The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera.The story follows a young girl named Kahu Apirana and how she battles her tribe's cultural beliefs in order to prove to her father she is worthy to be chief because he strongly accepts only men can be a chieftain, Koro originally desired his son, Porourangi’s newborn baby to be next

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    Maori Culture Essay

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    student studying marketing and economics. I chose this paper as an elective and was interested in developing my knowledge of Maori culture. I will now discuss the impact of Maori values and concepts as they relate to the study of a specific discipline, marketing. From the well-known All black haka to professional golfer Michael Campbell’s clothing label, Cambo, the culture of Maori and their ‘brand’ are helping New Zealand position itself in an ever-increasing global market. New Zealand government officials

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    Taking a Look at Pakeha

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    ʻReflections and Recollections of a White Nativeʼ, a term that is reasonably dis-comforting these days, the cover features a quotation in which King claims that “Pakeha New Zealanders who are committed to this land and its people are no less indigenous than Maori”, and his aim is to demonstrate how this might be the case (King, 2004, p. 1). One of the points he makes, by way of an extended genealogy of family and childhood, is that Pakeha is a relatively recently-adopted term

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    struggle between a male character who fully embodies the Kurtz persona with tattoos, close friendships with the Maori, and uninhibited sexual overtures, and one who clings to English ways. Harvey Keitel portrays this character, named Baines, while Sam Neill plays his foil. The character of Stewart embodies the Prospero persona by maintaining an ever-present "businesslike" relationship with the Maori and punishing those who transgress his code of conduct. The punishment of Flora, Ada’s daughter for misbehaving

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    Rotorua Famil My report will consist of my domestic travel experience to Rotorua where two of our Level 3 classes travelled to Rotorua .This will cover the products and service that our group encountered throughout our three day famil. This will feature my personal recommendations of the pros and cons of Rotorua ranging from the activities and attractions that I experience on the famil. This will cover the five sectors of tourism ranging from transportation, accommodation, activities and ancillary

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    Trick or Treaty? is a 2014 Canadian documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin that details into the difficult history of Treaty Number 9, the infamous 1905 agreement in which First Nations communities lost sovereignty over their traditional lands. The title Trick or Treaty? asks the question of whether the Cree and Ojibway people were lied to in order to obtain the necessary signatures to steal their land. Obomsawin demonstrates this by placing significant focus on the way the treaty was interpreted

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    their right and just move on. In the novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the main protagonist Kahu gets shut down by her great-grandfather Koro Apirana multiple times because she is a girl and she is the next heir to be chief. But that breaks Maori tradition and Koro Apirana does not approve of that. The theme of The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera is how the power of others affects our self-esteem. Kahu doesn't let Koro Apirana’s hateful words get to her and she eventually proves him wrong and

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