Apartment Hotel – Madhuban

Māori values and practices that influenced their interactions with Europeans

Māori responses in the early contact period were determined by well-established customs and practices. The notions of mana, tapu and utu were sources of both order and dispute in Māori society. They were practical forces at work in everyday matters. Mana – the individual presence Mana is often referred to as status; a person with manaContinue reading “Māori values and practices that influenced their interactions with Europeans”

Whangaroa Harbor

Not broken yet, this mirror of the morning, The heart-shaped polished nephrite of the sea. Oh, mirror of mornings, shield of steely twilights! Cannot your look assuage and counsel me? Dancers of the day press on, let fall their veils, Rose burning on the circles of the waters, No question blinds their upturned faces, NeverContinue reading “Whangaroa Harbor”