Tū kaha : ngā mana wāhine : exploring the role of mana wāhine in the development of Te Whare Rokiroki Māori Women's Refuge

Turner, Tairawhiti Veronique

Tū kaha : ngā mana wāhine : exploring the role of mana wāhine in the development of Te Whare Rokiroki Māori Women's Refuge A thesis submitted as partial fulfilment of a Master of Development Studies (MDS) School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Victoria University of Wellington Turner, Tairawhiti Veronique - Wellington, [N.Z.] Victoria University of Wellington 2007 - 109 p. ; computer file : PDF format (834kb)

Thesis (M.Dev.Stud.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2007

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This thesis explores the role of mana wahine in the development of Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Women's Refuge in New Zealand/Aotearoa. (Mana wahine is a theory and ideological framework centred on Maori world views and ways of knowing.) The thesis describes the meaning of Maori development in a Refuge environment; It investigates the expression of mana wahine by Maori women Refuge advocates, and it also identifies the extent to which mana wahine has influenced decolonisation. The research approach includes a kaupapa Maori epistemology (theory of knowledge), mana wahine and qualitative research methods. The author concludes that a mana wahine perspective is critical to the development of the Refuge and to achieving positive, long-term change in relation both to domestic violence and wider, related issues. At a fundamental level, the means through which development and change is achieved is Maori culture, tikanga and te reo.

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CULTURAL ISSUES
ADVOCACY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
THESES
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WOMEN'S REFUGES
WOMEN
MĀORI
MANA WĀHINE
TIKANGA TUKU IHO
TUHINGA WHAKAPAE
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
WĀHINE


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