- A
kaumātua is a
respected tribal elder in a Māori
community who has been
involved with
their whānau for a
number of years. They are
appointed by their...
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Canterbury academic,
lawyer and
activist Sir
Tipene O'Regan (born 1939),
kaumātua,
company director, and academic, and
negotiator in Ngāi Tahu
Claims Settlement...
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Excellence Medal for
their work in
kaumātua health. A
group led by
Brendan Hokowhitu had
success partnering kaumātua (older Māori) with
younger peers as...
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Karitoki consulted a
kaumātua (wise elder) in the
village who
believed Karitoki as he knew
ocean maidens did exist. The
kaumātua told
Karitoki that being...
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elder status, instead, the
people acknowledge an elder's
kaumātua status. In the past,
kaumātua were
believed to be "the
reincarnation of a
person who had...
-
operates from the Māori
philosophical world view and is prin****lly
guided by
kaumātua (respected elders).
Individual kōhanga reo are
autonomously run by their...
- and
university administrator. From 2016
until his death, he
served as
kaumātua and
advisor to the governor-general and
government of New Zealand. Born...
- all but
disappeared from Māori society,
while the
roles of
tohunga and
kaumātua are
still present.
Traditional kinship ties are also
actively maintained...
- 30 people. It
formed the
smallest partition of the Māori society. The
kaumātua (tribal elders),
senior adults (pākeke) such as parents,
uncles and aunts...
- link to a hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu. One
representative is
elected as a
kaumātua; a
respected elder of the iwi who is
proficient in Ngāti
Kahungunu tikanga...
