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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What does Maori knowledge mean?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Usually it is referring to Maori cultural knowledge, but it tends to be given less weight than say christian cultural knowledge, or European cultural knowledge.

e.g. from the report

“Tū rangatira [stand proudly as chiefs] encapsulates my rights, responsibilities, and obligations to stand. It enables me to make decisions and choices for myself and others. It also relates to mana-enhancing, protecting mine and others”
Rangatiratanga pre-survey respondent

In my view, this Moari knowledge has a lot more similarity with stoic philosophy than with version of European (mostly British) cultural knowledge that we have.