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Ko Taranaki te Maunga: Challenging Post-Colonial Disturbances Post-Modern Fragmentation
Abstract
E ai ki te whakataukī nō mua: 'Ka kai te kiore Māori
i te kiore Pākehā '. He aha te whakataukī mō muri
ake? Whakapau Kiore, Whakapau Māori, Ka hinga
Pākehā i te kore kai? Kāre e tāea tēnei nā te mea kei te
ora tonu te Māori. Kua kaha anō ia. Kei te pūmau
tonu te hā o te mana Māori.
This paper will engage with the notions of
postcolonialism and postmodemism from a kaupapa
Māori theoretical base. It argues that postcolonialism
has led to the perpetuation of colonial disturbances in
Aotearoa, whilst postmodemism imposes forms of
fragmentation that mitigate against Maori struggle.
Finally, it presents political Maori and Hawaiian films
as examples of kaupapa Māori/indigenous peoples
resistance to colonialism.
i te kiore Pākehā '. He aha te whakataukī mō muri
ake? Whakapau Kiore, Whakapau Māori, Ka hinga
Pākehā i te kore kai? Kāre e tāea tēnei nā te mea kei te
ora tonu te Māori. Kua kaha anō ia. Kei te pūmau
tonu te hā o te mana Māori.
This paper will engage with the notions of
postcolonialism and postmodemism from a kaupapa
Māori theoretical base. It argues that postcolonialism
has led to the perpetuation of colonial disturbances in
Aotearoa, whilst postmodemism imposes forms of
fragmentation that mitigate against Maori struggle.
Finally, it presents political Maori and Hawaiian films
as examples of kaupapa Māori/indigenous peoples
resistance to colonialism.
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