He Pukenga Korero, Vol 2, No 2 (1997)

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He Whakaaro mo te Aria Whanaungatanga: He Ata Rapu

Paul Hirini

Abstract


Kua āta tirohia te ariā whanaungatanga i puta mai i

ngā āhuatanga noho tahi o ngā whānau. Tekau mā

rua ngā pakeke Māori, arā, tokoono he tāne, tokoono

hoki he wahine i āta pātaitaitia mō tēnei kaupapa. Ko

ō rātou pakeke mai i te rua tekau mā tahi ake ki te ono

tekau mā whitu, ā, i ahu mai i ngā iwi huhua me ngā

momo mahi. Ko te nuinga o ēnei tāngata kei

Heretaunga e noho ana. I whakahuatia e rātou ō rātou

ake whakaaro mō tēnei mea te whanaungatanga, ka

whakahokia ngā pātai ka taka i ngā wehenga kaupapa

e rima a Durie (1994a). E ai ki āna tikanga mō te āhua

o tēnei momo mahi rangahau, he pai te anga pātaitai

hei hauhake i ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki ngā whānau o

ēnei rā.

I āta whakaarohia ngā tini take e pā ana ki te

whānau, me te whakatakoto hoki i ngā mahi rangahau

e tika ana mō ngā tau kei te heke mai, arā, ngā rangahau

e pā ana ki ngā matua moke, ki ngā kaumātua hoki,

koia rā ētahi hunga motuhake i roto i te hurihuri o te

taupori Māori.

 

The present study investigated the whanaungatanga

concept, with a view that whanaungatanga is manifest

through collectively beneficial behavioural interaction

among whānau members and households.

Twelve adult Māori (six of either sex) were interviewed

individually on their knowledge and experience

as members of their respective whānau. Participants'

ages ranged from 21 to 67 years, they were of

different tribal affiliations and occupations. Most participants

resided in the Hawkes Bay. Participants provided

their own definition of the whanaungatanga

concept and responded to interview questions under

five different whānau capacities previously suggested

by Durie (1994a). Using a grounded theory approach

to data analysis, the interview framework was found

to be a useful means of investigating whanaungatanga

among modern whānau. Contextual influences on

whānau interactions were considered.


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