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Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge: Learning from Māori Oral Tradition

December 08,2019
Langscape Magazine Articles

by Hēmi Whaanga and Priscilla Wehi . . E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū “The tūī chatters, the parrot gabbles, the wood pigeon coos.” (A saying for “It takes all kinds…”) Hēmi: As a young child, I often sat at the window of my house peering out at the

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Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge: Learning from Māori Oral Tradition