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Severed at the head: towards revitalising the mauri of Te Awa o te Atua

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Public canonical key

doi:10.1080/00288330.2018.1532913

Authors

Daniel Hikuroa · Julia Clark · Anthony Olsen · Erin R. Camp

Reported year

2018

Reported language

en

Source type

article

First detected

2026-11-09T19:04:47.944514+00:00

Last metadata observation

2026-11-09T19:04:47.944514+00:00

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Institutions reported by the source

Cornell University · University of Auckland · Victoria University of Wellington

Reported affiliation countries

NZ · US

Documentary abstract — original language

ABSTRACT Te Awa o te Atua, known today as the Tarawera River, lies in the Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. Despite its immense importance to iwi, it has been subject to intense anthropogenic pressures and modification over the past century. Ngāti Rangitihi, one iwi kaitiaki of the river, wanted to understand how the mauri of Te Awa o te Atua has been impacted, with the ultimate aim of revitalising the mauri. Drawing from mātauranga Māori and science the analysis undertaken provides insights for a recovery plan that Ngāti Rangitihi can champion. Critically this approach has identified solutions that neither body of knowledge could have reached in isolation. Using the Mauri Model, the mauri of the Te Awa o te Atua was determined to be significantly depleted, with the re‐routing of the Tarawera River severing the head of the river and stranding the lagoon having had the most negative impact. Glossary of Māori words: Iwi: kinship group; Kāinga: home, village, settlement; Kaitiaki: guardian; Kaitiakitanga: guardianship; Kaupapa: values and principles; Kōrero: accounts; Mahinga kai: food‐gathering practice; Mamae: deeply felt intergenerational hurt; Mana whenua: territorial authority; Mātauranga Māori: māori knowledge, culture, values and world view; Mauri: life force (see also section in text); Pūrākau: codified maori narrative; Taonga: treasure (noun), to be treasured (verb); Te Awa o te Atua River of the Gods; Tikanga: cultural practices; Tino rangatiratanga: chiefly autonomy; Tuna: eel; Urupā: burial ground; Waka: canoe; Wānanga: discuss and deliberate; Whakaoranga te iwi: revitalise health for the people; Whakapapa: drawing identity from; Wheke: octopus

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OPENALEX

W2900832188

DOI

10.1080/00288330.2018.1532913

HANDLE

2292/46599

Documentary context

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Scholarship

Source-reported types

article

Natural entities mentioned

River · Lagoon · Territory

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Sources

OpenAlex · Record 1 · Record 2 · Record 3

• DOI · https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2018.1532913
• Handle · https://hdl.handle.net/2292/46599
• OpenAlex · https://openalex.org/W2900832188

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