The Spirit of Manaaki - Stephanie Mines

Maori elder Maata Wharehoka’s teachings on birth, death, climate, and healing• Reveals how Maata integrated her own experiences of trauma and colonialism with traditional Maori wisdom to develop modern teachings• Shares Maori practices around birth, death, and healing, and Maata’s ritual of Kahu Whakatere to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss• Tells the story of Parihaka, the birthplace of nonviolent protest, and how its teachings speak to humanity todayEntering the Maori worldview is like stepping into a verdant landscape where humans and plants, animals, the land, rain, and mountains are united. This may sound like a step into a distant past, but it is the model of living that matriarch Maata Wharehoka has been sustaining her entire life in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The Maori word manaaki means to protect, to show respect, and to take care. This is the essence of Maata Wharehoka’s wisdom. Transmitting Maata’s wisdom to the world is the task Stephanie Mines set for herself as she shares in this book Maata’s pioneering efforts in healthcare, parenting, and social justice as well as her interpretations of traditional Maori teachings. Stephanie reveals how Maata used her experiences of trauma and colonialism, along with generational Indigenous wisdom, to develop teachings for our times. Readers will learn Maata’s Maori practices around healing, death and dying, and relationship to elders as well as her views on t
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