Taiao - Environment
This page presents a range of resources on Maori and the environment or taiao. It includes resources on Rongoā Māori, a system of healing.
Journals
- Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text leading Australia/New Zealand magazines, and newspapers, including the Australian Financial Review. Also contains local biographies, reference books, and an image and video collection.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Includes selected health & life science, as well as physical science titles.
Books and ebooks
Whaiora by Call Number: RA555DURISBN: 9780195584035Publication Date: 1998-11-03Traditional healing practices are discussed on p.15 - 24.
The great sacred forest of Tāne : Te wao tapu nui a Tāne by Call Number: QH197.5.A1CLAISBN: 0790011530Publication Date: 1994- Rongoā Māori: a practical guide to traditional Māori medicine byCall Number: DU423.M38MCGPublication Date: 2009McGowan has been careful to include discussion about Māori health in relation to expectations covered in the Treaty of Waitangi. The issues around the Wai 262 claim, which relate to the use of rongoa Māori are also mentioned.
Ko Aotearoa tēnei: a report into claims concerning New Zealand law and policy affecting Maori culture and identity by ISBN: 9781869563011Publication Date: 2011See Chapter 7 on Rongoā Māori.
Videos
Learn about the environment and history of Ōtautahi - Christchurch using I-Hīkoi
Museum of New Zealand: Te papa (2015, June 24) Healing with tutu: rongoā Māori [5 mins.].
Waka Huia. (2014, November 9). David Kukutai Jones: Preserving traditional medicinal Māori practices. [29 mins.]
Waka Huia. (2019, August 25). Rob McGowan [on traditional Māori medicine]. [29 mins.].
Websites
- Christchurch City Libraries (2019) HarakekeThe history, usage, tikanga (custom), harvesting and more of harakeke or flax (Genus: Phormium).
- Christchurch City Libraries (2019) Tī kouka - The cabbage treeIncludes traditional use of Tī kouka or cabbage as a food, fibre and medicinal source.
- Environment Canterbury document librarySearch resources including information on the Māori concept of kaitiakitanga and the environment, The Estuary (Ihutai), Lake Ellesmere (Waihora) etc.
- Jones, R. (2007) Rongoā - medicinal use of plantsFrom Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Kerridge, D. (2017, October 13) Everything is relatedAn introduction to rongoā Māori medicine.
- Manaaki whenua: Landcare Research. (n.d.) Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga (Māori plant use database)Easy access to detailed information on Māori traditional uses of New Zealand native plants. e.g. akeake, harakeke, and kowhai
- Ministry of Health (2014) Tikanga-a-rongoāAll Ministry funded rongoā providers are required to adhere to these standards.
- Science Learning Hub - Resources with Māori contentIncludes key concepts of mātauranga Māori and kaitiakitanga.
