Ao Māori: Whenua Māori

This Māori-led work presents a rich collection of visual essays, papers, poetry and polemics that challenge the way we think about environment, land and landscape.

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McGowan 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.

Our energy to heal and create change, comes from the whenua - the living growing earth with all its beauty; from te Ngahere (Forests) and the rivers and mountains - the special places where Papatuanuku still retains that gift of life that once flourished throughout all of Aotearoa.