The New New Zealand

William Edward Moneyhun is a researcher in symbolic and interpretive anthropology. He lives in Kennett, Missouri.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

A Brief Guide to Pronouncing Māori Words

Preface

deletePivotal visits delete

deleteMining the resources delete

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Introduction

deleteA synergistic synthesis of cultures delete

deleteHiwi Tauroa’s musing delete

deleteThe emerging paradigm delete

Chapter One. Aotearoa/New Zealand

deleteBefore you begin, consider… delete

deleteSome notes on the name delete

deleteA peek at the population delete

deleteA review of the religion delete

deleteA glimpse at the government delete

deleteA look at the languages delete

deleteA handle on the history delete

Chapter Two. Understanding Symbols

deleteA world of symbols delete

deleteThe birth of a symbol delete

deleteThe whare tipuna as a symbol delete

deleteThe whare karakia as a symbol delete

deleteWhare meets whare delete

Chapter Three. Reciprocity

deleteWestern reciprocity delete

deleteThe economic bias delete

deleteMāori utu delete

deleteUtu and the West delete

deleteThe complexity of Pākehā reciprocity delete

deleteA social uncertainty principle delete

deleteThe reinterpretation of culture delete

Chapter Four. Power

deleteThe elements of specific power delete

deleteThe terms of general power delete

deletePower-dependence and the process of secularization delete

deleteThe spiritualized Māori delete

deleteThe secularized Pākehā delete

deleteSynergistic potential delete

Chapter Five. Culture and Religion

deleteThe way we are delete

deleteCulture delete

deleteReligion delete

deleteThe complementarity of culture and religion delete

deleteMāori culture and religion delete

deletePākehā culture and religion delete

­ deleteReligio-cultural synergy delete

Chapter Six. Some Principles of Cultural Interchange

deleteA time to reflect delete

deleteThe dynamic encounter of meaning systems delete

deleteCultural complexity and abstractness delete

deleteThe beginning of cultural dialogue delete

deleteThe terms of cultural reconceptualization delete

deleteThe nature of cultural reconceptualization delete

deleteReification and cultural authenticity delete

Chapter Seven. Io

deleteHere an Io, there an Io delete

deleteThe telltale twitch delete

deleteThe Polynesian Society and the search for “the historical Io” delete

deleteA matter of interpretation delete

deleteThe higher critical school and “the Io of faith” delete

delete“The Io of culture” delete

deleteIs Io really God? delete

Chapter Eight. The Up Over of the Down Under

deleteCultural authenticity: A necessary reprise delete

deleteThe cognitive function and the address to education delete

deleteThe moral function and the address to injustice delete

deleteThe aesthetic function and the address to endurance delete

deleteThe religious dimension delete

Postscript

Appendix A: Maps for Aotearoa/New Zealand’s World Location

Appendix B: A ­Present-Day Marae

Appendix C: New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index