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Whakapapakainga: A template of cross-generational development for marae-communities

June 2018

Through case study research in Northland, New Zealand, this thesis investigates the future of papakainga (kin-community settlements) and their marae (ancestral centres of tribal identity). It uses interviews with elders, a Māori land trust; a questionnaire with community descendants (local and non-local), archival research, and reflexive ethnography. The key finding of this research investigation is that papak?inga development should innovate within central needs – energy, housing and food – that restore economy around papakainga and reactivate functional kinship links between community members.

Doctor of Philosophy in Māori Studies, University of Otago

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