Tino Rangatiratanga and Well-being: Māori Self Determination in the Face of Covid-19

Frontiers in Sociology

Carrie Clifford¹  Annie Te One² 

[1] University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, Wellington, New Zealand;

关键词: tikanga;    health;    COVID-19;    self determination;    tino rangatiratanga;    hauora;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsoc.2021.613340

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The New Zealand government has been globally praised for its response to Covid-19. Despite the global accolades, little attention has been given to the swift and innovative Māori response to Covid-19. This paper will detail some of this rapid Māori response to Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand and argue the response can be understood as key examples of Māori exercising tino rangatiratanga (self-determination), independent of the government’s measures and policies. We suggest that this exploration of tino rangatiratanga during Covid-19 demonstrates central aspects of Māori well-being that move beyond a government focus on statistics as the key measure of well-being and how tikanga Māori (Māori values) are being used to develop successful responses to the global pandemic.

【 授权许可】

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