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Mai I Rangiaatea: Maori Wellbeing and Development
Mai I Rangiaatea Maori Wellbeing and Development Author:Marie McCarthy Mai i Rangiatea provides some Maori perceptions of healthy growth and development. It introduces a Maori developmental discourse which affirms a cultural base with an affinity to the discourses of other indigenous peoples. — Western concepts of human development have oversimplified the process by emphasizing individuality as the core, then... more » generalizing to the whole. Maori acknowledgment of the interdependency between the individual and the group gives some basis for alternative discourses.« less