MANAWA WHENUA
Māramatanga: From the bowels of the earth, the unfailing spring of water. A metaphor for never-ending wellspring of water, the water table beneath the earth.
Ngā Āhuatanga: It encompasses the whole environment– the whenua, maunga, ngahere, awa, moana - with all its life forms from birds, fishes, insects, and animals to the people of the land, the tangata whenua and mana whenua, the ahikāroa, guardians of the lands handed down to them from their ancestors as taonga for the future generations.
Hapori: This Manawa is for those interested in environmental concerns – the built and natural environments; space design and planning; architecture; wai (water); environmental infrastructure etc, landscape design and approaches to town and city planning.
Kaihautū: Dr Tara McAllister – tara.mcallister@twoa.ac.nz
MANAWA RANGAHAU - Communities of Practice
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Manawa Ora
Hauora, Health & Wellbeing
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Manawa Rū
Innovation & Technology
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Manawa Whenua
Holistic Environmental Approach (Guardianship for future generations)
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Manawa Toka
Creative Development & Expression (Traditional Māori Art Forms)
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Manawa Keukeu Ora
Empowering Hapū/Iwi/Hapori Māori (Assertion of Indigenous rights)
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Manava Moana
We are the Moana & the Moana is Us
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Toitoi Manawa
Igniting the Spark of Fun & Creativity (Passion projects)
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Manawa Tiriti
Exploring impacts of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Future Aotearoa New Zealand)
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Manawa Ako
Ako Philosophy, Theory & Practice
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Manawa Tītī
Kia Toitū Te Reo Māori
(Permanence of Indigenous languages)
