The Spirit of Manaaki : Maata, a Living Library of Maori Wisdom and Medicine Practices
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
888850095Y
ISBN-13
9798888500958
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Imprint
Park Street Press,U.S.
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 29th, 2026
Print length
168 Pages
Weight
218 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.90 x 1.30 cms
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Maori elder Maata Wharehoka’s teachings on birth, death, climate, and healing
Maori elder Maata Wharehoka’s teachings on birth, death, climate, and healing
• Reveals how Maata integrated her own experiences of trauma and colonialism with traditional Māori wisdom to develop modern teachings
• Shares Māori practices around birth, death, and healing, and Maata’s ritual of Kahu Whakatere to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss
• Tells the story of Parihaka, the birthplace of nonviolent protest, and how its teachings speak to humanity today
Entering the Māori worldview is like stepping into a verdant landscape where humans and plants, animals, the land, rain, and mountains are united. This may sound like a step into a distant past, but it is the model of living that matriarch Maata Wharehoka has been sustaining her entire life in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
The Māori word manaaki means to protect, to show respect, and to take care. This is the essence of Maata Wharehoka’s wisdom. Transmitting Maata’s wisdom to the world, Stephanie explores Maata’s pioneering efforts in healthcare, parenting, and social justice as well as her interpretations of traditional Māori teachings. The author reveals how Maata used her experiences of trauma and colonialism, along with generational Indigenous wisdom, to develop teachings for our times. Readers will learn Maata’s Māori practices around healing, death and dying, and relationship to elders as well as her views on the sanctity of birthing, parenting, kuiatanga (the way of the kuia, or women elders), inclusive healthcare, and the Earth. The author looks at Maata’s practice of Kahu Whakatere, a ritual to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss that reveals how death can be a peacemaker and unifier. Stephanie explores the Māori view of the climate crisis and how to address it with nature-informed consciousness.
With reflective exercises that share the hard-won wisdom of an elder, this book allows Maata’s spirit of manaaki—protection, respect, and care—to reach beyond Aotearoa to the world.
• Reveals how Maata integrated her own experiences of trauma and colonialism with traditional Māori wisdom to develop modern teachings
• Shares Māori practices around birth, death, and healing, and Maata’s ritual of Kahu Whakatere to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss
• Tells the story of Parihaka, the birthplace of nonviolent protest, and how its teachings speak to humanity today
Entering the Māori worldview is like stepping into a verdant landscape where humans and plants, animals, the land, rain, and mountains are united. This may sound like a step into a distant past, but it is the model of living that matriarch Maata Wharehoka has been sustaining her entire life in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
The Māori word manaaki means to protect, to show respect, and to take care. This is the essence of Maata Wharehoka’s wisdom. Transmitting Maata’s wisdom to the world, Stephanie explores Maata’s pioneering efforts in healthcare, parenting, and social justice as well as her interpretations of traditional Māori teachings. The author reveals how Maata used her experiences of trauma and colonialism, along with generational Indigenous wisdom, to develop teachings for our times. Readers will learn Maata’s Māori practices around healing, death and dying, and relationship to elders as well as her views on the sanctity of birthing, parenting, kuiatanga (the way of the kuia, or women elders), inclusive healthcare, and the Earth. The author looks at Maata’s practice of Kahu Whakatere, a ritual to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss that reveals how death can be a peacemaker and unifier. Stephanie explores the Māori view of the climate crisis and how to address it with nature-informed consciousness.
With reflective exercises that share the hard-won wisdom of an elder, this book allows Maata’s spirit of manaaki—protection, respect, and care—to reach beyond Aotearoa to the world.
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