Speaker: Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa, University of Auckland

The title of the presentation reflects an holistic indigenous worldview – te ao Māori, in which ancestral Māori ways of living – rivers and lakes are the tears of Ranginui, the sky father, mourning his separation from Papatuānuku, the earth mother, and people are their descendants, joined in complex whakapapa that link all forms of life together. Reciprocity amongst Māori peoples and the natural world is the foundation of the Māori worldview, in which well-being is considered in cultural, spiritual, historical and ecological dimensions, as well as physical. In this presentation I will discuss an Indigenous System of attuning with the environment, and its role in modern Health and Well-Being.

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