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Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Maori Values

What is Mana?
- Mana is a status.
- You can gain Mana or lose it.
- It's mostly inherited.

What is Tapu?
- An object or person that is sacred.
- Tapu controlled how people behaved.

What is Utu?
- Often described as revenge.


How could these values cause conflict with Europeans?
-The Europeans wanted more power over the Maori
- The Maori had different beliefs than the Europeans

How were these values different from Europeans values?
- The Europeans only sacred object was the Bible and the Maori had multiple and im Guessing the European didn't understand or didn't want to understand.

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