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Cultural Form over Substance

Georgina Tuari Stewart

Nopera Panakareao was a rangatira (leader) of the Te Pātū hapū of Te Rarawa in the first half of the 19th century. Nopera converted to Christianity, taking a Christian name (Nopera is a transliteration of ‘Noble’), and entered into good faith trade and land transactions with English settlers, who were then very actively colonising the […]

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Stewart, G. T. (2024). Cultural Form over Substance. PESA Agora. https://pesaagora.com/columns/cultural-form-over-substance/

Georgina Tuari Stewart

Georgina Tuari Stewart (ko Whakarārā te maunga, ko Matauri te moana, ko Te Tāpui te marae, ko Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu te iwi) is Professor of Māori Philosophy of Education in Te Ara Poutama, Auckland University of Technology, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She is the author of Māori Philosophy: Indigenous thinking from Aotearoa, which introduces Māori philosophy as a Kaupapa Māori approach to studying Māori knowledge.

Article Feature Image Acknowledgement: Artist unknown. Missionary meeting. [1856]. [Josenhans, J.] Illustrations of missionary scenes: An offering to youth. Mayence [Mainz], Joseph Scholz, [1856]. Ref: PUBL-0151-2-014. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Nopera Panakareao and his wife Ereanora (standing on the right in this picture)supported the early British colonisers in the Far North in the 1830s-1840s.