Michael O'Donovan

King, A. J.

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“…As I began my slow march onto the marae ātea, I paused briefly beneath the shade of the distinctive olive tree to my right, the seed for which was gifted by families of Crete to honour the soldiers from Wairaka who valiantly fought on the Mediterranean island during World War II. New Zealand soldiers were significantly involved in the battle for Crete (King 2012(King [2003, 398), and today the mature olive tree, a distinguishing feature upon Wairaka's ātea, blooms each season as a reminder to living kin of the sacrifices tūpuna (ancestors) made on foreign battlefields.…”

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Within the Fourfold: Dwelling and Being upon the Marae

Aikman

2015

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This article explores how Heidegger's (1971) concepts of dwelling and the fourfold are embodied within the marae (community meeting plaza of ancestral significance), as meeting centres for functioning Māori communities, and how kin who are regularly involved in their marae 'dwell' within their ancestral landscapes. Through careful analysis, I examine how the metaphysically complex nature of wharenui (meeting houses) and marae can be understood and appreciated through the alignment of the fourfold conditions of existence. Thus, wharenui uniquely reify the gathering of earth, sky, mortals, and divinities, allowing an investigation into the multifaceted nature of the marae. I conclude by discussing the primary challenge for marae today-the irregular return of kin and physically distanced whānau-and whether the process of dwelling can continue as kin negotiate the struggles of living in the twenty-first century.

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Within the Fourfold: Dwelling and Being upon the Marae

Aikman

2015

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Michael O'Donovan

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