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How Great Can We Be? Identity Leaders of the Māori Economic Resistance

About this research

Intern: Rewi Nankivell

Supervisor: Dr Carla Houkamau

The University of Auckland Business School

This research seeks to determine the concepts of cultural richness through a Māori lens and within the principles of whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and aroha. Nankivell blends personal narrative and research to examine cultural richness and social capital and how these themes can be integrated into an urban setting.

This internship explored concepts of cultural richness through a Māori lens, guided by whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and aroha. Blending personal narrative and research, the project examined how cultural richness and social capital can be meaningfully expressed and embedded within urban environments.

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