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Aroha
Kī ana tēnei pukapuka i te aroha kei roto i ngā whakataukī Māori, ko ētahi he tino tawhito, kua tukuna iho e ngā tūpuna, nā te mea ka kitea he mōhiotanga, he akoranga hoki e hāngai tonu ana ki tēnei ao hou, ki tēnei ao matatini. He kupu tawhito, he ariā tawhito hoki te aroha.
Ka whakaahuatia e tēnei kupu tētahi kare ā-roto hōhonu me tētahi ara whakaaro e whai wāhi nei te aroha, te pukuaroha, te pūaroha me te ngākau aroha. E ai ki te Māori, nō te whatumanawa tēnei mea te aroha, nō waho anō hoki, kāore he mutunga, me kī, he manawa whenua nō ngā atua.
Kawea ai e tēnei pukapuka he whakataukī Māori ki ngā kāinga puta noa i te ao. Kotahi i ia wiki o te tau. He mea āta kōwhiri tēnā whakataukī whakaihiihi me tēnā whakataukī kawe mātauranga. Kohura ana ngā whakataukī i te iho o ngā akoranga tawhito kāore nei i waimeha, me mātua ako e ora ai te tangata.
Aroha is the title of a collection of the timeless wisdom of Māori proverbs. 52 whakataukī and whakatauākī - traditional Māori sayings compiled and explained by respected Māori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder, showing us how we can live better lives, in harmony with the planet.
These simple and powerful life lessons (one for every week in the year) aim to guide us in living a less stressful daily life. Chapters in the book cover manaakitanga (love for each other), kaitiakitanga (respect for our planet), whanaungatanga (community and connection) and tino rangatiratanga (self-determination).
Aroha is a feast of Māori wisdom that remains strikingly relevant today. It serves as a wakeup call. An invitation to love yourself and engage with a more deeply connected experience of life. Hinemoa shows how she has used the whakataukī/ whakatauākī in her own life and encourages you to see the world differently, through Māori eyes.
About Dr Hinemoa Elder
Dr Hinemoa Elder has lived on Waiheke Island for more than 25 years. She is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a Fellow of the Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists. She is Te Kaiārahi Oranga Hinengaro at Te Hiku Hauora, establishing and delivering primary mental health care services in Te Hiku o te Ika. She also provides youth forensic court reports and neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment of traumatic brain injury in private practice. Hinemoa is a deputy psychiatry member of the New Zealand Mental Health Review Tribunal. Hinemoa has been involved with the media for many years – a former children’s TV presenter for 3.45 Live, a daily live show in the early 1990s, and then of the Bugs Bunny Show. She has had a weekly newspaper column in the Sunday Star-Times, and is often interviewed on national television and current affairs programmes about her work in mental health.
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