Culture is defined as the characteristics of a group of people in all aspects such as language, religion, lifestyle etc. Varying societies have different cultures but traces of similarities are still present. Variety in culture ranges from things such as clothes, foods, religion and way of life. A key example of this includes countries such as Australia and New Zealand, both have parts of their culture where the similarities are indistinguishable, yet they differ and provide for an interesting diverse look at the reasons why two countries, bound so closely together have such blatant contrasts. This essay will explore these unique areas and compare as well as contrast each part of Australia's Aboriginal past with New Zealand's famed Maori …show more content…
Yet the Aboriginals seem to have 290–363 different languages that are widely spread and spoken by different people in their community. The Māori have their own language which name called, Māori language or in other words Te Reo Māori. It is believed that the first traces of English in Australia coincide with the time of the first settlement in New South Wales in 1778. Similarly, following the theme of settlers bringing in english, New Zealand faced a similar discovery with British settlers in Tasmania who traveled the seas and founded New Zealand. The Aboriginals alike the Maori, were the first true natives of their home countries, yet due to this overwhelming English influence as well as the lure of modern ideals they brought with them, conversion to this new language is easily explained. Their respective and unique languages still persist to this day, and is still spoken widely, and occurs regularly in religious dances such as the Hakka which is well known to the …show more content…
Given this, identity and recognition are regions of intense significance to Aboriginal individuals. So due to the lack of cultural identity, in 1971 an Aboriginal named Harold Thomas designed a red, yellow and black flag. This flag greatly characterizes the modern Aboriginal identity from the modern Maori identity. The modern Aborigines certify their Aboriginal identity by waving their flag. The Maori express their identity by getting tattoos, speaking the Maori language, and following traditional practices. The Maori eventually established a flag which officially got recognition in 2010. Towards the end of the 20th century, Maoris would define their lives in new and different ways. An example would be that in 1992 the Department of Maori Affairs was renamed and became Te Puni Kokiri which is now the Ministry of Maori development. A couple of important Maori women are Whina Cooper, Eva Rickard, Ripeka Evans and Donna Awatere whom all had an impact in the protest movement. Goergina Te Heuheu was the first Maori woman lawyer and Ngapare Hopa was the first Maori woman to get a
The Australian Aborigines society is relatively well known in Western society. They have been portrayed accurately and inaccurately in media and film. Dr. Langton has attempted to disprove common myths about the infamous Australian society, as has her predecessors, the Berndt’s, and National Geographic author, Michael Finkel; I will attempt to do the same.
Onto another concept, I decided to make aware of cultural differences between Jim and Albert as they come from two different cultures which played a immense role in Australian history. However, I kept in mind that the two men of different cultures also must hold similarities as they are both
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...fluence of western civilization on the Maori culture. The modernized landscape dominates the traditional Maori culture. The modern roads replace the sea travel and the interaction between of Maori people and their sacred whales. The costumes include western clothing, such as basketball jerseys, pants, t-shits, and shorts, which replace the traditional Maori clothing. The western costumes emphasize the influence of western culture, and distance between the Maori people and their traditional Maori culture. The props such as pool table, projector screen, motorboats, cars, and guns replace the Maori theater, the paddleboats, and the traditional sticks. The westernized landscape, the costumes, and the props emphasize that Maori people are literally and metaphorically disconnecting with their traditional Maori culture. In both films the landscape dominates the characters.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people are informed that this paper contains images, written/reference materials on Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Food and cuisine is one of the most important and influential aspects of how a country's culture is shaped and by looking at how this has been accomplished, it is clear to see direct links between dishes and aspects of Japanese and Australian Culture. REFERENE By researching a meal from each country, Okonomiyaki and Damper, connections are made and analysed between identity, culture and the communication.
... of Australian culture when the fact that those white European colonists came from England. In those racist bad jokes, Australia is always seen as a country with culture and history of convicts and criminals deported from England. Together with the issues, the wave of immigration is creating a so-called multicultural, makes it even harder to define what will be the real culture of Australia: the aborigines, the English or the immigrants.
Australia is a very unique place, along with our multiculturalism there is also a strong heritage surrounding us. At first thought of Australian heritage we think about such landmarks as Uluru, The Sydney harbour bridge and The Sydney opera house, The Great Barrier reef and other internationally recognised places. But our heritage goes much deeper than that; it is far more than outstanding icons. Along with these icons there are also unsung places like the old cattle stations, Aboriginal missions, migrant hostels, War memorials, our unique wetlands and the towns and cities we have built. Adding all of these things together, helps to tell the story of who we are and how we have shaped this land in the unique identity it has today.
Examining the ideas and beliefs within ones own cultural context is central to the study of Anthropology. Issues of Race and Ethnicity dominate the academic discourses of various disciplines including the field of Anthropology. Race and Ethnicity are controversial terms that are defined and used by people in many different ways. This essay shall explore the ways in which Anthropologists make a distinction between race and ethnicity and how these distinctions serve as frames for cross-cultural comparison and analysis. It is important to accurately define these coined terms before one is able to make accurate comparisons and distinctions between them, and their relation to the concept of culture. This essay attempts to produce accurate definitions of the concepts of race, ethnicity and culture, and the reasons why Anthropologists discredit the nature of particular views of these notions within Anthropological study. To create a deeper understanding of the distinction between racial and ethnic relations within the New Zealand cultural context, case studies and theories between the Maori and Pakeha population will be drawn upon.
In the perspective of cultural safety, culture is broadly defined to include ethnicity, customs, tradition, beliefs and values as well as socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual orientation, religious and spiritual beliefs, ethnic/immigration status, values and disabilities (NCNZ, 2011). Culture is about ways of doing things and it can be learned and changed (Jarvis, 2012). Ethnicity on the other hand a is a form of identification or belonging to a social group bonded by common history and cultural tradition hence, people of the same ethnicity may share a common language, religion, food, dress, and have a common sense of identity. (Brown & Edwards, 2012). New Zealand (NZ) is a multi-cultural society composed of peoples from various ethnicities.
The indigenous people of Australia, called the Aborigines, are the oldest culture found on Earth. Studies show that the Aboriginal genome can be traced back seventy-five thousand years to when this community first migrated from Africa to Australia. As the oldest known continuous culture, their traditions and rituals have thrived even though the world around them has changed so drastically. In this paper I’d like to talk about the history of Aboriginal cultures in Australia, their cultural rituals and how their culture has been so heavily influenced and changed over the last few decades.
In response, the British government sent James Busby in 1832 to be the British Resident in New Zealand. In 1834 Busby drafted a document known as the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand which he and 35 northern Māori chiefs signed at Waitangi on 28 October 1835, establishing those chiefs as representatives of a proto-state under the title of the "United Tribes of New Zealand". This document was not well received by the Colonial Office in Britain, and it was decided that a new policy for New Zealand was needed. “Of all the events and decisions that led to the Treaty of Waitangi, by far the most significant to both Māori and Pakeha is the 1835 Declaration of Independence. The document still enjoys considerable standing among Māori.
The history of New Zealand begins between 800 A.D. and 1300 A.D., when the Māori people arrived from Polynesia to the mountainous island they called “Aotearoa.” The people “lived in tribal groups” fairly peacefully (Wilson). However, life began to change for the Māori people when they first came into contact with a European in 1642, when Dutch explorer Abel Tasman “discovered” the island. In 1769, “[James] Cook successfully circumnavigated and mapped the country” (History). These explorations marked the beginning of Europeanization for the young country of New Zealand. Whalers and traders soon arrived, and missionaries arrived in 1814. When the Māori met with Europeans, events followed a similar path to the colonization of America and the decimation of the native populations-- “contribution of guns…, along with European diseases, led to a steep decline in the [population of] Māori people.” (History). Consequentially, “their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights,” in...
According to Jackson (1988), the persistent myth that no real law existed in New Zealand prior to 1840, is a racist and colonising myth used to justify the imposition of ongoing application of law from Britain. Pre-European Maori society regulated behaviour and punished wrongdoings through the sanction of muru. Jackson defines muru as, “a legalised system of plundering as penalty for offences, which in a rough way resembled (the Pakeha) law by which a man is obliged to pay damages” (p.40). Due to the law brought and imposed by settlers, it rendered Maori’s values, ways of thinking, and living. This essay aims to discuss the Maori social and cultural values expressed in the sanction muru. Furthermore, how the British opposition to the use of
To conclude, Te reo Maori is one of the treasures given to Maori people as one of their taonga from their God as part of their identity. It is important for the Maori people to keep their language survives for the mokopuna as well as connecting them to the land, values and beliefs. The principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi were partnership, participation and protection that the Crown failed to act upon which result in Waitangi Tribunal. Te Whariki and New Zealand curriculum promotes and implement bicultural to revitalised Te reo Maori as well as strengthening the partnership between Maori and Pakeha of the Te Tiriti of Waitangi.