The Spirit of Manaaki: Maata, a Living Library of Maori Wisdom and Medicine Practices

Maori elder Maata Wharehoka’s teachings on birth, death, climate, and healing

• Reveals how Maata integrated her own experiences of trauma and colonialism with traditional Māori wisdom to develop modern teachings

• Shares Māori practices around birth, death, and healing, and Maata’s ritual of Kahu Whakatere to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss

• Tells the story of Parihaka, the birthplace of nonviolent protest, and how its teachings speak to humanity today

Entering the Māori worldview i...