Kaupapa Maori Report [pdf, 1.7 MB]
...based on a nuclear family model. Definitions of ‘whānau’ are many and varied.2 However, there is broad consensus that whakapapa forms the basis of whānau, and that these relationships are intergenerational, shaped by context, and given meaning through roles, responsibilities and relationships of mutual obligation.3 Key characteristics of whānau are collective identity, interdependence, mutuality, reciprocity and shared responsibility, and cultural practice and transference within a...