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Aroha : Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

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  • Running Time: 03:30 hrs
    Narrator: Dr Hinemoa Elder
    Publisher:
    Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Certified Accessible By: Dr Hinemoa Elder
    Running Time: 03:30 hrs
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Elder, Hinemoa
    Date:
    Created
    2020
    Summary:

    Through 52 whatatauki - traditional Māori life lessons - Māori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder shares the power of Aroha and explores how it could help us all every day...The 52 life lessons are arranged into 4 chapters that introduce the different, important facets of Aroha: Manaakitanga (kindness); Kaitiakitanga (love for our world); Whanaungatanga (empathy); and Tino rangatiratanga (what is right).

    Contents:
    • Aroha
    • an introduction
    • Manaakitanga
    • te aroha ki te tangata : care, respect and kindness towards others and ourselves
    • Kaitiakitanga
    • te aroha ki a Papatūānuku : love for our world
    • Whanaungatanga
    • te aroha ki ngā hononga : empathy and connection between people
    • Tino rangatiratanga
    • te aroha ki te tika : the pursuit of what is right, self-determination
    • Kupu whakatepe = Conclusion : coming to the end of this book's journey.
    Genre:
    Body, mind and spirit, Self-help publications
    Subject(s): Conduct of life | Proverbs, Maori | Self-actualization (Psychology) | Well-being
    Original Publisher: [Auckland], Penguin Random House New Zealand
    Language(s): English, Maori
    ISBN: 9780143775225, 0143775227, 9781529107067, 1529107067, 9781473589322