Maori development and social work

How the flower of paradox thrives in the garden of Tangaroa. The same ocean that beckons your company with paradisiacal beauty imbued in aqua-blue, pearl white and buttercup yellow, thorugh wind-tide weather or seasonal changes can turn quite swiftly, into a beastly force of raw power and devastation.
The weighting given to technical as opposes to intrinsic forms of knowledge, to experiential rahter then book learning, to individual versus communal accountability, to history versus the here and now, determines the action taken when you seek to interact iwth the ocean.

The world of Maori also recognises the place of th...