Cultural Inheritances In Polyn
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The poetical work of Albert Wendt, Apirana Taylor,
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Hone Tuwhare, Keri Hulme,
Gloria Rawlinson, J. C. Sturm, and Roma Potiki all have
voices that are informed by and reflect their Polynesian
cultural inheritances in various ways. The main ways in
which these inheritances can be seen to be reflected, is by
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a demigod who is used to tell of many stories.
There are also reflections of Polynesian cultural
inheritances in Hone Tuwhare’s use of mythology in his
poetry. Tuwhare was born in Kaikohe, and belongs to the
Ngapuhi hapus Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Tautahi, Te
Popoto, and Uri-O-Hau. In his poem ‘Papa-tu-a-nuku’, he
uses Maori mythology. The title, ‘Papa-tu-a-nuku’, means
‘Earth Mother’, which is ....
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Number of words: 1886
Number of pages: 7 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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