Talk:Māori culture
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This article contains spelling errors, inaccuracies, but most seriously is very limited in scope.
Most of the spelling mistakes are gone. The inaccuracies are those of emphasis rather than fact. It is limited in scope because it is a huge subject, megabytes. "English Culture" is described in Wikipedia under many different articles and Maori Culture, and I don't mean singing and concerts, is fully as complex. Concepts such as Wairua, Muru, Utu, Whakama, Whakapapa, Tangata Whenua, Tapu and many others all need explanation. A very difficult article to write properly. Meanwhile this is a good start. ping 08:16, 11 Sep 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Duplication of articles
There is a quite a lot of duplicated content between this article and the Māori article (which also has similar problems of tone and content etc.) There are also some other more specifically titled articles/stubs, eg, the one about Haka - (a topic mentioned here and in the Māori article).
I'm thinking that the Māori article - with its non-specific title - should be something like a disambiguation page that contains links to specific articles like Māori culture, Māori language, Haka, Māori music, Religion. This article here seems to have fallen asleep - it isn't as easy to find, whereas the Māori article is.
Anyone object if I gradually move stuff out of Māori into the more specific articles? Kahuroa 19:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
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- What you suggest seems very sensible to me. Bucketsofg 18:43, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Violence
I know I am probably walking on land-mine ground here, but shouldn't this article include a discussion about the high rates of violence/domestic violence in Maori society, and the theories behind? Surely, while a balancing act, a NPOV section could be written on that. MadMaxDog 10:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Maori Culture
I get what your trying to say here MadMaxDog Im a Maori Myself and yet this is certainly not an attractive subject to be talking about, But it is something that needs to be discussed off the Maori culture page and on the violence/domestic violence in Maori society Wikipedia.They are certainly to separate topics.Maori Today are trying to develop healther lifestyles and moving forward with the positives, It is people like you that only dwell on the bad! Mow your own back lawns before you start mowing ours.And remember Violence happens in every culture and we are a small group of that. Move on Koretake. Aotearoa Kia Kaha —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.169.186.10 (talk) 02:33, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
