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This chapter explores how ocean cultures are known, understood and lived by indigenous Māori. Oceans have played a significant role in the development of Māori culture and worldview, yet, through colonisation have become sites of cultural and political contestation. We discuss three ocean-based cultural practices – waka hourua (double-hulled voyaging canoe), waka ama (outrigger canoe) and heke ngaru (surfing) – in existence in Aotearoa New Zealand since the arrival of Māori, and that imbue Māori cultural practices and worldviews. We show how these water-based cultural practices are important spaces for the ongoing promotion of Māori cultural traditions and self-determination.
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