J. Metge
The Journal of New Zealand Studies. Dame Joan Metge work has influenced the development of Kōrero Paki extensively. As a social anthropologist, she has made significant contribution to the landscape of cross-cultural communication in Aotearoa.
In this reading she describes that nuance involved in Māori storytelling, the important connections to the audience. She talks about how myths/legends and stories are never out of date but instead how they continue to provide a foundation for our thinking, they bring about social change. These stories move with the times because they are told today.
Dr Dame Joan Metge is a social anthropologist who was a member of the Department of Anthropology at Victoria University for 28 years, from 1968 to 1988 as Associate Professor. She was a member of the Board of Studies at the Stout Research Centre from 1986 to 1995. Her published words include A New Maori Migration (1964). The Maoris of New Zealand: Ruatahi (1976), Talking Past Each Other (1978), In and Out of Touch (1986) and New Growth From Old: The Whanau in the Modern World (1995), the last three published by Victoria University Press.
31 Dec 1998