MAORI CULTURE

Social Problems in Contemporary Maori Culture

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Social Problems in Contemporary Maori Culture

Introduction

Once were warriors, a novel by Alan Duff, depicts the story of a Maori family. Beth Heke, a mother of five and wife to an extremely volatile man Jake Heke. The story revolves around the social issues that were present in a contemporary Maori culture, like poverty, domestic violence, drugs, alcoholism, gang warfare, rape, unemployment, and various other mental and physical abuses. The family lives through all these concerns along with various other Maori families, who were living in an urban ghetto, supported by the government. This ...