What is Mana? Mana means resonance or prestige, honour, presence, charisma, and spiritual power.
What is Tapu? Tapu is defined as ‘sacred’ or ‘spiritual restrictions’, Tapu contains a lot of strong prohibitions or rules.
What is Utu? Utu betokens as compensation, retaliation, vengeance.
How could these values conflict with Europeans? In my opinion, it’s because they are not fond of those values, nor believe in them as something important.
How were these values different to European values? Europeans who settled in New Zealand were Christians, and believe the bible. They are different because they have different interpretations, and different Gods, beliefs and religions.
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