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EQUILIBRIUM IN INDIGENOUS DESIGN

tu is one of my favourite Māori words because of its multiplicity of meanings. Probably the most common meaning we know is revenge and, yes, this is one way of defining utu. But the meaning taken for this project is balance or equilibrium. This thesis is intended as research

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