https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS <p>Since 1892 the Polynesian Society has provided a major forum for discussion of a wide range of social, cultural, indigenous and historical topics related to the past and present lives and cultures of peoples of Pacific/Oceanic heritage, including those of the traditional cultural areas of Polynesia (including New Zealand Māori), Melanesia and Micronesia. The Society has a long-standing memoir series which is published intermittently.</p> <p>The Society's main publication,<em> Waka Kuaka:</em> The <em>Journal of the Polynesian Society </em>(formerly <em>Journal of the Polynesian Society</em>), is published quarterly (ISSN: 0032-4000, E-ISSN: 2230-5955) and globally ranks in the top 90 Anthropology journals (Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2020). <em>JPS</em> is indexed in SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE, INFORMIT NEW ZEALAND COLLECTION, INDEX NEW ZEALAND, ANTHROPOLOGY PLUS, ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER, HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS, EBSCOhost, MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY,<br />JSTOR, CURRENT CONTENTS (Social &amp; Behavioural Sciences).</p> <p>Recent back issues (from 2012) can be accessed by clicking on the ARCHIVES link above, selecting the volume and issue of interest, and then opening the Table of Contents to select the article (in PDF format) that you wish to see. </p> The Polynesian Society en-US Waka Kuaka 0032-4000 <p>Copyright © 2024 by the Polynesian Society (Inc.)<br /><br />Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process without written permission.<br /><br />Inquiries should be made to:<br /><br />Dr Marcia Leenen-Young, Editor<br />The Polynesian Society<br />c/o School of Māori and Pacific Studies<br />The University of Auckland<br />Private Bag 92019, Auckland<br />New Zealand</p> <p>email: m.leenen@auckland.ac.nz</p> https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/721 Hamish Macdonald Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/719 Hamish Macdonald Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 263 360 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/718 Hamish Macdonald Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/717 Gail Romano Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 352 357 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/716 Pauline Reynolds Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 350 351 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/715 Sarah McLean-Orsborn Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 348 349 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/714 Lucy Mackintosh Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 345 347 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/713 Richard Hamasaki Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 337 345 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/712 <p>This piece is an exploration of thought processes, logistical planning, research and creative practice involved in conceptualising and making the missing barkcloth components of an ’ahu heva tūpāpa’u (chief mourner’s regalia) that went on permanent exhibition for the opening of the new Perth Museum in Scotland in March 2024. The regalia is possibly one of around ten collected in Tahiti by Captain James Cook during his second Pacific voyage, with one of these ending up in Perth via the collections of Dr David Ramsay. During the voyage, or possibly during its life in Perth, the regalia became separated from some of its barkcloth components. This paper is a record of the process that went into making the replica pieces.</p> Pauline Reynolds Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 325 336 https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/711 <p>An important worldview in traditional cultures, especially within te ao Māori (the Māori worldview), is that embodiment concerns personhood and relationality, as persons are bodily situated within the environment including in all things between the earth and the heavens. However, the social theories and background of the 1930s–1950s have had a significant impact on the idea and foundations of embodiment. These theories relied on ideas of sexism, though were also linked with racism. Gender was established by medicine as an apparatus of power and control over bodies and beings. Intersexuality was at the heart of the establishment of gender, with its invisibility ensured as a means of maintaining the status quo of the West. Gender was appropriated by Western feminists, disguised as an ahistorical and acultural signifier, to universalise the Western liberal worldview. This article traces the history and purpose of the concept of gender and the way it has been understood and deployed as an apparatus in society. It then illustrates how the deployment of gender has affected the embodiment of intersexuality and te ao Māori (such as on wāhine (women) and takatāpui (sexual diversity)). Lastly, the article sets out the importance of decentring gender to enable a culturally accountable embodiment with a sexuality of dignity that is not limited and disembodied through gender.</p> Rogena Sterling Copyright (c) 2024 The Polynesian Society 2024-10-19 2024-10-19 133 3 301 324