Ka Ora Te Iwi

A sermon by Glynn Cardy exploring how two spiritualities nourish and support each other, Maori spirituality based in the land and English Anglicanism. "One of the most well known Maori proverbs is 'He aha te mea nui? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.' 'What is the most important thing? It is people, it is people, it is people.' It goes to the heart of Maori understandings of community. The purpose and priority is the good of the people. The English notion therefore of striving for individual excellence and personal fulfilment is tempered by the Maori notion that the purpose of such excellence and fulfilment is to serve the needs of the community." Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/?sid=322&id=698.