We provide a perspective based on a gradual and spontaneous organic landscape perception of how and where Indigenous identity emerges and is nurtured. We interweave our work into Evelyn Stokes’ call for distinctive New Zealand geographies that embrace our locational and contextual specificities, but we attempt to do this outside of any colonial tainting by Eurocentric framings (so far as that is possible) using a Kaupapa Māori approach. We elaborate Indigenous-derived perspectives on understanding intimate and enduring bonds between place, space, landscape and identity – as framed by Māori researchers engaging in the co-production of knowledge with local Indigenous communities.

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多层生长的树：集体认同的土著视角

我们提供了一个基于渐进和自发的有机景观感知的视角，即土著身份如何以及在哪里出现和培养。我们将我们的工作融入 Evelyn Stokes 呼吁打造独特的新西兰地理，以拥抱我们的位置和背景特性，但我们尝试使用 Kaupapa Māori 方法在欧洲中心主义框架（尽可能）的任何殖民污染之外做到这一点。我们详细阐述了土著衍生的观点，以了解地方、空间、景观和身份之间的亲密和持久的联系——毛利研究人员参与了与当地土著社区共同生产知识的工作。