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This powerful work contributes to an ongoing dialog stretching across time before beginning. It explores and retells our Māori mythology story Kura Waka, the story of how our first human being Hineahuone was created. Ngāhuia makes no apologies for situating herself within her body of work, in fact it is through her embodiment of kaupapa Māori, as an indigenous writer, that gives validity and mana to her research approach: Ngāhuia looks beneath the layers of our mother earth giving insights, collected from various Māori Wahine across Aotearoa. “This study aims to retrieve stories about menstruation and menstrual blood from the world of our ancestors. The stories reflect the physical, spiritual and political significance of Maaori women, constructed within the cosmogonic and metaphysical universe of our ancestors.”Īs I began to voyage through Ngāhuia’s words, conversations and experiences, I found myself learning not only how our stories and ritual traditions of Te Awa Atua (the spring from the gods) were practiced, but I also began to dive deeper into the underworld, to the beginning of human creation itself. For me, Te Awa Atua is a deeply powerful and vital voice for how we as wāhine, living and breathing in the 21st century, can continue to reveal and (re)awaken our true natures.The Analytical Writing measure tests your critical thinking and analytical writing skills. It assesses your ability to articulate and support complex ideas, construct and evaluate arguments, and sustain a focused and coherent discussion. The Analytical Writing measure consists of two separately timed analytical writing tasks: It does not assess specific content knowledge.

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The Issue task presents an opinion on an issue of general interest followed by specific instructions on how to respond to that issue. You are required to evaluate the issue, consider its complexities and develop an argument with reasons and examples to support your views.

The Argument task requires you to evaluate a given argument according to specific instructions. You will need to consider the logical soundness of the argument rather than agree or disagree with the position it presents. The two tasks are complementary in that one requires you to construct your own argument by taking a position and providing evidence supporting your views on an issue, and the other requires you to evaluate someone else's argument by assessing its claims and evaluating the evidence it provides.

Individuals taking the computer-delivered test will use a basic word processor developed by ETS. The basic word processor contains the following functionalities: insert text, delete text, cut-and-paste and undo the previous action. Tools such as a spell checker and grammar checker are not available.