Maori and Rugby: Identification and Belonging

"The constitution of the physical body of the Maori person is very much central to the analyses, based on the cultural, social and ontological understanding of the natives. On New Zealand, the natives expresses themselves, almost ?talk? with their bodies, just like if they were producing knowledge, language, hierarchy and social relations. The Maori body is the basic method of differentiation between them and the others, whether they are foreign or only members of different whanaus." Gyorgy Henyei Neto