Identity
Here are some ways of thinking about identity. In compiling a conventional CV, the usual paradigm is to include material which demonstrates a person's ability, skills, talents and experience which enables that person to do the job they have. Hence, the focus is upon skills and experience so that one can feel comfortable that this is the right person for the job. In a sense, one can say that this way of thinking about identity is historically based - based upon their skills and experience expressed in history - but its real purpose is to create confidence in future scenarios. One might say that this identity based upon action, upon what a person is capable of doing. A second way of thinking about identity, and one which in uplifted in iwi and Māori settings, is the idea of the heritage of the person. Their whakapapa, their genealogies, ancestors and so on flow into a person and provide information about the identity of a person before they actually do anything. This way of thinking