lecture 6: kaitiakitanga

Question 1

kaitiakitanga

Answer 1

guardianship, stewardship, trusteeship, trustee

Question 2

tiaki

Answer 2

to care for, guard protect, to keep watch over, shelter

Question 3

kai

Answer 3

to express some kind of action; denoting human agent

Question 4

Ngai Tahu claims settlement act 1998

Answer 4

• government were attempting to make this right with Maori (starting to make amends), after removing Maori from their own land

Question 5

story associated with Ngai Tahu claims settlement act 1998

Answer 5

• before raki married papatuanuku each of them already had children by other unions
• after the marriage, some of the sky children came down to greet their fathers new wife and some even married earth daughters
• among the celestial visitors were four sons of Raki who were named Aoraki (cloud in sky), Rakiroa (long raki), rakirua (raki the second) and Rarakiroa (long unbroken line)

Question 6

act to do with the waipa river

Answer 6

Nga wai o Maniapoto (waipa river) act 2012

Question 7

Te Urewera act 2014

Answer 7

• was a national park in NZ, lands were supposed to be protected for all time, here the government are apologising for the destruction of homes and killings
• tongariro
• taranaki
• whangaui

Question 8

whanaungatanga

Answer 8

= kinship
- the defining principle
- informs human relationships with physical and spiritual world
means: extended family, relationships, responsibilities
- whakapapa (genealogy)
- “the glue that holds the Maori world together”

Question 9

more core values

Answer 9

• mana
• tapu
• utu
• kaitiakitanga

Question 10

tikanga

Answer 10

• was the first law and continues to regulate Maori; are enforceable rights in NZ law

Question 11

te mana o te wai

Answer 11

the health of our wai

Question 12

national policy statement for freshwater management 2020

Answer 12

• all water decisions in NZ needs to refer to Te Mana o Te Wai
  1. the first is to the water, to protect its health and its mauri
  2. the second is providing for essential human health needs such as drinking water
  3. the third is fpr ptjer consumption provided that such use does not adversely impact the mauri of freshwater

Question 13

the independent work group on constitutional transformation

Answer 13

tino rangatiratanga sphere = iwi/hapu assembly
the relational sphere = joint deliberate body
the kawangatanga sphere = the crown