Te Matua - Te Tamaiti - Practise in the presence of our history. Nā, Trina Baggett.
The why - a good time to pause and listen to Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns, along with the incredibly talented wahine toa, Aroha Yates Smith. Nui atu te mihi ki a koutou for this incredible recording, along with the original producers of this content.
Introduction
"Whanaungatanga is the axel of this claim ... the pou uara the values aren't physical things that we place in the ground, they are carried on the breath of ourselves, our Whānau our Hapū our Iwi" Sheridan Waitai.
Wai 262 is the 262nd claim registered with the Waitangi Tribunal. It was lodged on 9 October 1991 by six claimants on behalf of themselves and their Iwi: Haana Murray (Ngāti Kurī), Hema Nui a Tawhaki Witana (Te Rarawa), Te Witi McMath (Ngāti Wai), Tama Poata (Ngāti Porou), Kataraina Rimene (Ngāti Kahungunu), and John Hippolite (Ngāti Koata).
The claim is about the place of Māori culture, identity and traditional knowledge in New Zealand's laws, and in government policies and practices. It concerns who controls Māori traditional knowledge, who controls artistic and cultural works such as haka and waiata, and who controls the environment that created Māori culture. It also concerns the place in contemporary New Zealand life of core Māori cultural values such as the obligation of Iwi and Hapū to act as Kaitiaki (cultural guardians) towards taonga (treasured things) such as traditional knowledge, artistic and cultural works, important places, and flora and fauna that are significant to Iwi or Hapū identity.
He aha/What: This is an opportunity to explore the Wai 262 claim which is about the place of Māori culture, identity and traditional knowledge in New Zealand's laws, and in government policies and practices.
Whāinga/Aim: To further privilege the voice of Iwi, Hapū, Whānau with evidence from the Wai 262 claim.
Wā/Time: 62.05 minutes
Wai262 Film 2006
Acknowledgement to the Kuia and Kaumātua whose voices are privileged in the Wai 262 claim and to Toby Mills with the production of this film Wai262.
The introduction by Professor David Williams gives historical and legal context to the claim. The absolute ‘pounamu’ is found in the pūrākau shared by Kuia and Kaumātua from Ngati Wai, Te Rarawa and Ngati Kuri weaving whakapapa, mātauranga Māori, te Taiao, kaitiakitanga and the interconnectedness.
Click on the link to the film https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/wai-262/quotes
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