Tangata whenua values

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Tangata whenua values

• Piloting the process in Murihiku

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Murihiku

• Awa (rivers) of Murihiku
• Four Murihiku Papatipu Runanga

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Accessing available planning frameworks

• The IRMP for the Murihiku region, Te Tangi a
  Tauira, has 4 overarching principles
• Te Wairua (Spiritual)
• Maoritanga (Cultural)
• Kaitiakitanga
• Mahinga kai

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Identifying attributes

• Each of the four principles is further defined in
  the iwi plan.
• We use these as our attributes, for example

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Te Wairua

• Karakia prayer, incantation
• Ki uta ki tau from the mountains to the sea
• Kotahitanga - unity
• Mana integrity, respect, authority, pestige
• Mauri spiritual essence, life-force
• Maoritanga - describe the actions of being Maori
  and living according to Maori customs.
• Noa without restriction
• Rangatiratanga chieftainship, self
  determination
• Tangaroa diety of the sea and fish and other
  marine life
• Tapu sacredness, forbidden, restricted
• Wairua - spirit
• Whakanoa to remove tapu
• Waitapu sacred waters
• Wai whakaheke tupapaku water burial sites
• Whakapapa genealogy, cultural identity

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Mahinga kai

• Hapua coastal / estuarine lagoon, where natural
  food collects
• Kaimoana seafood, especially shellfish
• Kainga nohoanga village permanently occupied
• Mahinga kai food and the places for obtaining
  natural foods, methods and cultural activities
  involved
• Nohoanga temporary campsite for seasonal
  gathering of food / kai and natural resources
• Taiapure local fisheries areas.
• Tauranga ika fishing ground
• Waimataitai coastal sea and waters in estuaries
  where the two areas are missed, brackish. Also
  includes areas of coastal swamp.

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Identifying primary attributes

• Each of the attributes was assessed against five
  criteria
• It can be used to distinguish between different
  catchments or parts of a catchment.
• It describes features of a catchment, in
  particular the waterway.
• It can be directly assessed by a quantifiable
  indicator.
• It relates to something tangible that can be
  measured.

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• Attributes were discounted if they relate more to
  implementation of the method rather than being
  representative of the river. For example,
  Tangata whenua with rights of mana whenua, mana
  moana (often represented by papatipu runanga) may
  see application of this method as an expression
  of their rangatiratanga and a tangible means of
  upholding their ahi ka. Within their takiwa,
  they are likely to seek a catchment approach to
  any assessment consistent with ki uta ki tai. By
  responsibly participating in activities such as
  applying this method, they are protecting the
  waterways for whanau, manuhiri, kaumatua
  consistent with the vision of Mo tatou a mo nga
  uri a muri ake nei.
• Attributes were discounted if they relate to a
  general practice or an activity (karakia,
  tikanga, kawa, wananga) rather than a water
  related activity.
• Attributes that alone do not represent a
  measurable attribute but when considered
  collectively with a series of attributes are
  likely to lead to the protection of a tangata
  whenua value.

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Primary attributes

• Whenua
• Taonga pounamu
• Waitapu
• Waipuna
• Tauranga waka
• Wai whakaheke tupapaku
• Waitohi
• Whakapapa
• Waiwera ngawha
• Topuni
• Wahi ingoa
• Wahi tapu
• Wahi taonga classes
• Whanaungatanga

• Hapua
• Kaimoana
• Kainga nohoanga
• Mahinga kai
• Mauri
• Nohoanga
• Marae
• Rahui
• Tauranga ika
• Waimataitai
• Waiora
• Taonga

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• Whakapapa
• Mauri
• Whanaungatanga
• Water Classifications
• Wahi ingoa Whakatauki
• Mahinga kai
• Settlements
• Wahi tapu
• Wahi taonga classes
• Nga mahi (ahua o te awa)
• Management mechanisms

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Significance

• Some values in common but this cant be assumed
• Individual, whanau, hapu, iwi
• Local, regional, national
• Catchments as boundaries

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Next steps

• Assigning measures (some defined already)
• SMART not SMARTA
• Putting the framework into a template
• Having a hui with Kai Tahu ki Murihiku on 2nd
  December