A Tangata Whenua Perspective on Sustainability using the Mauri Model Towards decision making balance

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A Tangata Whenua Perspective on Sustainability
using the Mauri ModelTowards decision making
balance with regard to our social, economic,
environmental and cultural well-being
Sustainability in Engineering and Science
Faculty of Engineering
Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan Associate Dean Maori,
Senior Lecturer
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Te Arawa is the waka my ancestors journeyed here
on Ngati Pikiao are the people I belong
to Matawhaura is the mountain Te Rotoiti i
kitea a Ihenga are the waters Te Rangiunuora is
my eponymous ancestral bond Te Punawhakareia a
Rakeiao is my marae Nga mihi o nga ahuatanga o
tenei wa ki a koutou katoa
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He wero - the crisis faced

• Treaty of Waitangi
• Contemporary legislation
• New Zealand Waste Strategy
• Tangata whenua opposition

Government
Tangata whenua
Treaty of Waitangi
Territorial Authority
RMA1991 LGA2002
NZ Waste Strategy
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Tangata Whenua Position

• The people of the land are vehemently opposed to
  continued use of water to transport, treat, and
  dispose of human excrement
• This approach is not consistent with kawa (Maori
  protocol)
• Nor is this approach sustainable

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What is Mauri?

• Binding force
• Holistic
• Indicator
• Cultural
• Legislated?
• Mauri as a measure of sustainability

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What is the Mauri model?

• Social
• Economic
• Environmental
• Cultural

• Community
• Whanau
• Environment
• Hapu

Four key aspects of our eco-system
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Mauri model
Mauri Of the Whanau
Mauri of Community
Economic Analysis
Well-Being Of Society
Mauri of Hapu
Integrity Of Cultural Identity
Integrity of the Ecosystem
Mauri of the Environment
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Mauri of the Environment

• State of the environment reflects its mauri
• Water catchments are natural partitions
• Nga taonga I tuku iho treasure passed down

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Mauri of the Hapu

• Reflects mana (authority) as kaitiaki (guardians)
• Nga whakatipuranga (decendents), manaaki
• Knowledge base, traditional practices

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Mauri of the Community

• Pakeha, Taurahere, Tangata Whenua
• General health, safety and well-being
• Land availability, recreational access
• Employment opportunities

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Sustainability barometer
Neutral
0
Diminishing
Maintaining
-1
1
Destroying
Enhancing
-2
2
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Case Studies

• SmartGrowth Bay of Plenty
• Comparison of assessed sustainability
• differences between Tangata Whenua
• and consultant Professional engineers
• Lake Rotoiti
• The inconsistency of past management
• practices with kawa and the result
• Rotorua Water Supply
• Conflict between Rotorua District Council
• and Tangata Whenua over increased
• exploitation of Taniwha Springs

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Ko te pae tawhiti whaia kia tata Ko te pae tata
whakamaua kia tina Seek distant horizons and
hold fast to those you attain