L8: Katiakitanga

• Katiakitanga = guardianship, stewardship, trusteeship, trustee

   

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

   

  Kai = added to verbs to express some kind of action; denoting human agent.
• Whanaunatanga = kinship

  • Informs human relationships with physical and spiritual world
  • Means extended family, relationships, responsibilites
  • Whakapapa (genealogy)
  • "the glue that holds the maori world together."
• Te Mana o te Wai 2020

  • A national policy for NZ waters
  • Every regional council must engaeg with communities and tangata whenua to determine how Te Mana o te Wai applies to water bodies and freshwater ecosystems in the region.