Week 7

• Kauhau- Māori and Pasifika view

  Māori/Pasifika view and its importance
• Mātauranga Māori


  • Traditional knowledge system with creative processes stemming from Māori background
  • Combining te ao Māori (Māori worldview) with policy and practice through research in mainstream science, arts, and humanities
  • Crossover and connections between western science and mātauranga Māori shown by a 'braided river' diagram
• Māori/Pasifika view


  • Holistic view, respectful and reciprocal relationships
  • Kaitiaki - guardians of the land
  • Environment = people
  • Managing the needs of people today while ensuring the needs of future generations will also be met
• Stereotypes of Māori people being descendants of warriors, living in caves and brutal killing of Moas
• Biased perspective leading to 'hunter' mythology


  Seeing hunting as a solution to biodiversity crises, become a large part of identity today
• Debate with 1080 usage

  In by kill for deer, pigs and native species which may be hunted by Māori
• Māori were also gardeners and cultivators of crops-large scale mounded gardens, suggesting widescale horticulture
• Whaling was a key part of the economy 1820s-1840s in early settler times
• Overcame the impact of colonial history

  Māori tourism driving the environmental science of whales
• Algae blooms are a significant issue, due to nitrogen and mainly phosphates entering the waterways
• Forest clearance resulting in soil erosion and transformation of river systems
• Can think about these in terms of scales of interaction: Local (Wairewa), macroscale, global scale- how are they interconnected to each other
• Call for local rūnanga and hapu to lead the management of environmental problems e.g management of Te Wairewa Roto
• Mataitai reserves for managing fisheries of lakes have been established
• In the last 50 years Māori pop has moved from 83% rural to 83% urban
• Due to land confiscations from land wars and settlers
• 28% of land in NZ is in Crown or public ownership, Māori hold 6-7%. Most of this is within agri and exotic forestry (20%)
• 50% of total indigenous vegetation is held in Māori title
• Māori play a significant role in the economy and conservation
• Interconnection of a range of aspects!
• How hunting vs cultivation has shaped understandings of past and living traditions
• Enviro science is important for supporting mahinga kai and growing Māori investment in agri
• There is conflict between katiakitanga and economic development for Māori, as 50% of conservation land is held by Māori