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Tūhonohono: tikanga Māori me te Ture Pākehā ki Takutai Moana

We investigated how mātauranga and tikanga Māori and New Zealand law can be applied in the marine estate.

Project LeaderDurationBudget
Robert Joseph (University of Waikato)November 2016 – November 2018$195,000

Overview

The relationship between mātauranga and tikanga Māori, and New Zealand law, and how they apply to Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine estate is complex.

Tūhonohono is a cohesive vision of New Zealand jurisprudence (the theory and philosophy of law relating to marine estate). We explored how laws and institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand could evolve to reflect the best values and concepts of New Zealand’s founding peoples – Māori and European.

We:

  • Assessed the compatibility of marine policy and law with the mātauranga and tikanga Māori of specific iwi, hapū and whānau within Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Māui/Top of the South Island.
  • Investigated how mātauranga and tikanga Māori are applied in the marine environment.  
  • Explored what the enablers and/or barriers in New Zealand marine policy and law are when applying mātauranga and tikanga Māori, and what effect this has when making decisions about increased use of marine resources.  
  • Explored how legal and regulatory systems could be modified to enable them to work more cohesively with mātauranga and tikanga Māori, to achieve kaitiakitanga and ecosystem-based management outcomes specific to Māori.
  • Built on international indigenous examples that have successfully applied indigenous customary law and mainstream law to marine environments.
  • Explored innovative marine management models that implement cohesive jurisprudence and reflect the best values and concepts of both founding peoples.

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Project proposal

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Location

This is a national project.

Tools & Resources

This project has produced or contributed to:

The Treaty, tikanga Māori, ecosystem-based management, mainstream law and power sharing for environmental integrity in Aotearoa New Zealand - possible ways forward
Report
This report focuses on analysing EBM through the incorporation of mātauranga and tikanga Māori and power sharing through Treaty partnerships over the marine and coastal estate Joseph R, Rakena M, Jones MTK, Sterling R, Rakena C (2019)
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Treaty-based marine governance & EBM
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This booklet and accompanying poster (May 2022) summarise key concepts and/or information from the 2020 report 'Stemming the colonial environmental tide: shared Māori governance jurisdiction and ecosystem-based management over the marine and coastal seascape in Aotearoa New Zealand – possible ways forward'
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