Listening to the People of the Land
Kennedy Warne has been a geographical explorer for 30 years, but he considers his most important exploration to have been cultural and spiritual: an awakening to te ao Māori.
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Author: Kennedy Warne
You can’t be a kaitiaki from a distance
Our ability to care for and protect rivers, lakes, and wetlands is based on our ability to hear what they’re saying to us.
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He Whakaputanga: Partnership and power sharing
We often think of He Whakaputanga as the poor cousin, the runner-up, of constitutional documents. But He Whakaputanga has been a force in the north for a long time.
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Tāmati Kruger: Down that way, glory waits
“Mana whenua has to do with acknowledging that the land has mana, and fulfilling your obligations and your kinship relationship with the land. That’s what it is — not an ownership or property relationship.”
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Heke Tangata: The ebbing tide
For a decade or more, there have been no marked gains in economic progress for Māori. Instead, there’s been stagnation and even some setbacks.
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