In this extract from Terri Te Tau’s debut novel, ‘The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances’, a community hui has been called to discuss a tūpāpaku found in a cave in the forest, and scientist Lydia is reluctantly in the spotlight.
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“Releasing a kiwi is a privilege. There is a sense of homecoming. As Matua Tom Roa says, kiwi are the ‘manu whenua’. The originals.” — Paul Ward, founder of the Capital Kiwi Project, on returning kiwi back to the wild in Wellington.
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“The fear of Māori having a place at the table outweighed both the evidence and the truth about what the law actually did.” — Environmental planner Tina Porou on the government’s decision to remove Mana Whakahono ā-Rohe.
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“The bill may very well open the door for corporations to force Māori to pay for their own exploitation and the erasure of their Indigenous rights and lands.” — Ryan Ward.
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“Assigning monetary values to a mountain forest’s air filtering services is no less reductive than describing a mountain as ‘beautiful’.” — Jay Whitehead.
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If the Fast-track Approvals Bill goes through, “our coast will once again be the target of mining consent applications — this time, with no clear avenue for our voices and rights as mana whenua to be upheld.” — Olivia Haddon, on winning an 80-year battle to stop sand mining at Pākiri.
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“I never ever heard that word ‘kaitiakitanga’ as a kid even though our parents practised it. It was like a daily routine.” — Environmentalist Kevin Prime.
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“What happens in the Amazon isn’t a problem for Brazilians only. It’s a problem for the whole world.” — Gabriel Uchida talking to Moana Maniapoto.
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“The word kaitiaki is everywhere in mainstream Aotearoa these days. We often see it used to describe a person who takes cares of others, or to describe someone who takes care of taonga and items of value.” — Tame Malcolm.
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“I’ve always felt it’s important for us to clearly articulate what the trajectory of justice should look like for our people, and to articulate for ourselves our vision of justice.” — Tina Ngata.
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“If the government gets the incentives right, the opportunity is there for planting huge areas in native species, controlling pests such as possums, deer, goats, wallabies and pigs, and returning some of what has been lost.” — Darren van Hoof, Forest and Bird conservation manager.
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“Without the authority to practise kaitiakitanga, it’s all just talk. We need to have mana, but gaining mana isn’t what drives me. Restoring mauri is what drives me.” — Dan Hikuroa.
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“The challenge for small parties inside a coalition is to survive and hold on to your kaupapa.” — Catherine Delahunty, former Green MP.
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“I’ve been part of endless debates which assume that we Pākehā can’t trust tangata whenua to look after the environment as well as we can.” — Catherine Delahunty.
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“We have come here to speak about protection of the ocean. We come in the planet’s most uncertain hours to sing a redemptive tune. And what is it we are protecting the ocean against? Regrettably, us.”
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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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