A more critical history of Forest & Bird
“For all intents and purposes, Forest & Bird waged a media and political war on Ngāi Tahu and the Crown during negotiations.” — Martin Fisher.
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Tag: Ngāi Tahu
Covering Te Kerēme
“I will always treasure the memories of people who came together for a dream of justice, not just for themselves but for their descendants and for the lifeblood that is the earth and water.” — Saige England on covering the Kāi Tahu claim as a young Pākehā journalist.
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Atholl Anderson: The welcome of strangers
“In the early 19th century, the world of Ngāi Tahu was changing fast. As well as material and technological changes, the partnerships of Ngāi Tahu women with Pākehā men foreshadowed the substantial genetic and social changes to come.” — Professor Atholl Anderson, from The Welcome of Strangers: A History of Southern Māori.
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This government is going out of its way to attack Māori
“For a government to announce it will overrule the courts of law, in order to make it nigh on impossible for Māori to attempt to claim our customary rights, takes us back to the dark ages.” — Ngāi Tahu chair Justin Tipa.
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Putting a price tag on nature
“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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Weaving a tribal story
“The bylines of some entries are so unique, so remarkable, as to make you marvel that such a person could exist — and then to wonder why it has taken until now for their stories to become known to the wider public.” — Kennedy Warne on ‘Tāngata Ngāi Tahu’.
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Walking as a pathway to knowing
“What if Ngāi Tahu had been allowed the reserve, and New Zealand’s walking culture had developed with Māori still owning the land? What kind of hybrid traditions might have emerged if Kemp’s Deed had been honoured, the mahika kai preserved?” — Nic Low.
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Mark Solomon: On leadership and life
“The Crown reckoned full redress was worth around $12 to $15 billion. Our advisers thought it was closer to $20 billion. We settled for $170 million — a lot less, but it allowed Ngāi Tahu to move forward, to rebuild.” — Mark Solomon.
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He maimai aroha: A tribute to Tahu Pōtiki
Rakatira, visionary, reo champion, best mate, and hōhā! All of these terms were used to describe Tahu Pōtiki during his tangihanga on Ōtākou Marae last year.
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