whenua

Mārakai as sites of ahi kaa and resistance

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
mārakai
ahi kaa
kaitiakitanga
resistance
whenua
occupation
Author(s): 
Ken Taiapa
Helen Moewaka Barnes & Tim McCreanor
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.2.8

Colonising processes, which led to the removal of many hapū and iwi from their whenua through conflict and dispossession, significantly altered Māori relationships with environments and associated tikanga. Mārakai, as a manifestation of ahi kaa, formed an important part of Māori resistance efforts to maintain occupation of their whenua. Large-scale disconnection of tangata whenua from whenua severely undermined their wellbeing and ability to maintain nature-culture relationships through continued practice of ahi kaa.

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Ngā kare ā-roto o ngā Kaipupuri Whenua

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
whenua
kaipupuri whenua
Whānau
kare-ā-roto
tukunga rangahau
Author(s): 
Kiri M. Dell
Hinetu N. Dell MNZM
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.2.4

He tuhinga tēnei hei whakamārama i te whakatewhatewhatanga i ngā raru o ngā kaipupuri whenua kei ngā whenua tarahiti. Arā noa atu ngā hua kei ngā whenua e takoto ana, heoi anō, arā noa atu ngā aupēhinga ka piri ki ngā whānau kia huihui rātau mō ō rātau whenua. Ko tēnei rangahau ka whai whakaaro mō ngā raru kei roto i ngā Taitara Whenua Māori. Me pēhea e taea ai te whakapakari i ngā hiahia o te whānau kia kore ai e warea te one tapu? 1.4666 miriona heketea o ngā whenua kei ngā ringa o Māori e pupuri ana. E hāngai ana tēnei ki te 5.5% o te katoa o Aotearoa.

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