The WAI 262 Flora and Fauna Claim
Whakapapa and tino rangatiratanga are at the heart of the Wai 262 claim. Whakapapa is what connects us to our taonga and tino rangatiratanga (in all its dimensions of rights and obligations), it is what enables us to give full expression to our relationships with these taonga. They are essential to our culture and identity. From whakapapa comes the rights and responsibilities of being tangata whenua – people of the land. Those rights and responsibilities are encompassed in a world view, a way of existing according to tikanga, customs and laws, which include the following key concepts: kaitiakitanga, tapu, manaakitanga, mana, aroha, whanaungatanga, wairua and mauri.
The authority to live according to that world view is tino rangatiratanga, which was guaranteed under Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi 1840. Te Tiriti was a constitutional guarantee that tangata whenua would be able to live in accordance with their world view for as long as they wished to do so, and that the Crown would actively protect those rights and responsibilities.
Del Wihongi (Te Rarawa) was one of six original claimants who laid this claim on behalf of all Māori in Aotearoa. The last surviving claimant, Saana Murray (Ngāti Kuri), passed away in September 2011.
Whakapapa and tino rangatiratanga are at the heart of the Wai 262 claim. Whakapapa is what connects us to our taonga and tino rangatiratanga (in all its dimensions of rights and obligations), it is what enables us to give full expression to our relationships with these taonga. They are essential to our culture and identity. From whakapapa comes the rights and responsibilities of being tangata whenua – people of the land. Those rights and responsibilities are encompassed in a world view, a way of existing according to tikanga, customs and laws, which include the following key concepts: kaitiakitanga, tapu, manaakitanga, mana, aroha, whanaungatanga, wairua and mauri.
The authority to live according to that world view is tino rangatiratanga, which was guaranteed under Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi 1840. Te Tiriti was a constitutional guarantee that tangata whenua would be able to live in accordance with their world view for as long as they wished to do so, and that the Crown would actively protect those rights and responsibilities.
Del Wihongi (Te Rarawa) was one of six original claimants who laid this claim on behalf of all Māori in Aotearoa. The last surviving claimant, Saana Murray (Ngāti Kuri), passed away in September 2011.
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CEO Kevin Robinson acknowledges receipt
of the Wai 262 report on the 2nd July 2011. |
Chairman of Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa Haami Piripi
talks about the Wai 262 report. |
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Has the report met the aspirations of the claimants?
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What are the next steps?
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