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Te Warawara Te Wairua O Te Iwi O Te Rarawa Te Warawara Te Wairua o te iwi o Te Rarawa A teacher’s guide for nurturing kaitiakitanga of the Warawara Forest WHAKATAUKI – KO TE TAUMATA Ko te taumata, ko te taumata May we never lose sight of the heights, Kei ngaro i te tirohanga. Summits and peaks of life. Ko te taumata, ko te taumata, With perseverence may we achieve our kia toa tatou, kia manawanui. visions, ambitions and dreams. Panguru maunga, he maunga tapu koe, Panguru mountain, you are indeed sacred. lringa korero o nga maatua tupuna. The words of wisdom of past generations Kitea ana koe i tawhiti noa e, are enshrined on you. herea rawatia, potaea e te kohu. From afar you can be seen, though – at Tu tonu mai ra, e nga whare tupuna, times you shroud yourself with mist. i runga i nga marae i waiho iho e, May you, our ancestral houses, E noho, me noho te taumata o te whare, stand firmly on the marae, Kia puritia ai te tapu me te mana. which have been left to our generation. Ma wai e taurima nga marae e hora nei? May the orators and leaders occupy your Te tika, te pono, kia mau te aroha. taumata of oratory and leadership, and so maintain the tapu and mana of our people. Ma tatou, taitama, ma tatou, e hine ma E hapai, tautoko nga taumata korero. Who will be the sentries, the pillars of our marae? Justice, integrity and love must be the foundations. Let us, young people, strive for knowledge that will, In time, become wisdom with age and experience. As published by the school Mission statement Te Wānanga begets Te Hauora - Learning produces Wellbeing Professor Charles A Royal, (2003) editor from The woven universe: Selected writings of Rev. Māori Marsden. Introduction This guide for teachers in ways to nurture kaitiakitanga of the Warawara Forest has been written at the request of Te Kura Taumata ō Panguru. This forest is of utmost cultural and historical significance to the hapū of Te Rarawa. It has one of the largest kauri stands in Aotearoa and is home to many threatened native species. It is ranked highly in Northland for its biodiversity. Te Rarawa have never conceded their ownership of the resources on this whenua. It is hoped that through deeper learning about their tāonga, the next generation will not only see how important it is for them to serve as guardians and protectors of the Warawara Forest, but also how their efforts will support the objectives of the Kaitiaki Komiti and the community, in ways that will lead to future employment opportunities. Two of the strategic goals of Te Rūnanga ō Te Rarawa are: Education & training Te Kaitiaki o te Taiao – Mātauranga That we look after That Te Rarawa people are our environment so educated to achieve their full that it sustains our potential and support the communities. development of iwi. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (CANZ) is the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development – an official agency of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. We work in Aotearoa New Zealand as well as in the Pacific, in Africa and in Asia. We work in partnership with impoverished communities throughout the world, and also, through advocacy and education for justice here at home. Indigenous peoples are one of the key strategic priorities in the Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand 2012-2017 strategic plan. Work on this resource has been undertaken through the Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Tāngata Whenua workstream. This work includes building partnerships with Māori communities and making links between local partnerships and projects with Caritas indigenous partners in our overseas aid and development work. In October 2014 CANZ published a report Small yet Strong – voices from Oceania on the environment. Caritas Oceania, of which we are a member, has raised environmental justice and climate change issues as matters of urgency affecting the wellbeing of peoples of the Pacific. This resource touches on the variety of ways communities need to commit to working to protect and sustain the environment. The report states “Through restoring and healing the environmental damage of the past; controlling and repairing the environmental activities of the present; and minimising, planning and preparing for the environmental challenges of the future, we can all be part of their work and their response. The griefs TE WARAWARA A teacher’s guide for nurturing kaitiakitanga of the Warawara Forest 1 and anxieties of the peoples of Oceania are our griefs and anxieties; their joys and hopes are also our joys and hopes.” Small yet Strong, 2014, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, p 64. This educational resource has been prepared to assist young people of Te Rarawa the next generation, to get actively involved in the conservation of the Warawara forest. Only a few generations ago Te Rarawa were dependent on forest as their pataka. Now because of introduced predators the forest is being prevented from regenerating. It is time to reconnect people with the forest in order to restore it to good health. It is essential that Catholic Māori feel that Caritas is their organisation… Justice issues for Māori must be part of the work of Caritas. New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, 2012 Scripture and Catholic social teaching But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you: Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of every living being. Job 12:7-10 The constant message through the traditions of many Christians is that of the goodness of God’s creation. In all creation stories the world is gifted in beauty and balance, and humanity is given the responsibility for the ongoing task of protecting creation through our lives. So using the resources of the earth wisely and cultivating the earth with mindfulness comes with the teaching that all is gift. God saw all he had made and indeed it was very good. Genesis 1:31 Catholic social teaching principles woven into this resource include the Common Good, Stewardship and Participation. Social obligations – towards the Common Good Commitment to the common good is about respecting the rights and responsibilities of all people. Our responsibilities are not just to satisfy private interests, but take into account our social obligations towards one another as communities of people living together. When we make decisions, we choose to consider the good of all – he painga mā te katoa. Māori have a special relationship to Papatūānuku and her resources. As children of Tāne, people have social obligations to fulfil towards Papatūānuku and her whānau to promote their welfare and their good. How is God asking us to build communities that willingly work together to protect and share the goods of the Earth? Kaitiakitanga – interpreting Stewardship We are kaitiaki – guardians of the earth. Exercising stewardship is caring for the gifts that God has given us, including the environment, our own personal talents and other resources. Understanding our interdependence with all living creatures, we use God’s gifts responsibly to meet the needs of everyone, now and in the future. 2 TE WARAWARA A teacher’s guide for nurturing kaitiakitanga of the Warawara Forest Understanding what kaitiakitanga or stewardship means can be difficult as many people use the same words but mean different things. Māori Marsden describes a kaitiaki as “a guardian, keeper, preserver, conservator, foster-parent, protector” and as kaitiakitanga as “guardianship, preservation, conservation, fostering, protecting, sheltering”. Sometimes stewardship or guardianship are used in the English language to describe the role of a person who looks after another person’s property, or to describe a relationship with the earth that is able to exploit or overuse the goods of the earth. However, the Catholic definition of stewardship is about being concerned for the wellbeing of both the planet and its people, and valuing all life for its own sake. We have to look after the gifts God has given us with an attitude of humility and awe. How is God asking us to respond to the principle of Stewardship of the environment? We all have a part to play – making meaning of Participation As humans sharing in life on this earth we are participants in the great “dance of life”. Another interpretation of that idea, is that all humans are co-creators in bringing about the Kingdom of God here on Earth. The principle of Participation – nā tōu rourou, nā tōku rourou – means each person has something unique and important to contribute to society. We are all called to be active members of our local and global communities. All people have a right and duty to participate in society, seeking together the wellbeing of all. How is God asking us to respond to the principle of Participation? How are we being asked to contribute? ‘A new approach and a new culture are needed, based on the centrality of the human person within creation and inspired by environmentally ethical behaviour stemming from our triple relationship to God, to self and to creation.’ Pope John Paul II and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Venice Declaration, 2002 TE WARAWARA A teacher’s guide for nurturing kaitiakitanga of the Warawara Forest 3 What is the big idea or focus? Rangiahua, Kohu and Kaitiakitanga Rakuraku2 describe In the context of nurturing awareness of the relationship between tāngata kaitiakitanga as an whenua and all of creation.
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