GREENSTONE ELFIN BAY STATION KAITIAKITANGA AORAKI BOUND KÖANGA KÖANGA SPRING 2006 2006 $7.95 SECTION 59 REPEAL: FAMILY VIOLENCE OTAGO MUSEUM TAONGA JORIS DE BRES JASON DELL ROSEMARY McLEOD TOM BENNION ROSS HEMERA THE LAST OF THE BLUFF OYSTERS? Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, 23 July 1931 – 15 August 2006 TE RÜNANGA O NGÄI TAHU, TAHU POTIKI Last month, hundreds of thousands of people attended or watched the six-day tangihanga at Turangawaewae Marae for Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, who died at the age of 75. As the Mäori Queen, she led her Waikato and Tainui people for four decades, and was a unifying Kei runga te mirimiri, kei raro te rahurahu force in Mäoridom. Above is the message, while below it is turbulent with troubles Dame Te Atairangikaahu, born Piki Mahuta on million Treaty settlement in 1995. 23 July 1931, was the first and only child born Dame Te Ata was committed to maintain- During the 19th century, those Ngäi Tahu communities that had access to fertile land, of the marriage between her father King Koroki ing unity within Tainui. She also inspired greater fisheries and education flourished, producing outstanding successes in education, and mother Te Atairangikaahu, although she unity amongst Mäoridom, which many people medicine, law, politics and sports. Ngäi Tahu and half-caste families were able to foot had whangai brothers and sisters, including her attribute to her humble and unassuming nature. it with all the recent immigrants and were contributing to the culture and economy of trusted advisor the late Sir Robert Mahuta. Her She was instrumental in the changes in structures wider New Zealand society. father was King of the Kïngitanga movement for within Waikato, including the re-establishment Teone Wiwi (Jack) Taiaroa, Riki Temairaki Taiaroa and Thomas Ellison all played in 33 years before her. of Te Kauhanganui, or tribal parliament, and the the earliest New Zealand rugby teams, and it was Tom Ellison who actually introduced Editorial Team She was groomed for leadership of the separation between the tribe’s cultural and finan- the black uniform and silver fern that is now so familiar in international sports’ arenas. Kïngitanga, but her influential grand-aunt and cial arms. Phil Tumataroa Editor (above) Jack Taiaroa and Tom Ellison were also solicitors before the turn of the century. Debra Farquhar Assistant Editor (above left) respected leader Te Puea Herangi ensured that Dame Te Ata also raised the profile of Mäori As populations increased, land-holdings decreased and the policies of a settler she became equally well-educated in the Päkehä overseas, acting as cultural ambassador for Mäori Deborah Nation Assistant Editor government ultimately caught up with nearly all Mäori communities, these successes Gabrielle Huria Toitü Te Iwi Manager (above right) world. She attended Ngäruawähia’s Räkaumanga and indigenous people and as hostess to many were less frequent and the momentum faltered. Disease, two World Wars and urban Adrienne Anderson Chief Executive (above centre) School, and later boarded at Hamilton’s Diocesan royal and diplomatic visitors to New Zealand, drift would also have defining impacts. Täruatia nei te mamae School where she excelled, becoming a house dining with dignitaries such as Bill Clinton and The Hunn Report of 1959, for example, stated that urban drift was to be a managed Contributors He tikaka huri kino e! captain and prefect. She also excelled at sports Nelson Mandela. She fostered bonds with some process intended to assimilate Mäori into European society and eradicate Mäori ways Dr Neville Bennett Tom Bennion Sally Blundell Hone Brown Whatukarokaro atu rä koe including hockey, fencing and swimming, and of the world’s royalty, including Queen Elizabeth in favour of modern, city life. The failure of this project was monumental, as the neces- Pirimia Burger Donald Couch E te kötuku rereka tahi gained a love of literature and music, becoming and representatives of the Japanese and Danish sary social policy to support those Mäori families was never adequately put in place. Jason Dell Andrea Fox I karo tonu atu koe i tö iwi an accomplished pianist. royal houses, and strengthened contact with Since the 1970s, the social statistics of Mäori have spiralled out of control. Haere rä i te ara whänui, Te Puea remained a mentor to the young Polynesian royalty. Sheena Haywood Ross Hemera The prevalence of mental illness has increased to epidemic scale. Similarly, the inci- Felolini Maria Ifopo Liesl Johnstone He rori ka tika i a Hine-tïtama, princess, until her death on 12 October 1952. Many of New Zealand’s prime ministers were dence of Mäori in the prison system or within violent-crime statistics is frightening. Rosemary McLeod Malcolm Mulholland I a Tahu-kümea, i a Tahu-whakairo And it was attempts by Te Puea to arrange her visitors to the Queen’s home at Turangawaewae, The racial superiority and imperialistic policies of the 19th century are somehow marriage that highlighted Dame Te Ata’s strong including Jenny Shipley and Jim Bolger. Helen Elizabeth O’Connor Charisma Rangipunga Ka tötika te ara ki te mate e! more honest and easier to swallow than the insidious and corrosive media inference of Lisa Reedy Adrienne Rewi spirit and certainty of purpose, which was later Clark is understood to have maintained regular the past few decades. The Mäori proverb “kei runga te mirimiri, kei raro te rahurahu” Kömiro kino ai te käkau, pënei me au ë Geoff Shaw Rob Tipa to characterise her reign. The princess insisted contact. (above is the message, while below it is turbulent with troubles) is a fair assessment of Momotu kino nei taku manawa Phil Tumataroa Sheree Waitoa on marrying her first love, a farmer of Te Aupouri Dame Te Ata was awarded an honorary doctor- the current state of New Zealand’s racism when it comes to Mäori. Ki a koe, e te ariki ei! Garry Walls Ans Westra descent, Whatumoana Paki, with whom she had ate from Waikato University in 1973 and an Every violent crime that involves a Mäori becomes a Mäori issue, not an issue of seven children. honorary doctor of laws from Victoria University dESIGN Kua hika atu rä te tötara nui i Te Wao-tapu- urban deprivation. The death of the Kahui twins begins a debate on why Mäori are In the 1960s Dame Te Ata was often called in 1999. She supported both traditional and Strategy Advertising & Design nui-a-Täne! killing their children – not on the poor social policy compounding the desperation upon to deputise for her father when his health contemporary Mäori arts, and urged her people amongst the nation’s poorest and most dispossessed. Someone makes a spurious Printing Momotu kino nei te manawa i te weheka atu o began to fail. In April 1965, her mother Te to pursue quality and excellence in everything connection between a poorly-understood gene and traits of violence, and the country Spectrum Print Ltd te ariki tapu, Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu. Atairangikaahu, whose name she was to inherit at they did. She was patron of a number of influ- descends into another debate about Mäori being genetically predisposed to violence. Publisher Hoki atu rä e te ariki, e te pouhereka täkata ki her coronation, died. Weeks later her father died ential Mäori initiatives including the Köhanga My vision for the future is inextricably linked to the promise of the past, made Ngäi Tahu Communications Ltd tö kuia, ki a Te Puea Herangi. Kia käkahutia aged 59. Reo movement and the Mäori Women’s Welfare more poignant this month by the passing of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu. ai koe e te aroha o öu tïpuna, a Kïngi Potatau Dame Te Ata was named as the new leader League. 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The Editor puna o te aroha, he taoka koe o te motu e kore descent from her great-great-great-grandfather and clarity of vision that won her the hearts of a For Ngäi Tahu culture to survive another century, other New Zealanders must TE Karaka rawa e warewaretia. Tümokemoke noa nei King Potatau, who was crowned the first king of nation. see the value in the Ngäi Tahu contribution to national identity. The legacy of Ngäi kä marae maha i tö weheka, ka kapokapo, the Kïngitanga movement in1858. Dame Te Ata died peacefully on 15 August PO Box 13 469 Christchurch Tahu culture already impacts upon all of New Zealand. Tom Ellison left the black [email protected] ka kimikimi noa tö iwi i momotutaka o te It was initially hoped that the Kïngitanga would 2006 amongst her family including six of her seven uniform and silver fern that defines us to the outside sporting world. The Olympic and © 1995 The entire contents of TE Karaka are copyright and taurahere täkata, haere atu rä e kui, haere, unify Mäori, protect tribal customs and arrest the children, her 25 grandchildren and one great- Commonwealth teams carry pounamu taonga, gifted by Ngäi Tahu, as well as a mauri may not be reproduced in any form either in part or in whole haere whatukarokaro atu rä e! land grab by European settlers.