ABOUT NGāi TAhu—ABOUT NEW ZEALAND—ABOUT YOU KAhuru/AUTUMN 2013 $7.95 57 THE CONSERVATION CONUNDRUM EAN TŪ D BE COUNTED ı TE MATATINI ı S COA T WATCHER KAHURU/AUTUMN 2013 57 THE CONSERVATION CONUNDRUM O ver the past four years, the Department of Conservation has had $54 million slashed from its budget. What will these cuts mean for Te Waipounamu and Ngāi Tahu? 12 12 NGĀ HAU E whā FROM THE EDITOR Calling all Ngāi Tahu creative writers. Yes, that’s you. We’re looking for submissions to be published in TE KARAKA. Poems, short stories, you choose the form and TE KARAKA will provide the waka. This idea has been slowly building after discussions during the Christchurch TŪĀPAPA Writers Festival last year when we put FOUNDATION together a panel including Keri Hulme, Gerry Coates and Hinemoana Baker, chaired by John Huria who was a long-time senior editor at Huia Publishers. TE REO RANGATIRA We want to encourage Ngāi Tahu crea- MĀORI LANGUAGE tive writing as a valuable form of expression for the tribe. Send me your submissions or give me a call to discuss them and let’s get this happening. We don’t promise to ANGITŪ publish everything that comes our way – in MĀORI & INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DEVELOPMENT COAST WATCHER case we get flooded with copy – but John and Uncle Hori Briggs has been policing the Canterbury coastline for the past 14 years. 18 I will go through submissions and decide what will be published. TE ARAWHĀNUI Nō HEA KOE? In other news, the environment and ō tākou Rūnanga set up A3 Kaitiaki six years ago to work with prisoners at the sustainability are two themes bubbling BUSINESS, COMPUTING & INNOVATION newly-buit Otago Corrections Facility in South Otago. 20 up all over the Ngāi Tahu takiwā, with sometimes more questions than answers. 20 What is happening to the relationship HAUORA between Ngāi Tahu and the Department of HEALTH & FITNESS Conservation for example? Kim Triegaardt has marshalled some conflicting opin- ions in the cover story, issues that also were discussed at a hui at Te Rau Aroha TOI Marae in Bluff in early March. And I went MĀORI & INDIGENOUS ARTS to a hui at Takahanga Marae in Kaikōura where representatives from the oil explo- ration company Anardarko fronted to TE HIRINGA answer questions about the company’s two exploration permits offshore from the EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES Kaikōura Peninsula. Also there was Energy Minister Simon Bridges and managers from New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals, UMANGA the Crown body that grants exploration PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, TRADES & VOCATIONS permits. Again, there were more ques- tions than answers but at least the suits from Anadarko faced the rūnanga and local E TŪ AND BE COUNTED community. M āori roll of general roll? The Māori electoral option is a vital part of nā MARK REVINGTON New Zealand’s democratic process. 24 www.twoa.ac.nz | 0800 355 553 ii TE KARAKA KAHURU 2013 RAK_TK03/01 TE TEKARA KARAKAK KAAHUR KANA 2012 1U 2013 SUBSCRIBE TO TE KARAKA BY EMAIL: [email protected] BY PHONE: 03 366 4344 OVAL BALL TRAVELS BY FAX: 03 365 4424 Rugby has taken Tamaha MacDonald from Blenheim to Mexico City, BY POST: Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, population 22 million. 26 PO Box 13 046, Christchurch 8141 NEXT STOP ōTAUTAHI Crowds of up to 25,000 poured into the Rotorua International Stadium EDITORIAL TEAM MY Details (for all orders): CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Phil Tumataroa ManaGING EDITOR for Te Matatini 2013. 28 Mark Revington EDITOR New subscriber Giving gift TE RŪNANGA O NGĀI TAHU, Faumuinā F. M. Tafuna’i SUB EDITOR Renewal 28 ARIHIA Bennett D iana Leufkens SUB EDITOR Simon Leslie WEB EDITOR Name The other day my five-year-old nephew pointed out to me that I have “crazy hair”. Was I CONTRIBUTORS Address just trying to embrace the freedom of my naturally frizzy locks, or was it the result of three T remane Barr Arihia Bennett months into the leadership role having experienced a 360-degree view of everything Tom Bennion Tony Bridge that matters to Ngāi Tahu whānui? For a brief moment, I was jealous of all those separate Diana Clement Gerry Coates government departments with their resources, before I headed back to my reality and Ila Couch Keri Hulme Postcode Hori Mataki Tahu Pōtiki expectations that are on the shoulders of our team. Adrienne Rewi Steven Shaw Daytime phone This whirlwind tour of iwi, kāinga, whānau and individual-led tribal activities showed Rob Tipa Kim Triegaardt me that we are far from being a passive bunch. It emphasised that we are a vibrant, Phil Tumataroa Fern Whitau Email passionate and determined lot who want the best for our whānau in every which way DESIGN you could imagine – phew! It’s an aspirational way of being and I see my role as enabling L a Fábrica Design Studio PAYMENT METHOD: opportunities to bring this to tangible fruition. I am also a realist and note that if I want Cheque to better myself at something then I need to focus rather than skim the surface. It is an ADVERTISING (payable to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu) approach I bring to my new role. Pam Graham [email protected] Speaking of learning, someone said to me the other day that I was the first person Visa Mastercard in the tribe they had spoken to who did not know much about mahinga kai. Given PRINTING Credit card number I was at the Ngāi Tahu Seafood board meeting, I was embarrassed for a minute, but later Spectrum Print – Blue Star Business I recalled childhood days. Dad bringing home his beloved kina, and promptly being told PUBLISHER Expiry to prepare it out in the garage. Mum and her magnificent ways of presenting crayfish. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Signature The muttonbird tins that would arrive at a certain time of the year. Whitebaiting adven- PO Box 13 046 tures starting at absurdly early hours. The neighbours always had eels hanging in their Christchurch 8141 garage before they popped them into their homemade smokehouse. So as a child maybe Phone 03 366 4344 GIFT SUBSCRIPTION: Fax 03 365 4424 If subscribing as a gift please provide your I knew how to benefit from mahinga kai, but my appreciation of the cultural and social values that lay beneath was somewhat lacking. Send contributions and letters to the editor to: own details and a gift card will be sent to you, The Editor to forward to your friend or whānau. Recent opportunities to meet with spirited and enthusiastic water-baby whānau of TE KARAKA all generations across Ngāi Tahu has catapulted me into their world of mahinga kai, PO Box 13 046 Recipient’s name and more specifically the worry of polluted waterways, eroding ecological habitats Christchurch 8141 [email protected] Address and land use intensification. I now have my eyes wide open when I travel up and down HE KōRERORERO Nā KERI HULME: Haere rā e Jude 5 Te Waipounamu watching the kilometres of irrigation and wondering about all that water. © 1995 The entire contents of TE KARAKA are TE AO O TE MāORI: Songbirds on Waitangi Day 6 I am a believer in finding a balance to drive the economy, but not at the expense of the copyright and may not be reproduced in any form environment. either in part or in whole without the written The comeback kid permission of the publisher. All letters addressed to Postcode AHAKOA HE ITI, HE POUNAMU: 8 After all, we are supposed to be ki uta, ki tai (from the mountains to the sea) guard- TE KARAKA will be assumed intended for publication Daytime phone KĀ ARA TŪPUNA: Up the Hurunui River 32 ians and if we cannot sustain and regenerate healthy waterways, what is the point of unless clearly marked “Not for Publication”. having a healthy economy in an unhealthy surrounding? For me, the blinkers are off. Everyday, everywhere reo 34 Opinions expressed in TE KARAKA are those of the Email KĀ MANUKURA O TE REO: I now take notice of what is happening, and will continue to be guided by our whānau to writers and are not necessarily endorsed by Stories of Kāi Tahu tīpuna 36 FOR ME: M ANAWA Kāi TAHU: ensure I strategically advocate in our best interests to bring about the restoration and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. TOI IHO: M edal of distinction 38 preservation of our precious environment. Issue 57 published April 2013 1 year (4 issues) $30.00 KAI: Cooking Out Back 40 © Ngāi Tahu Publications Limited 2 years (8 issues) $60.00 ISSN N0. 1173/6011 HEI MAHI MāRA: An attitude of gratitude 42 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu has used Blue Star Group, AS A GIFT: HE AITAKA A TāNE: Kamahi appeals to the senses 44 which is an FSC certified print supplier. The paper used 1 year (4 issues) $30.00 for this publication is PEFC certified, promoting HEA WHAKA RO: Time waits for no one 46 sustainable forest management through independent 2 years (8 issues) $60.00 third party forest certification. REVIEWS: In the home of the tattooist’s art 48 TOTAL: $ Front cover: Concept by Hori Te Ariki Mataki. HE Kōrero PākAHI: Connected, thriving 50 TE KARAKA is published quarterly in March, July, September and December, so your first NGā TAKE PŪTEA: Saving power 51 subscription magazine will be the next HE TANGATA: Kate Souness 52 published issue. 2 TE KARAKA KAHURU 2013 TE KARAKA KAHURU 2013 3U 2013 HE KōRERORERO nā KERI HULME Haere rā e Jude I came back home.