South Seas Adventure SAILING POLYNESIA WITH TRADITIONAL WAKA FLEET FORESHORE & SEABED LETDOWN KERI HULME ON THE QUAKE | TAONGA PUORO WORKSHOP WHALES AND KAIKŌurA | TE HOKINGA MAI IN SOUTHLAND 1 ABOUT NGāi Tahu—ABOUT NEW ZEALAND—ABOUT YOU Kana/SPRING 2010 $7.95 48 EDITORIAL TEAM Phil Tumataroa M ANAGING EDITOR Faumuinā F. M. Tafuna’i EDITOR Sandi Hinerangi Barr AssISTANT EDITOR FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Adrienne Rewi SUB EDITOR TE RŪNANGA O NGĀI TAHU, CONTRIBUTORS ANAKE GOODALL Karen Arnold Hinemoana Baker Tremane Barr Tom Bennion Gerry Te Kapa Coates Jacqui Van Dam Kia āta whakateretere i te waka, kei pariparia e te tai mōnehunehu te kura nei. Jason Dell Shar Devine Steer the canoe carefully, lest this chief is drenched by the spray. Ross Hemera Richard Howes Keri Hulme Moana Jackson Howard Keene Diana Leufkens The relationship between Ngāi Tahu and the moana is deep and has many faces, and this Andy Lukey Amanda Morrall issue of TE KARAKA focusses on a few of those. It is exciting to see Ngāi Tahu sailors join Elizabeth O’Connor John Pope other Pacific voyagers in reinvigorating our traditions as navigators and travellers, and Adrienne Rewi Irene Schroder re-cementing our bonds with our Pacific whanaunga. No less exciting is the promise Rob Tipa Kim Triegaardt Fern Whitau Will White held by the Kaumoana Kāi Tahu programme, connecting a whole new generation of sail- ors with those traditions, and giving them the skills and confidence that will take us all DESIGN forward into the future. Meanwhile, young superbike rider Anthony Knowles, charts his L a Fábrica Design Studio own course at an entirely less sedate pace. PRINTING Whale Watch Kaikōura continues to fly its flag over waters a little closer to home, Spectrum Print – Blue Star Business cherishing and celebrating some of Tangaroa’s most magnificent children and providing PUBLISHER its unique form of manaaki to thousands of visitors a year. It is timely to reflect on the Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu achievements of this great Ngāi Tahu enterprise and to look forward to future develop- PO Box 13 046 ments. Christchurch 8141 Against this backdrop of celebration of our maritime heritage, it is ironic that yet again Phone 03 366 4344 we are forced to consider how best to deal with new legislation to replace the Foreshore Fax 03 365 4424 and Seabed Act 2004. The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill appears to have Send contributions and letters to the editor to: as little capacity to recognise and uphold our rights and relationship with our takutai The Editor moana as its predecessor did. Despite our collective submission-writing fatigue, we will TE KARAKA PO Box 13 046 again have to make our objections heard. It turns its back on two decades of hard-won Christchurch 8141 experience developing the truly innovative, principled, inclusive and empowering solu- [email protected] tions that are the hallmark of this country’s approach to reconciling the rights of iwi © 1995 The entire contents of TE KARAKA are Māori and our wider communities. As measured by practical and meaningful outcomes, copyright and may not be reproduced in any form this Bill in its current form represents a significant lost opportunity for us all. either in part or in whole without the written On a brighter note, Murihiku has welcomed the Te Hokinga Mai exhibition to the permission of the publisher. All letters addressed to Southland Museum and a profile of Mary Jane Thomas QC, also of Southland, reminds us TE KARAKA will be assumed intended for publication just how formidable Ngāi Tahu women can be. As if we needed reminding of that! unless clearly marked “Not for Publication”. Opinions expressed in TE KARAKA are those of the writers and are not necessarily endorsed by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Issue 48 published October 2010 © Ngāi Tahu Publications Limited ISSN N0. 1173/6011 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu has used Blue Star Group, which is an FSC certified print supplier. The paper used for this publication is PEFC certified, promoting sustainable forest management through independent third party forest certification. Front cover: Hine Moana from the water in Tonga. Photograph by Richard Howes. 2 TE KARAKA KANA 2010 TE KARAKA KANA 2010 3 SUBSCRIBE Kana/SPRING 2010 48 TO TE KARAKA BY EMAIL: [email protected] BY PHONE: 03 366 4344 BY FAX: 03 365 4424 S OUTH Seas Adventure WA HALE T LE BYOS P T: Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, For the first time in hundreds of years, a fleet of traditional Polynesian waka TE KARAKA spends a day chasing whales and talking to the people PO Box 13 046, Christchurch 8141 set sail for an epic voyage around the Pacific. The two-month journey that behind Whale Watch Kaikōura – now one of the world’s leading indigenous began in Aotearoa aimed to revive the art of non-instrumental navigation businesses. 32 M Y DetAILS (for all orders): and Pacific sailing traditions. 14 New subscriber Giving gift THE LETDOWN NGĀ HAU The National Government has missed an opportunity to right the wrongs Renewal 14 E WHĀ of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Mark Solomon FROM THE Name and CEO Anake Goodall give their frank assessment of the Marine and EDITOR Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. 36 Address To sail on a waka hourua in the open sea, with huge rolling waves and no land in TAONGA REVIVAL sight, is a passionate goal for many. Postcode The sound of taonga pūoro is becoming more familiar as contemporary It tugs at the heart and mind to think of music embraces the airy sounds of Māori wind instruments. Ngāi Tahu seeks Daytime phone ancestors navigating by the stars, reading to breathe life into taonga pūoro at a workshop of musical minds and the waves and the clouds, especially for Email instruments in Christchurch. 28 those times when storms lashed merciless- ly at their waka or for when wind forsook PAYMENT METHOD: AncestraL AFFINITY them, leaving them to bob relentlessly in Cheque the ocean. (payable to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu) Irene Mura Schroder (Kāti Māmoe, Ngāi Tahu) is Curator Visual Arts When a fleet of waka sailed from Southland Museum and Art Gallery. She writes about the arrival of Auckland for a Pacific voyage in April this Visa Mastercard Te Hokinga Mai and what it means for Ngāi Tahu’s southernmost rūnanga. 42 year, fortune favoured Ngāi Tahu with Credit card number three iwi members aboard Te Matau a Māui. This was an opportunity to see what Expiry FINANCIAL KNOW-HOW ON PAR A landmark survey measuring the financial knowledge of Ngāi Tahu whānui the ancestors saw, to feel a sense of cultural connection with neighbouring Polynesian Signature has produced encouraging results. The survey establishes a solid foundation 8 10 Islands, and expand their notion of where on which the iwi can develop future tribal initiatives. 59 they came from. GIFT SUBSCRIPTION: That journey coincided with local If subscribing as a gift please provide your efforts to revive Ngāi Tahu sailing tradi- own details and a gift card will be sent to you, to forward to your friend or whānau. tions and to support a new generation of wayfinders. Lexie Reuben (Ngāi Tūāhuriri) Recipient’s name is one of a group of rangatahi learning the ropes of traditional navigation and sailing. Address Quiet and reserved, Lexie shows a deter- mination to sail as her ancestors once did. Also, in this TE KARAKA is the impor- Postcode AHAKOA HE ITI, HE POUNAMU: Māori Stormtrooper, Ngā Manu Kōrero winners, Maisey Rika and more 8 tant issue of foreshore and seabed. The Daytime phone Government, and sadly with the co-oper- THE NEED FOR SPEED HE KŌRERORERO NĀ KERI HULME: Toitū te whenua hoki 7 ation of the Māori Party, has presented Email Anthony Knowles. It’s a name to remember because one day this HE WHAKAARO: Tom Bennion – The foreshore debate – a new deal? 39 their Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai FOR ME: Christchurch youngster is going to be famous around the world. Moana) Bill to replace the 2004 Foreshore Catch up with the country’s top Under-17 speedway rider. 10 HE WHAKAARO: Guest – Moana Jackson – Injustice compounded 40 and Seabed Act. Once again for Ngāi Tahu 1 year (4 issues) $30.00 Whanui, the Bill gives perpetuates historic toi IHO: Tuhituhi whenua – Ross Hemera 38 2 years (8 issues) $60.00 wrongs, wrongs that were apologised for MARY-JANE Thomas HE KŌRERO KAI: Jason Dell’s postcard from Singapore 46 by a previous National Government. As AS A GIFT: The first woman appointed as a Crown Solicitor outside the this edition goes to print, the Māori Affairs HE I MAHI MĀra: Mauri magic 48 1 year (4 issues) $30.00 Crown Law Office in New Zealand is also a proud Ngāi Tahu descendant. 13 Select Committee is inviting submissions on the Bill. You can send your submission 2 years (8 issues) $60.00 HE AITAKA A TĀNE: Kahikatea – the tallest native 50 to Committee Secretariat, Māori Affairs, TOTAL: $ Ngāi TAHU SAILS AGAIN TE AO O TE MĀORI: Shaky times in Canterbury 52 Parliament Buildings, Wellington or via Fresh from a waka wānanga at Kaikōura’s Takahanga Marae and sailing a TE KARAKA is published quarterly in March, REVIEWS: Kaitiaki, People of the Land, and Insatiable Moon 54 www.parliament.nz. The closing date is waka hourua around the Hauraki Gulf, a young Ngāi Tahu crew are one step 19 November. Let your voice be heard. July, September and December, so your first closer to reviving the iwi’s maritime heritage.