Issue 6, Jan 2003 TETE MATAHAUARIKIMATAHAUARIKI Laws and Institutions for Aotearoa/New Zealand WIREMU TAMIHANA: RANGATIRA No te tekau ma waru o Noema i haere ko te whanau nui On 18 November colleagues, friends and family joined tonu, nga hoa mahi o Kahurangi Stokes me tetahi ope nui Dame Evelyn Stokes and a large contingent of Ngati Haua tonu o Ngati Haua ki te whare taonga o Waikato ki te at the Waikato Museum of Art and History to launch her whakamarewa i tana pukapuka hou e pa ana ki Wiremu latest publication, Wiremu Tamihana: Rangatira. Tamihana - te Rangatira. The book documents the life of Wiremu Tamihana He pukapuka tenei e tirohia atu ana ki nga mahi a Tarapipipi Te Waharoa, rangatira of the Ngati Haua iwi. He Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi te Waharoa - te rangatira o te is probably most remembered as the Kingmaker for his iwi o Ngati Haua, mai ano i tona whanautanga mai ki tona role in the institution of the Maori King Movement. Dame matenga. Ko te mea ke e tino Evelyn describes him as a respected and maumaharatia ana e te nuinga mo visionary leader and one of new ana mahi - ko tona tautoko ki te Zealander’s most important Maori lead- whakatu i te Kingitanga. E meatia ers: “Tarapipipi stood at the interface of ana e Kahurangi koia tetahi o nga nineteenth-century encounter, culture rangatira waewae kaikapua ki Niu contact and conflict between Maori and Tireni nei. “I tu a Tarapipipi ki mua i Pakeha in New Zealand. He was a peace- te aroaro o nga tuahuatanga o tera maker, but he was labeled a rebel, and rautau ara ko te papakitanga o nga his influence was systematically under- Iwi e rua. He tangata tenei i mau ai mined by government agency. His vision te rongo ahakoa he mea tapatapa is still valid: that of a Maori society in kau ko te kupu waewae kowhana control of its own destiny, under a sys- ki runga i a ia, ka mutu, i kaha whai tem of Maori law, working in partnership wahihia ko te Kawanatanga ki te with Pakeha law, and participating in the tanoanoa i tona tapu, i tona mana. benefits of Pakeha settlement.” Heoi e whai take tonu ana ona Wiremu Tamihana: Rangatira is a his- whakakitenga ara kia te kaha tory, taken from his own words, represent- te pupuri o te Iwi Maori i tona ing the most complete collection of ano rangatiratanga i raro mai sources and commentary surrounding his ano i tona ano mana, e mahi life. The book is also a rich source of ngatahi nei te Pakeha me te Waikato history and is the result of more Maori, a, kei te whai hua te than a decade of research which had its ata noho ki waenganui i nga Pakeha." origins in Dame Evelyn’s work investigating land claims for He mea tango mai te nuinga o nga Matamata-based Ngati Haua. Published by Huia Publish- korero i ona ano kupu e matohu ers with the assistance of grants from Te Matahauariki and ake nei i te rahinga atu o nga puna korero e pa ana ki a ia. the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, the book was officially He nui hoki nga korero o roto e pa ana ki nga mahi whanui launched by the Institute’s Director, Judge Mick Brown. In o roto i a Waikato a he mea rangahau enei korero i roto i complimenting Dame Evelyn on this latest in a line of many nga tekau tau i pahure ake nei, i takea mai hoki i nga mahi achievements, Judge Brown welcomed the Institute’s as- rangahau kereme o Kahurangi ki Matamata. sociation with the work, albeit at the final stages. Judge INSIDE THIS ISSUE pg. A Diary of Speaking Engagements 2002.................................................................................2 Te Matapunenga:Defining Customary Law.........................................................................................3 Sir Apirana Ngata on the Treaty of Waitangi............................................................................6 And Several Provisional Te Matapunenga Entries Dame Evelyn Stokes Senior Researcher Te Matahauariki Institute 1 Issue 6, Jan 2003 Na Huia, Te Manatu Taonga me Brown also made particular note of the matau ko te Matahauariki i awhina ki presence of Ngati Haua and Anaru HE AITUA te whakaputa i tenei pukapuka. Na te Thompson as the descendents and Tiati Mick Brown to matau tumu representatives of Wiremu Tamihana. Ngarue ana te whenua, ngaoko whakarae i whakamarewa te pukapuka Dame Evelyn is a Geography Pro- ana te moana, i te hinganga o nga totara whakahae o te wao, a, mowai nei. No roto mai i ona mihimihi ki a fessor at the University of Waikato, a Senior Research Associate of Te ana tera i te munga o nga kaka Kahurangi i tino harikoa te Tiati mo to haetara, nei kapoto ki te po. Ko Bill matau piringa ki a ia ahakoa kua tata Matahauariki and a former Member of Tamihana tena, ko Hirini Melbourne tae ki te pito o nga mahi. I whai kupu the Waitangi Tribunal. tena, ko Ta Hone Turei hoki tena. hoki te Tiati ki a Ngati Haua me Anaru No reira e nga Rangatira, haere, Tamihana hei kanohi ora mo Wiremu haere ki te putahitanga o Rehua. Tamihana. Haere ki te kainga o ratou ma kua He amokapua a Kahurangi Stokes tae atu ki tua te arai. Takoto koutou ki te kura Toiwhenua ki Waikato, he ki te Ao wairua okioki ai, takoto, takoto, moe mai. Te Matahauriki kairangahau matua i roto i te sadly notes the passing away of Matahauariki a, he mema hoki ia i BillTamihana, Associate Professor runga i te Taraipiunara o Waitangi i nga Hirini Melbourne and Sir John tau o mua. Turei. A DIARY OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS On 1-3 September 2002, Dr Alex Frame and Paul Meredith attended the annual conference of the Maori Law Society in Dunedin where they had been invited to present a paper on Maori customary law for which they drew on work in progress for Te Matapunenga. On 12 September, Paul Meredith co-presented a paper with Judge Caren Wickliffe of the Maori Land Court and Kahui Maranui, National Maori Land Information Systems Manager, at the New Zealand Law Librarian’s conference ‘Visible Justice: Evolving Access to Law’, held at Te Papa in Wellington. The paper was titled ‘Access to Customary Law: New Zealand Issues’ and is available online at http://www.nzllg.org.nz/. On 24 September, Judge Mick Brown spoke to the Public Sector Senior Management Conference 2002, Facing the Future: the evolution of the Public Service to meet the challenges ahead. His paper is available online at http:// pssm.ssc.govt.nz/papers/brownm.asp On 10 October, Dr Alex Frame and Paul Meredith gave a Paper to the Members of the Waitangi Tribunal at their annual conference on the invitation of Chief Judge Joe Williams, Acting Chairperson of the Tribunal. Alex and Paul introduced the Members to the Te Matapunenga project and benefited from a most constructive exchange following the presenta- tion. Also on 10 October Robert Joseph presented a joint paper withTom Bennion to 'The Inaugural Maori Legal Forum' held at Te Papa Museum. The paper explored issues surrounding Tikanga Maori and the Resource Management Act. On 25 October, Paul Meredith and Dr Alex Frame spoke to the staff of the Alexander Turnbull Library on Te Matapunenga at the invitation of the Chief Librarian, Margaret Calder. The session provided an opportunity for Alex and Paul to update the staff on progress to date since their last presentation to the staff and continues a warm relationship between Te Matahauariki and the Library. On 22-24 November, Associate Professor Richard Benton attended the 'Pres- ervation of Ancient Cultures and the Globalization Scenario' International Cen- tre for Cultural Studies (India), 7th Joint Conference, with the School of Mäori and Pacific Development, University of Waikato, Hamilton. Associate Profes- sor Benton's paper was entitled “Te Matahauariki – the Imminent Dawn”: Customary Law in a Globalized Society. Associate Prof. Benton also dis- cussed aspects of Te Matahauariki’s programme informally with people at the “Being Human” Conference at Te Papa on November 22, and also at the Sus- tainable Development Forum (at the University of Auckland) on 29 November. Tonga Karena also presented a paper to the “Preservation of Ancient Cul- tures and the Globalization Scenario” Conference. Tonga addressed some of Dr Alex Frame and Paul the epistemological implications that are emerging from our research for Te Meredith with Chief Judge Matapunenga. Joe Williams, Deputy Chairperson of the Waitangi On 6 December, Robert Joseph attended a 'Transparency International' work- Tribunal shop at Victoria Law School, Wellington where he discussed issues surrounding Maori Governance. Most of the papers will be available on our website in due course. 2 Issue 6, Jan 2003 TE MATAPUNENGA: DEFINING CUSTOMARY LAW Issue 5, Aug 2002 Alex Frame and Richard Benton, and the Te Matapunenga Team have contin- ued to work on the definition of ‘customary law’ for the purposes of Te Matapunenga. They have greatly benefited from comments on earlier drafts made in the course of presentations of Te Matapunenga material to outside groups, and from members of the Advi- sory Panel. Even now the proposed definition is to be regarded as draft only, and it is intended that it be the subject of discussion at the first Advisory Panel TIKANGA meeting in the new year. The present draft is offered to readers of the Newsletter as an indication of the present stage of the Team’s thinking. Reporting on a proposal by the Definition of ‘Customary Law’ Chief Justice in 1905 to codify Maori The Oxford English Dictionary records two distinct meanings of ‘Custom’1 : custom as it relates to land tenure, 1.A habitual or usual practice ; common way of acting; usage, fashion, habit.