A timeline of events
(From left to right) Sir Norman Perry, Saana Waitai-Murray, Carmen Kirkwood, Neville Baker (obscured), Titewhai Harawira, Hon. Matiu Rata, Sir Hugh Kawharu, Peter Rikys (obscured), Jim Nichols, Reverend Maori Marsden, Dr Ranginui Walker, Nganeko Minhinnick, Sir Graham Latimer. It was quite a line-up of the leaders of the north - quite a rare gathering of so many chiefs!
Te Aue Davis (left) and John Hippolite (right) being welcomed at Rehua Marae, Christchurch, by (left to right) Hon. Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, Waha Stirling and Hohua Tutangaehe at the pōwhiri for the Commonwealth Science Council Workshop on Ethnobotany, in 1988
Oliver Sutherland and the late Murray Parsons in conjunction with Moana Jackson, and the whānau of claimants
February 2012
He Poroporoaki ki a:
John Hippolite
Witi McMath
Tama Poata
Dell Wihongi
Saana Waitai-Murray
Murray Parsons
Gina Rudland
and Martin Dawson
The authors acknowledge and appreciate the assistance of Hema Wihongi in assembling and including the photographs in this paper.
The claimants vision and aspiration seeks to restore “te tino rangatiratanga o te Iwi Māori in respect of flora and fauna and all of our taonga.” Taonga being those things and values which we treasure, material, non-material, tangible and intangible.
Tēna koe, Tēnā koutou
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