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December 2011
sponsored by the pro vice-chancellor māori office
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori Update
Welcome to the last issue of Te Miro for 2011. Te Miro is one means through which the Office of the
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori can communicate and share the activities, changes and good news that happens
at the University of Waikato.
2011 has been a year full of highs and lows for
the University community, and for many staff
and students, the year was marked with the loss
of and grieving for two highly valued and much
loved and long-time members of the University
of Waikato family.
Rangiiria Hedley of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Natana
Takurua of Te Aitanga a Mahaki and Ngāti Porou
first came to the University as students of the
first intake for the Te Tohu Paetahi Total
Immersion Māori Language Learning Programme
in the School of Māori & Pacific Development,
Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao. Both were members of
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
and were passionate about the Māori language,
Māori Performing Arts and its many facets. Natana,
affectionately known as ‘Koro’, stayed on after
his student years to become a Lecturer within
Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao. Rangiiria fostered her
Māori historical research interests by forging
a successful career as a librarian, but her true
legacy is in her work as a renowned practitioner,
teacher and keeper of the traditional knowledge
of ngā taonga pūoro Māori, traditional Māori
musical instruments – as passed down to her by
the late Dr Hirini Melbourne. The dulcet tones and
mourning of Hineraukatauri will be carried forever
by the winds of Tāwhirimātea in remembrance
of them both as is depicted in the story below
about the concert held in their honour.
The Māori language and Māori education were
the champions again this year, with the awarding
of an honorary doctorate to well – known pioneer
of the Māori language, Dr Cathy Dewes.
2011 also saw the achievements of the late
Dr Hirini Melbourne immortalised with the tenth
year celebration and renaming of the Whare
Tapere Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts,
where the role he played in its establishment
was properly honoured.
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori
Professor of Education & Māori Development
Te Tangi Korowhitawhita
a Hineraukatauri
Ka piki au, piki ake au ki te taumata rā o Marotiri
Ka titiro iho au ki ngā huarahi i haere ai aku mātua tūpuna
Ki te kimi oranga i ngā takutai a Ruataupare e
Hoatu ai koe ki maunga Tongariro
Ki ngā wai tuku kiri a Taupo-nui-a-Tia
Rokohinga atu rā ki ngā waiariki o Ngātoroirangi
Ki te ure tarewa o te Kīngitanga hī hī hā hā hei!
Nō te 12 o Oketopa, 2011 i tū te konowhete a Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao hei whakanui i a Rangiiria Hedley,
Natana Takurua rātou ko Okeroa Douglas. I tapaina te konowhete ki te ingoa ‘Te Tangi Korowhitawhita
a Hineraukatauri’. I tīkina tēnei rerenga nō roto mai o tētehi o ngā waiata a Hirini Melbourne e kōrero
ana mō te tangi mokemoke a Hineraukatauri, te Atua o ngā taonga pūoro. Ko ngā reo tōiri o te pō nō
ngā ākonga o Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao. Nā rātou ake a rātou waiata i whakakupu ki ngā whītiki o te
kī, ki ngā whakanikoniko o te reo. Heoti rā, ko te tino hua i puta, ko te tāwharau i ngā whānau, otirā
i Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, i Te Tari o te Tumuaki Māori me te Matapunenga a Te Kotahi ki te korowai
aroha. Nō reira, he mihi mutunga kore ki a koutou te rua ngārehu o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. Tātou
katoa e tangi tonu nei ki ngō tātou hoa aroha, ko te tūmanako ia o te whakaaro, ka noho ko Te Tangi
Korowhitawhita a Hineraukatauri hei māheatanga e tau ai te mauri, e ngāwari ai te ngākau.
While we continue to mourn the losses, we find
strength and inspiration in our many individual
and collective achievements. We hope you enjoy
this issue of Te Miro and may we all keep moving
forward in a positive direction.
2012 promises to be another busy year with new
targets and goals already set in place to uplift and
enhance Māori achievement.
Ngā Kai o Roto
Inside
» P2
Māori Student
Recruitment 2011
Te Reo o Te Wahine
Symposium
» P3
Tākuta Cathy Dewes
Honorary Doctorate
Newly Named Gallagher
Academy of Performing Arts
Celebrates 10 Years
» P4-5
Photo Lift Out
» P6
Te Puna Tautoko Māori
Student Support Network
Te Manawa Opening
» P7
Official Launch of Te Kotahi
Research Institute
» P8
Gallagher Great Race
Te Rangikaheke Presentation
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Māori Student Recruitment 2011
2011 started off with a bang with the University once again providing a huge presence at Te Matatini o Te Ra. A dedicated team
of Waikato staff worked hard to promote our university at the largest Māori cultural festival in the world.
Next up for our Māori recruitment team is the hectic programme of
presentations in the secondary schools including those in the Hawke's Bay,
Whangarei and the far North.
August saw the introduction of the Whānau Information Evening and
it was great to meet with prospective students and their whānau and
we will continue to build this initiative.
May brought Kīngitanga Day where we were glad to host a number of
Wharekura along with dignitaries and the community. We also had a
crew of kaimahi Māori representing Waikato at the AUT expo, which was
another great opportunity as thousands of people attend this event in
Auckland. Open Day was next with around 3,000 students on campus,
Te Puna Tautoko crew were out in force to run a special BBQ lunchtime
session to promote our presence to prospective tauira.
September came with our second year of the Kaupapa Māori Experience
Waikato day. Approximately 100 Year 11 students on campus enjoyed
a great day partaking in practical rotations around the Faculties topped off
with lunch in the halls of residence and prize giving.
June and July featured our specialist roadshow presentations for Wharekura
and Kura Kaupapa Māori. As well as our priority Kura, the featured region
for this year was Te Taitokerau.
Our kaimahi extraordinaire also attended the Tainui and national Manu
Kōrero competitions and it was great to again tautoko our tauira.
This is definitely not an exhaustive look at Māori recruitment activities for
2011, which has definitely been a busy year but as always all our mahi has
been done with our complete belief that there is so much potential in our
people and we would love to help nurture that here at Waikato.
Clockwise from top left: Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga enjoy lunch at the Halls; Secondary School students from all over outside the Gallagher
Academy of Performing Arts, and; Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga lead a rousing performance.
Te Reo o Te Wahine Symposium
Te Heikōkō, e te māreikura o te reo
E te kahurangi, moe mai rā
E poipoia mai nā e Āionuku e
Kia rere tō wairua ki ngā ao o te rangi
E rere rā
E te ruahine moe mai rā
Tīoriori ana Te Whare Tapere o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato i “Te reo o te wahine”
i te marama kua riwha atu nei. Nō te 11 o Whiringa-ā-rangi ka tū te hui nei hei
whakamaharatanga ki te kuia i rongonui ai mō ana mahi whakatairanga i te reo, te
tohunga ki te whakairo i te kupu, ki a Tākuta Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira. Ko
te arotahi o te hui ko ngā momo mahi whakaora reo a ngā wāhine Māori i roto i ngā tau,
ko ngā piki, ngā heke me ngā rautaki hoki hei ahu whakamua. Ko te mātauranga, ko ngā
mahi toi me te whakatupu reo i roto i te pā harakeke ngā kaupapa i kōwhiria hei tūāpapa
mō te hui, ā, i rangatira ai i ngā māreikura o te reo i whakarauika mai ki te whakapuaki
whakaaro mō aua kaupapa. Ko te reo waitī o te wahine tērā i huihui ai mātou i taua rangi
kia tihei ai te mauri ora o tō tātou reo mō ake, ake, ake tonu atu.
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Lecturer Hineiti Greensill of Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao and
organiser of symposium receives her Master of Arts at the
October Marae Graduation 2011.
Tākuta Cathy Dewes NZOM Honorary Doctorate
I te 6 Hepetema 2011, ka whakawahia e Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato tōna tohu mātauranga teitei
rawa, te Tohu Kairangi Hōnore, ki a Catherine (Cathy) Moana Dewes NZOM; kaiako, kaituhi, kaituari
mātauranga, kaiwhakaora i te reo Māori, hoa hoki o Te Whare Wānanga. He rangi ataahua, he rangi
whakamiharo hoki.
Cathy Dewes is arguably one of the most
modest and high achieving women in
New Zealand. She is internationally
known as a language activist – a pioneer
in the revitalisation of the Māori
language and a champion of kura
The newly annointed Tākuta
kaupapa Māori. As an educator, board
Cathy Dewes.
member and trustee, she has never
been afraid to challenge the norm, and has never been distracted by
a refusal. In 2011, for her significant contribution to her people, the
Māori language and Māori education, Cathy was made an officer of the
New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Rangitihi iwi and won a seat. The incumbent trustees objected but a High
Court decision enabled Cathy to take her place on the Board where she
served until 2006.
She is still a member of Te Rūnanga nui o Te Arawa, the iwi authority
representing the majority of hapu of the confederation of Te Arawa.
Whaea Cathy maintains her life-long interest in Māori radio and continues
to serve as a trustee with Te Reo Irirangi o Te Arawa and is a director
of Māori television and is a Trustee of Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi.
Cathy successfully gained her degree in Māori from Victoria University
and also completed her teaching diploma. It was during her time at
Victoria in the early 70s that Cathy joined her peers to form the
Te Reo Māori Society, supported the Māori Language Petition and
lobbied for Māori news on radio and television. She was one of the
original battlers for Māori Language Week, now in its 37th year.
In 1985 in Rotorua she began home schooling and in 1987 opened one of
the first Māori language schools in New Zealand – Te Kura Kaupapa Māori
o Ruamata and is still the principal of the kura. Cathy has been a member
of the Ministerial working party on Māori education and established
marae-based language programmes.
But it is not just in education where Cathy has made her mark. She
has been a trailblazer for women too. In 1994, she became the first
woman to stand for the Te Arawa Trust Board, which had existed
without women for 50 years. She was supported by her own Ngāti
Māori Staff from the University of Waikato pose with Vice-Chancellor
Professor Roy Crawford and Dr Cathy Dewes inside her ancestral
meeting house at Ruamatā.
Newly Named Gallagher Academy of Performing
Arts Te Whare Tāpere Celebrates 10 Years
I te 26 o Hōngongoi 2011 i whakanuia
te tuangāhurutanga o te whakatūwheratanga o Te Whare Tāpere ā i
whakanuia hoki te tahuri o tōnā ingoa ki
te Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts.
‘I mua ko te tino kaitautoko o Te Whare Tāpere
ko WEL, nā te huringa o te pūtea tautoko ki te
kamupene rongonui ki a Gallaghers ka tīni hoki
tōnā ingoa. I ngā tau ki muri i whakawhiwhia e
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato ngā tohu kairangi
honore ki ngā tūngāne nā rāua te kamupene
i whakatū.
2011 Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar and Waikato
Management School student Te Wairere Ngaia
serenades the crowd.
Huihui katoa te hunga o ngā mahi o te ao pūoro,
o te ao whakaari, o te ao kanikani, o te ao Māori
me ōnā āhuatanga o ngā mahi ā Rēhia a Tāne
Rore a Hineraukatauri hei tautoko i te pō hei
whakangahau hoki i te minenga whānui i tae atu
i taua pō.
2011 Te Tohu Paetahi students welcome the
audience with a haka pōwhiri.
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He Kohinga Mahara – Reflections
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Te Manawa Opening
On the morning of 9 November 2011, a dawn karakia,
led by Tainui kaumātua Tame Pokaia, was held for
the unveiling of the new sculpture ‘Te Aurei’ and the
opening of the Student Centre ‘Te Manawa’.
Later that same morning, the University community, under the
guidance of Tainui kaumātua Koroneihana Cooper, welcomed His
Excellency Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, Governor General
of New Zealand to officially unveil the plaque.
Members of Te Puna Tautoko perform a traditional Māori action song.
Te Puna Tautoko Māori
Student Support Network
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari ko taku toa, he toa takitini.
These were enjoyable occasions and a great opportunity for all to
celebrate ‘Te Manawa’ and an opportunity to check out the new
facilities. The goodwill and generous contributions of the University’s
Māori staff community did not go unnoticed on the day, and the
Vice-Chancellor has noted his sincere thanks to one and all. With
the majority of works completed in 2010, Te Manawa now stands
as a proud and modern feature of the University, ready for the new
year and the return of students and staff.
Te Puna Tautoko Māori student support committee was established
as a support network for staff members uni-wide who have responsibilities
in areas of student support.
Achievements this year included hosting and organising the inaugural
Waikato’s Got Talent, hosting Māori info day, and supporting students and
organisers of Hakinakina (Māori interschool sports event), career support
and assisting and advising Te Waiora o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Māori
Students' Association.
We are particularly proud and excited about the latest statistics that
indicate 2010 Māori student pass rates are the highest on record for the
University, with 2011 pass rates tracking even higher again. We realise
that this cannot be attributed to the efforts of the Te Puna Tautoko
network alone, but we trust that the hard work and dedication of staff
is contributing to these positive gains and milestones. Thanks again to all
the members and supporters
of the Te Puna Tautoko,
and we welcome members
who would like to join the
support network for 2012
which is shaping up to be a
prosperous year thus far. For
further information about
Te Puna Tautoko activities
check out the website at Waikato’s Got Talent esteemed judges
www.waikato.ac.nz/tautoko from left to right, Ashley Puriri, the Purple
Paimarire
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Aurei Sculpture
The Te Aurei sculpture (by Rangi Kipa) incorporates King Potatau’s
proverb ‘kotahi te kowhao o te ngira’ – a call for unity, understanding
and tolerance. Te Aurei is a traditional clasp or pin which holds
in place the korowai, and in this sense, the sculpture is the perfect
complement to the korowai facade that extends across the face
of the Student Centre. It is the finishing touch, keeping in place
the protective korowai that shelters the Student Centre and the
students (and staff) within who are there to learn, to relax, and
to be inspired.
telly tubby aka Professor Linda Smith
and Shrek aka Te Kāhautu Maxwell.
Te Puna Tautoko representatives Mylene Rakena, Wiki Papa and Joseph
Macfarlane performing at Waikato’s Got Talent.
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Te Manawa opening – Kaiwero Mataia Keepa lays down the
challenge to the distinguished visitors.
Senior University staff pose with artist Rangi Kipa (2nd from right).
Official Launch of Te Kotahi Research Institute
Leading figures in Māori education and research turned out in force for the official launch of Te Kotahi Research Institute
held on the 27 October 2011. The launch was celebrated with a free symposium during the day followed by a formal dinner and
the announcement of four new Inaugural Fellows.
Director, Professor Linda Smith said Te Kotahi Research Institute aims to
enhance Māori engagement in research and development by improving
access to research and providing pathways for innovation.
“Te Kotahi Research Institute was the vision of Te Rōpū Manukura, a
unique advisory body representing all iwi within the University’s region,”
she said. “The Institute also draws inspiration from Sir Robert Te Kotahi
Mahuta, the founding Director of the Centre of Māori Studies Research,
and we share his vision to generate resources to settle Raupatu (land
confiscations) and create momentum for iwi development for the future
benefit of the nation.”
Special guests at the launch dinner included Emeritus Professor Sir Tamati
Reedy, former Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori at the University of Waikato;
Bentham Ohia, CEO of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa; Professor Charles Royal,
Director of Ngā Pae o Te Maramatanga centre of research excellence
at Auckland University; and Traci Houpapa, Chair of the Federation of
Māori Authorities.
Presenting the Inaugural Fellowships at the Launch were TKRI board
members Kingi Turner and Tipa Mahuta, who said the new Fellows were
innovative collaborators who would form the basis of a broad network
of national and international researchers sharing similar aspirations for
indigenous development. The Fellows were also selected in recognition of
their contribution to the institute. The four TKRI Fellows announced for
2011/2012 were:
» Professor Lynette Carter (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Te Rapuwai, and
Waitaha), Director of the Institute of Post-Treaty Settlement Futures
and Professor of Anthropology, School of Indigenous Graduate Studies,
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi;
Earlier in the day, Te Kotahi Research Institute co-hosted a public
symposium on the Waitangi Tribunal’s Wai 262 report, in collaboration
with the new Māori and Indigenous Governance Centre in the Te Piringa
- Faculty of Law.
More than 150 attendees heard from a range of speakers including High
Court Judge Justice Joe Williams, Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal and former
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court.
In his keynote address, Justice Williams said the Wai 262 claim is about
the place of Māori culture in modern New Zealand.
“Māori identity is the essence of this claim,” he said. “Whānaungatanga
is the central organising principle for Māori for knowledge itself, and is
deeply embedded in our DNA. In our report we focussed on the concept
of kaitiaki – that rights and responsibilities go hand in hand – rather than
property rights which are a British cultural construct.”
He discussed how IP systems might work alongside systems of
kaitiakitanga, and sounded a note of warning. “There is a creativity at the
mixing ground of Kupe’s and Cook’s cultures, and it would be dangerous
to chill that to inactivity for both sides,” he said.
» Dr Wayne Ngata (Te Āitanga ā Hauiti, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Ira), former
Māori Language Commissioner;
» Hori Manuirirangi (Ngā Ruahine, Ngāti Kahungunu), Lecturer, School
of Māori & Pacific Development, and interpreter for Te Kotahi
Research Institute, University of Waikato;
» Dr Tahu Kukutai (Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Aupōuri) former
Fulbright recipient and Senior Research Fellow, National Institute
of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato.
Looking ahead, he said the challenge was to perfect the partnership
between the two cultures. “The future without Māori in the house
would be a disaster for this country. The way forward is to move beyond
grievance and ‘original sin’ to an ongoing partnership based on goodwill
and bringing mutual advantage.”
For more information visit www.waikato.ac.nz/rangahau or email
[email protected]
Left: Original staff of Te Kotahi Research Institute.
Above (L-R): Institute Director Professor Linda Smith shares a toast with
Emeritus Professor Sir Tamati Reedy, Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy
Crawford and his wife Renee.
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Gallagher Great Race 2011
On the morning of 5 September 2011, the University community, supported by the students of Te Tohu Paetahi, welcomed
rowers from Cambridge, Melbourne and Sydney Universities to Te Kohinga Mārama marae and Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato.
Karanga, wero, haka pōwhiri and whaikōrero set
the scene for a warm welcome to our visitors,
and also set the platform for the Waikato
teams to perform on the water. And perform
they did – with the Waikato men’s team
securing a convincing victory over Melbourne
and Cambridge Universities to secure the Harry
Mahon Trophy, and the Waikato women’s team
thrashing Melbourne and Sydney Universities
to capture to Bryan Gould Cup.
With our collective support, we will be expecting
our Waikato teams to retain the trophies when
they are contested again next year. 2012
welcome for the Gallagher Great Race will be
taking place on Thursday 6 September with all
the crews battling it out in the big race on the
Mighty Waikato River on Sunday 9 September
2012. Ka mau te wehi!
Clockwise from above: Kaiwero warriors and students down the challenge and welcome visitors
onto Te Kohinga Mārama Marae; Senior Māori Staff Tame Roa and Sandy Morrison accompany
visitors onto the marae; The visiting rowing crews are welcomed in the traditional Māori fashion
at the race site, and; Local Kaihoe Tangata Whenua paddle their traditional waka on race day.
The Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke Memorial Lecture
This inaugural Māori history lecture served as one of two opening keynotes in the New Zealand Historical Association
Conference for 2011, held at the University of Waikato.
The event marked a significant addition to previous national conferences,
which have been dominated by memorial lectures dedicated to nonMāori historians. Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke is a familiar figure for
Māori scholars, yet his work has not always been acknowledged by our
Pākehā counterparts. The author of over 35 manuscripts, Te Rangikaheke
is considered to be one of our first ‘professional’ historians, and his
contribution to New Zealand history is substantial and enduring. This
lecture is intended to become a permanent fixture at future conferences,
providing an opportunity to remember and celebrate his legacy, and to
keep Māori and iwi history at the forefront
of thinking in historical scholarship in this
country. The inaugural address was thus itself
an important historical event, with those
who attended treated to rare insights shared
by his descendents, who sung and spoke
of the treasures he passed on. A notable
example was Te Rangikaheke’s rifle – the
same pictured in one of his most well known
portraits – which was displayed at the front
of the lecture theatre as if to remind the
audience that the fight to reclaim the past
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on Māori terms has not yet ended. Indeed,
this was a theme reiterated by the inaugural
guest speaker, Dr Apirana Mahuika, who
challenged New Zealand historians to ‘come
to the wānanga’, to be led and qualified by
iwi people within their tribal contexts, and
within distinctive tikanga paradigms. To this
end, the evening was more than a lecture,
but an experience and lesson that offered
insights at multiple layers and provided
a powerful precedent for future Māori
history memorial addresses to aspire to.
The hosts, Te Pouhere Kōrero (National Māori Historians) and the
New Zealand Historical Association (NZHA) would like to thank all
those who participated in making the inaugural lecture a success.
Next year's conference is being hosted by Victoria University in
Wellington and will be held on 6-8 December 2012. For more
information regarding this year’s conference check out the NZHA website
www.nzha.org.nz/conference
Mauirora ki a koutou kātoa!