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June 2011
sponsored by the pro vice-chancellor māori office
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori Update
Welcome to the first 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.
Our year in the PVCM Office always starts with
an intense period of activities such as our strategic partnership with Te Matatini, the marama
for first year students and the gearing up of the
Māori student support system. Behind those activities sits a strategic framework that is highly connected to the University’s key performance indicators
with the Tertiary Education Commission. The Māori distinctiveness agenda for
the University is taken seriously at the highest levels of the University and is
backed up by Te Whanakae Ake – The Māori Strategic Plan and then by a range
of strategies intended to help the University meet its goals.
Kīngitanga Day was celebrated on 14 April. This day is becoming quite
significant in the community for showcasing a diverse range of Māori focused
seminars, talks and activities. The day is as much about acknowledging
the University itself as a community as it is about the relationship with
the Waikato-Tainui and the Kīngitanga. Faculties, Schools and Divisions
all participate in designing a programme, inviting speakers and engaging
colleagues and students. The numbers of volunteers for the day is a good
sign of the commitment of staff and students to make this a reflective,
constructive and interesting day. This year’s programme continued to provide
people with challenging choices to make around which seminar they attend.
I want to begin by congratulating all the staff and students who participated
in Te Matatini, as performers, leaders, composers, and volunteers. Our
recruitment tent did very brisk business during Te Matatini even managing
to process enrolments. The Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford and
his wife Renee and the Dean of the Faculty of Computing & Mathematical
Sciences Professor Geoff Holmes and his wife Caroline attended for part of
Te Matatini. It was a unique experience that celebrated excellence in the
performance of kapa haka, with all that entails, such as Reo, composition
and the intense physicality of performance. We look forward to an on-going
relationship with Te Matatini.
Recently we had a kaitahi with all Māori staff who were able to attend.
Māori staff both academic and administrative staff, have an important
role in supporting our marae, our reo, our students, Māori aspects of the
curriculum, colleagues and each other. Sometimes we overlook thanking
them for their efforts.
I hope you all have a good year.
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori
Professor of Education & Māori Development
He Poroporoaki Nā Professor Tame Roa
Tuia te rangi e tū nei! Tuia te papa e takoto nei!
Tuia rātou kua wehea atu ki te Po-uriuri; te Pō-tangotango; te Pō-i-oti-atu
He kura i tangihia, he maimai aroha.
E kiia ana ko te Kīngi Māori te pouaru o tēnei mea o Mate. Kia tau iho ngā manaakitanga
ki runga ki a rāua ko tōna hoa, ā rāua tamariki, te Whare Kāhui Ariki whānui tonu.
Kua ngaoko te kiri i ngā parekura o te wā, ki Tiapani, ki Ōtautahi, me pēwhea hoki e ea ai te auē
o te ngākau ki a koutou, he oti noa ki ngā kākā wahanui o ngā take huhua o te ao Māori, ngā
whakarūrūhau ki te marea, ngā kura kua pupuni ki runga ki a Rehua?
Ngā Kai o Roto
Inside
» P2
Te Matatini o te Rā
» P3
James Ritchie Symposium
Kōtihitihi Māori Journal
» P4-5
Photo Lift Out
» P6
Māori Postgraduate
Excellence Awards
Te Amorangi National Māori
Academic Excellence Awards
» P7
Kīngitanga Day
» P8
Wātaka
Te Pou Taki Kōrero Learning
Media Scholarship
E koro, Tione Haunui. Nāu te kawa i tātāki ki runga o Te Aohurihuri, te Wharenui o te marae o
Te Whare Wānanga nei, taukuri e! E te pōuri, kei whea tō māramatanga? E te mamae, me
pēwhea rā koe e mahuta ai? E Te Reinga, nōu te wikitōria!
Ahakoa Kīngitanga, ahakoa Poropititanga, ahakoa Rangatiratanga, me aha koa Iti, me aha koa Rahi,
ko taua takotoranga anō rā, e ngā mahuri pounamu kua tīraha ki Tūpaengarau, moe mai koutou.
Heoi anō ki a tātou te hunga ora, i roto i tēnei te tānga tuatahi o Te Miro mō te tau 2011,
i roto i ngā tini āhuatanga o te wā, tēnā huihui tātou katoa.
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Te Matatini
Te Matatini o Te Rā 2011 Kapa Haka Competition was held
in Gisborne recently. The streets of Gisborne's central business
district was aglow with University of Waikato branding in the
form of street flags lined up along Gisborne's main street and
side street tributary.
The University of Waikato renewed a commitment to iwi by becoming
a strategic partner of this international event.
The University Recruitment Team site was situated central to the masses
and was visited by parents, teachers, dignitaries and performers of
Te Matatini. The Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori Linda Tuhiwai Smith and staff
engaged with iwi stake holders, members of parliament, other tertiary
institutes and staff in the VIP tent. When rain drenched the Waiohika site,
the VIP tent had the best view with the most comfortable seating and
most of all, it was dry.
In each of the teams that made the finals of the kapa haka competitions,
there were representations of staff, students, past and present of the
University of Waikato, ultimately this is a great achievement, representing
education through toi Māori, Māori performing arts to Te Matatini.
The next Te Matatini will be held in Rotorua in 2013.
University staff partake in mass haka.
University of Waikato recruiting team pose for a photo with the
Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford and his wife Renee.
Hon Nanaia Mahuta and Apanui Skipper.
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Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford chats with Waikato
University Senior Lecturer Te Kahautu Maxwell.
Kaitaki lead the challenge at the opening ceremony.
A Memorial Symposium to Celebrate the Life and Work
of Emeritus Professor James Ritchie (1929 – 2009)
E Hēmi, ko koutou ko tō Ariki nui ēnā kei ngā Kīngi i te Pō, moe mai rā koutou…
On 23-24 February, current and former staff, students and members of
the public gathered at the Academy of Performing Arts to honour the
academic legacy of Emeritus Professor James Ritchie. It was coordinated
by the Māori & Psychology Research Unit, and the School of Māori &
Pacific Development. The public Symposium, held on Wednesday, featured
three keynote addresses, with discussion and commentary by local
respondents. They reflected on Professor Ritchie’s work across the fields
of cross cultural psychology, domestic violence and Māori and Pacific
community development. It was opened by Tom Roa, and attended by
the Ritchie whānau, including Emeritus Professor Jane Ritchie, her two
daughters Jenny and Helen, and mokopuna Te Atakura and Iritokitoki.
Other Ritchie family members came in throughout the day. Everyone
commented on the magnificent stage, which was richly decorated with
lavish plant life by the Facilities Management team, and aesthetically lit to
reveal luminous stone-chiselled whakairo by Wiremu Puke. From people
who knew and loved James, this was a significant visual tribute.
Professor Pat Dudgeon of the Bardi people of Kimberley, Australia, opened
with the topic of “Psychology and Indigenous People: Shared Struggles.”
She discussed the right to reconstruct our own cultural realities grounded in
the principles of social justice, and engaging cultural revival. With elegance
and humour, tempered by the pain of the Aboriginal experience, she affirmed
how Professor Ritchie’s writing, and community research, expressed some
of the earliest scholarly support for indigenous self determination.
The Council Room was the venue for the symposium workshop the
following morning. This included the keynote speakers, some session
chairs and respondents, and available panel members, as well as staff and
senior students from SMPD and MPRU. Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie
represented the whānau. Issues raised the previous day were considered
and extended, reflecting further upon Professor Ritchie’s contributions to
the academy, and the community. A peer-reviewed publication is envisaged.
Later that afternoon, His Highness, attended by Dr Timote Vaioleti,
Dr Telesia Kalavite and Byron Seiuli, also met and talked with Pacific PhD
candidates who are enrolled at the university. It was a deeply meaningful
encounter for them all.
The organisers, Associate Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora, of the Māori
& Psychology Research Unit and Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
from SMPD, are deeply grateful to the sponsorship and active support
of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, the New Zealand Psychological Society,
the Waikato Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, and the Office of the
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori. Kia ora koutou katoa.
Nā māua nei.
Linda Waimarie Nikora and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
The second speaker was Dr Neville Robertson, Chair of the School of
Psychology, and a productive writer and passionate advocate in the
domestic violence sector. He discussed the topic, “I just wanted her to
shut up and listen – reflections on domestic violence”, and addressed the
Ritchie’s analysis of violence as a learned behaviour, supported by certain
values and practices which primarily privilege men. This stimulated a lot
of lively conversation.
His Highness Head of State of Samoa Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi
enhanced the occasion as the closing keynote speaker. His memorable
presentation, “E le o se timu na to, o le ua e afua mai Manu’a – a message
of love from fanauga”, explored Professor Ritchie’s thesis on biculturalism
in relation to Samoan cultural values. This was in the context of the verities
and integrity of indigenous cultural heritage in a changing world. The Hon
Nanaia Mahuta made a gracious and well-informed response, and this
session was a resonant and appropriate end to an extraordinary day.
Symposium participants.
Te Kōtihitihi – Ngā Tuhinga Reo Māori
Kua pupū ake te hiamo o te ngākau whakapuke, i te whakarewatanga o tā mātou puka
hautaka. Ka huraina ngā kupu rourou a tēnā, a tēnā, etia he kohu e rewa nei i te kōtihitihi.
I tapaina te puka hautaka nei Te Kōtihitihi – Ngā Tuhinga Reo Māori. Kei te ingoa tonu tōna aronga
matua, arā, te kōtihitihi hei kakenga mā ngā kaituhi reo Māori. Kei ngā kaituhi anō tōna taumata, i roto
hoki i ngā whakaeminga kupu e tāngia ana ki ōna whārangi. Ko te tino whāinga, ko te whakatairanga
i tō tātou reo rangatira, i ō tātou reo-ā-iwi hoki.
Nā te ruarua o ngā puka hautaka reo Māori, i ara ake te whakaaro kia tāngia he puka hautaka motuhake
ki Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. He mea whakarite tēnei tānga e ngā Pūkenga Māori tonu o Te Whare
Wānanga whānui, i raro i ngā tohutohu arataki a tō mātou Amokapua me ngā kupu whakaawe a ngā
Pou, kua tinana taua whakaaro i Te Kōtihitihi nei. Waihoki, he ara hangarau atu anō e whakapuakina
ai Te Kōtihitihi, atu i te tā puka hautaka ka tukua ake ki tētehi whārangi ipurangi, ki reira hoki iri ai hei
pānuitanga mā te ao tuihono rorohiko.
Ngā Kaikōkiri o Kōtihitihi.
Tēnei te whakahau i te ngākau hihiri, koutou rā ngā kaituhi reo Māori o hea ake, huri noa. Tukuna mai ā koutou pānui reo Māori kia tāngia, kia whakapuakina
mā Te Kōtihitihi nei. Whakapā mai ki a: Jackie Tuaupiki – īmēra [email protected] or waea 07 858 5017.
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He Kohinga Mahara – Reflections
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Māori Excellence
Postgraduate Awards
On Thursday 17 March 2011, a small ceremony
was held at the Academy of Performing Arts in the
Whare Tāpere to acknowledge the first ever recipients
of the Māori Excellence Postgraduate Awards.
The Māori Excellence Awards were established by the University
of Waikato to encourage and support high-performing students
to progress to postgraduate study.
A total of 25 recipients were successful in receiving the award
and included current staff as well as full time students from
across the University hailing from a variety of disciplines.
University staff that were acknowledged included Te Arani
Barrett, Korohere Ngapo, Gloria Clarke (Faculty of Education),
Sharon Toi, Mylene Rakena, Pani Chamberlin (Te Piringa - Faculty
of Law) and Tredegar Hall and Kanuhea Wessels (Faculty of Arts &
Social Sciences).
The ceremony was opened by Korohere Ngapo and Professor
Pou Temara and the recipients were addressed by Pro ViceChancellor Māori Professor Linda Smith who as always provided
a thoroughly inspiring and motivating speech empowering and
celebrating each individual recipient.
Following is a list of all the successful recipients:
Michela Anderson
Aaron Koopu
Alice Barnett
Teri Kopa
Te Arani Barrett
Paora Mato
Pani Chamberlin
Korohere Ngapo
Gloria Clarke
Karmen Ngatai
Amy Coatsworth
Tamati Peni
Ebony De Thierry
Mylene Rakena
Dara Dimitrov
Moana Rarere
Robert Gabel
Joeliee Seed-Pihama
Craig Green
Sharon Toi
Tredegar Hall
Keri Topperwien
Lewis Jones
Kanauhea Wessels
Gabrielle Kershaw
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Bentham Ohia me Kīngi Tuheitia.
Te Amorangi National
Māori Academic
Excellence Awards
‘Hold firmly to the paddle of the canoe to ensure that the
education of Māori moves rapidly forward.’
On Friday 29 April the Te Amorangi National Māori Academic Excellence
Awards were held at Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia to recognise,
acknowledge and celebrate our most recent PhD graduates of Māori
descent from across the world.
The awards were first established inn 2002 under the mantle of then
Dean of the School of Māori & Pacific Development Sir Tāmati Reedy.
From that time to present day over three hundred Māori PhD graduates
have received a Te Amorangi award from across multiple disciplines
acknowledging them as experts in their chosen field of research.
Every year a special award entiltled ‘Te Tohu Whakamaharatanga ki a Te
Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu’ the Lifetime Recipient Award is given to an
outstanding individual who has worked tirelessly and made significant
contributions to their iwi and te ao Māori as a whole. The recipient of
this award is chosen by Kīngi Tuheitia and this year went to the Chief
Executive Officer of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Bentham Ohia.
There were a total of 46 recipients who were acknowledged on the night.
Māori Excellence Postgraduate Awards recipients with Professors
Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Pou Temara.
Te Amorangi National Māori Academic Excellence Awards Recipients.
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Kīngitanga Day 2011
‘He aha te mahi mō runga i te marae e tū nei, e ko te tui,
e ko te tui, e ko te hono ki te kotahitanga ki te Kīngi
Māori e tū nei!’
I te tekau mā whā o Paengawhāwhā i tū te rā hei whakanui i te
Kīngitanga ki te Whare Wānanga nei, a ko tēnei te tau tuatoru kua
tū te kaupapa nei. Ko te tino ngako o te rā he whakakotahi anō
i te iwi whānui, Māori mai tauiwi mai i runga anō i te kaupapa
o te Kīngitanga, hei toro atu hoki ki ngā āhuatanga huhua o te
ao Māori.
Ngā Rūruhi.
Whērā i ngā tau ki muri he maha rawa atu ngā tūmōmō mahi
i whakahaerehia i taua rā, whērā i ngā tū kaikōrero rongonui
mātau hoki, i ngā mahi pākihi, i ngā karaehe ako mahi toi, i te
korikori ‘Zumba’, i ngā mahi ngahau, i ngā waiata me ngā haka,
i ngā toa hokohoko, i ngā kai reka rawa me ngētehi atu āhuatanga
papai hei whakahihiko i te minenga i tae atu.
E paki ana te rangi ā muia te wāhi nei e te tini me te mano,
a i rongo mārika hoki i te wairua harikoa i te wairua hūmārie
puta i te Whare Wānanga.
University Kaumātua Koro Rewi Rapana.
Kīngitanga Day volunteers entertain crowd.
Action on the Village Green.
Ngā tamariki mokopuna.
Kīngitanga Day presentation.
Senior Māori Lecturer Haupai Puke with Rovina ManiapotoAnderson and friend.
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Te Karahipi o Te Pou Taki Kōrero
Up & Coming Events
Nō tērā tau i tūhonohono Te Pou Taki Kōrero
(Learning Media) me Te Whare Wānanga o
Waikato ki te whakatū i tētehi karahipi hei
tautoko i ngā tuhinga mātauranga kua tuhia
ki te reo Māori kei te taumata o te tohu
paerua. Ko te tino whāinga o te karahipi nei
he whakanui me te whakawhānui i ngā rauemi
me ngā tuhinga reo Māori e kawe ana i te tino
kounga o te reo hei puna mātauranga hei puna
hītori mō ngā uri whakatipu.
E aro ana te karahipi nei ki ngā tauira Māori kei
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato e whai ana i ā
rātou tohu paerua ki roto tonu i te reo Māori.
He maha ōnā hua haunga i te pūtea tautoko,
te whakapakari i te reo tuhi o te tangata me te
tā i āna mahi, arā ko tētehi o ngā tino hua ka
tūwhera he ao anō ki te tauira ā ka puta he ara
whiringa mahi anō mōnā ki te hiahia.
I whakatāwera i te karahipi nei ki te rā Kīngitanga
i tū i te tekau mā whā o Paengawhāwhā ki
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato.
Ko te tangata tuatahi i waimarie ki te riro i te
karahipi o Te Pou Taki Kōrero he uri nō Ngāti
Porou rātou ko Te Whānau a Apanui, ko Te
Aitanga a Mahaki me Ngāti Ruapani arā ko
Greg Koia. E ngākaunui ana ā e tino mātau ana
hoki a Greg ki tōnā ao Māori me te whakatere
i te waka o te mātauranga Māori. Kua whai
Wātaka
3-9 HŌNGONGOI / JULY
Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori
Language Week
For all events and activities
happening around the country
for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori go to:
www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz
18-22 HERETURIKŌKĀ / AUGUST
Greg Koia (toa karahipi).
rongonui hoki a Greg mō āna mahi kapa haka
hei kaihaka, hei kaitito hei kaiako hoki mō te
kapa haka o Te Pou o Mangatawhiri me āna
mahi tito mō ngā kura tuarua o Te Maurea
Whiritoi. Hei tāpiri ki āna mahi mō te hāpori he
kaha nōnā ki te hiki i ngā mahi a te kaiārahi me
te kaimāngai hei tautoko i ngā tauira Māori hei
whakaputa hoki i te ihu o i te whare wānanga
nei ki te motu.
E whakapae ana a Greg he mea nui rawa te
whai te whāngai me te whakawhanake i te
mātauranga, ko tāna “I a te Māori e ako ana
he oranga kei roto, he kaitiaki noa mātou o ngā
taonga tuku iho a Kui mā a Koro mā”.
Koroneihana Tūrangawaewae
Marae, Ngāruawāhia
For more information regarding
Koroneihana go to:
www.tainui.co.nz
Contact
For all inquiries and contributions please
contact the editor:
Maria Huata
Phone:
+64 7 838 4363
Email:
[email protected]
Māori Info Day & Uni-Wide Pōwhiri
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