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Nōu te AoJune 2011

1Te Miro | June 2011

Our year in the PVCM Office always starts with

an intense period of activities such as our stra-

tegic 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 frame-

work 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.

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.

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.

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

Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori UpdateWelcome 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.

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

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?

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.

2 Te Miro | June 2011

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.

Te Matatini

University of Waikato recruiting team pose for a photo with the

Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford and his wife Renee.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford chats with Waikato

University Senior Lecturer Te Kahautu Maxwell.

University staff partake in mass haka.

Hon Nanaia Mahuta and Apanui Skipper. Kaitaki lead the challenge at the opening ceremony.

3June 2011 | Te Miro

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 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.

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.

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 tuaupiki@waikato.ac.nz or waea 07 858 5017.

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

Te Kōtihitihi – Ngā Tuhinga Reo MāoriKua 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.

Ngā Kaikōkiri o Kōtihitihi.

4 Te Miro | June 2011

He Kohinga Mahara – Reflections

June 2011 | Te Miro 5

6 Te Miro | June 2011

‘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.

Te Amorangi National Māori Academic Excellence Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Bentham Ohia me Kīngi Tuheitia.

Māori Excellence Postgraduate Awards recipients with Professors

Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Pou Temara.

Te Amorangi National Māori Academic Excellence Awards Recipients.

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 Vice-

Chancellor 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:

Māori Excellence Postgraduate Awards

Michela Anderson

Alice Barnett

Te Arani Barrett

Pani Chamberlin

Gloria Clarke

Amy Coatsworth

Ebony De Thierry

Dara Dimitrov

Robert Gabel

Craig Green

Tredegar Hall

Lewis Jones

Gabrielle Kershaw

Aaron Koopu

Teri Kopa

Paora Mato

Korohere Ngapo

Karmen Ngatai

Tamati Peni

Mylene Rakena

Moana Rarere

Joeliee Seed-Pihama

Sharon Toi

Keri Topperwien

Kanauhea Wessels

7June 2011 | Te Miro

Kīngitanga Day 2011

Ngā Rūruhi.

University Kaumātua Koro Rewi Rapana.

Kīngitanga Day presentation. Senior Māori Lecturer Haupai Puke with Rovina Maniapoto-

Anderson and friend.

Ngā tamariki mokopuna.

Kīngitanga Day volunteers entertain crowd.Action on the Village Green.

‘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.

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.

8 Te Miro | June 2011

Te Karahipi o Te Pou Taki Kōrero

Māori Info Day & Uni-Wide Pōwhiri

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

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”.

Wātaka

Up & Coming Events

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

Koroneihana Tūrangawaewae

Marae, Ngāruawāhia

For more information regarding

Koroneihana go to:

www.tainui.co.nz

ContactFor all inquiries and contributions please

contact the editor:

Maria Huata

Phone: +64 7 838 4363

Email: mhuata@waikato.ac.nz

Greg Koia (toa karahipi).