More links and websites
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Kaitiakitanga and local government
This 1998 report on the site of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment looks at Māori involvement in processes under the Resource Management Act. It suggests an approach to improve the relationship between tribes and councils.
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Kaitiakitanga Program
This site explains Te Whaiti School’s kaitiakitanga programme in Whirinaki Forest.
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What is Kaitiakitanga?
This site offers resources and information for environmental kaitiaki (guardians) from tribes and sub-tribes.
More suggestions and sources
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Garven, Peter, Marty Nepia, and Harold Ashwell. Te whakatau kaupapa o Murihiku: Ngai Tahu resource management strategy for the Southland region. Wellington: Aoraki Press, 1997.
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Grace, John Te H. Tuwharetoa: a history of the Maori people of the Taupo district. Auckland: Reed, 1992 (originally published 1959).
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Kāwharu, Merata, ed. Whenua: managing our resources. Auckland: Reed, 2002.
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Marsden, Māori, and Te Aroha Henare. ‘Kaitiakitanga: a definitive introduction into the holistic worldview of the Māori.’ In The woven universe: selected writings of Rev. Māori Marsden, edited by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, 54–72. Ōtaki: Estate of Rev. Māori Marsden, 2003.
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Mead, Hirini Moko. Tikanga Māori: living by Māori values. Wellington: Huia, 2003.
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Ranapiri, Tāmati. Letters to Elsdon Best. MS papers 1187. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.