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Title: |
Tupuna Awa |
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| By (author): |
Marama Muru-Lanning |
| ISBN10-13: |
1869408500 : 9781869408503 |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Weight: |
.440 Kg. |
| Published: |
Auckland University Press - September 2016 |
| List Price: |
29.99 Pounds Sterling |
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Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| â We have always owned the water . . . we have never ceded our mana over the river to anyoneâ , King Tuheitia Paki asserted in 2012. Prime Minister John Key disagreed: â King Tuheitiaâ s claim that MÄ ori have always owned New Zealandâ s water is just plain wrongâ . So who does own the water in New Zealand â if anyone â and why does it matter? Offering some human context around that fraught question, Tupuna Awa looks at the people and politics of the Waikato River. For iwi and hapÅ" of the lands that border its 425-kilometre length, the Waikato River is an ancestor, a taonga and a source of mauri, lying at the heart of identity and chiefly power. It is also subject to governing oversight by the Crown and intersected by hydro-stations managed by state-owned power companies: a situation rife with complexity and subject to shifting and subtle power dynamics. Marama Muru-Lanning explains how MÄ ori of the region, the Crown and Mighty River Power have talked about the ownership, guardianship and stakeholders of the river. By examining the debates over water in one New Zealand river, over a single recent period, Muru-Lanning provides a powerful lens through which to view modern iwi politics, debates over water ownership, and contests for power between MÄ ori and the state. |
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