Kia Manawaroa Kia Puawai

Enduring Māori livelihoods

Bibliographic Data

ID12950602
AuthorsNichola Harcourt (0000-0002-8987-2328, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, corresponding author), Shaun Awatere (0000-0003-4616-808X, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research), Jade Hyslop (0000-0001-8858-8985, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research), Yvonne Taura (0000-0002-9160-4445, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research), Mahuru Wilcox (Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research), Lara Taylor (0000-0002-6446-8388, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research), Jonno Rau (Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research), Puke Timoti (Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research)
Year2021
Volume17
Issue2
Pages391-402
Publication date2021-10-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainability Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1862-4057 • E-ISSN: 1862-4065
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11625-021-01051-5
OpenAlexW3207852794
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited18

Neoliberalism has failed us. Our waterways are contaminated, their mauri (life-force) has diminished; our economic growth is fast approaching environmental limits, almost 4000 of our indigenous plant and animal species are currently threatened with or at risk of extinction, and our biodiversity has declined significantly. Increasingly stringent regulations are being rolled out by policy makers to protect natural systems, but these are framed by Eurocentric measures and concepts. If we are to achieve our vision to improve the health of te taiao (the environment) and our people, we need to change the way that people interact with their environment from a position of extractive resource use to one of reciprocal exchange. Te Ao Māori (the Māori world view) thinking offers us a pathway forward to achieving sustainable livelihoods that enable both the natural world and humans to prosper. In this paper, we showcase the operationalisation of He Waka Taurua, a framework for collaborative partnership based on the dual elevation of both Te Ao Māori and western science knowledge systems, through a Māori agribusiness case study

Agriculture · Biology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · General partnership · Geography · Indigenous · Livelihood · Natural resource · Pacific islanders · Political science · Population · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Ecology

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