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#24 BIG Podcast - “Māori People, Tribal Borders and Customs in New Zealand” (PART 1) - With: Thomas Tawhiri – Indigenous Māori, Custom Manager & Researcher – Aotearoa, New Zealand

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The Māori are Indigenous Polynesian peoples with distant roots in the Lapita civilization. First inhabitants of what is called New Zealand, they arrived there more than 1000 years ago. The Māori people is a minority, it forms about 18% of the New Zealand population. In this podcast, we will talk about the anthropological, political and legal history of New Zealand, the context of the declaration of independence (in Māori He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), the treaty of Waitangi, the societal organization of the people Māori (Iwi, Whanau, Hapu) and relations with colonial institutions. An extensive discussion about Māori culture, social boundaries between different Māori tribes and the importance of genealogy, the involvement of Māori culture within the governance of customs borders and the perspectives of indigenous peoples in research on borders.


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00:00 Intro

01:32 Our Guest: Thomas Tawhiri – Indigenous Māori, Custom Manager & Researcher in Indigenous Studies

04:38 Specificities of New Zealand in relation to borders

07:22 Māori life prior to European contact

10:35 What does the word “Māori” mean?

13:09 Navigation high technology of Polynesian peoples

18:18 The naming of New Zealand with the Māori name Aotearoa

23:02 The context of “declaration of independence” (He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni) signed in 1835 and 1839

31:44 The Treaty of Waitangi and the juridical debates linked to the differences in terminology. The Māori version speaks only of 'kawanatanga'.

40:54 Social units rooted in relationships and blood relationships

48:52 What is Mana?

52:37 Existence of complex social interactions and territorial boundaries between Māori Clans

57:21 Tribal Naming of Places, and Land Occupation, as Indicators of Tribal Borders

1:01:42 Māori territoriality and the New Zealand current legal system


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