Panel talk: Kōrero Matariki – Te hauora o te wai

I a tātou e mānawa nei i a Matariki mā Puanga me āna heringa mai mō te tau, ruku hōhonuitia te ao Māori ki ngā raupapa kōrero mataora e tū ana i te marama o Hune.

Ko te putanga o te kāhui o Matariki, me Puanga i te hōtoke te tohu ki te wānanga, ki te mahara, ki te whakamānawa, me te titiro ki mua. Ko Matariki anō te whetū e tohu ana ki te hauora me te toiora.

Tūhono mai i ia wiki ki ngā momo mātanga, i a rātou ka toro ki ngā kaupapa o te hauora mā ngā tirohanga, mā ngā ako, me ngā taiao rerekē. Ka hāngai pū ngā kōrero ki ngā momo tūāhua o te hauora, me ngā taonga o ō mātou kohinga ka whiria mai e ngā manu kōrero.

Kōrero 1: Te hauora o te wai – Tina Porou me Hine Waitai-Dye

Tina Porou

Tina Porou (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngai Tāmanuhiri, Rongomaiwahine, and Ngāti Rakaipaaka) founded Poipoia, a kaupapa Māori company delivering environmental services to iwi, hapū, and the public and private sectors. Her career has focused on the protection of wai and whenua, advocating for the integration of mātauranga Māori into environmental policy and practice. Tina has worked extensively across freshwater, geothermal, climate change, and Māori economic development. She was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2016 and the Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Award in 2015. She holds governance roles across multiple trusts and boards and is a respected voice in Indigenous-led, systems-level environmental change.

Photo courtesy of Tina Porou

Hine Waitai-Dye

Hine Waitai-Dye: He uri tenei nō Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Rehia, Tainui hoki. Hine Waitai-Dye was born and raised in the heart of Te Hiku o Te Ika, guided by her whānau, kaumātua and deeply connected to te taiao.

Hine is a renowned kaitā/tāmoko practitioner with over 10 years of experience and hundreds of kaiwhiwhi. In 2023, Hine graduated from Te Tapuwae o te Waka, as the first female kai tārai waka. During her training, Hine assisted in building waka throughout Aotearoa and the Pacific with waka whanaunga from the Suquamish Nation, Hawaii, Tahiti, and beyond.

Alongside her siblings and cousins, Hine created 4th Generation, to ensure that the endemic species and mātauranga tuku iho of Ngāti Kuri continue to flow. Carrying the legacy of WAI 262, Hine is dedicated to strengthening our cultural environmental practices to ensure the wellbeing of te taiao.

Photo courtesy of Hine Waitai-Dye

Facilitator

Meriana Johnsen (Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne) is a journalist, writer, and MC. Tangata whenua are at the heart of all her mahi, from on the ground news coverage of protests for RNZ, to delving deep into whenua kaupapa for current affairs show, The Hui, to writing on whakapapa and whānau for The Spinoff. She is also a second-language learner of te reo Maori and is passionate about revitalising te reo Māori within her whānau, hapū and iwi.

Photo courtesy of Meriana Johnsen

Matariki Kōrero, 2024. Photo by Jo Moore. Te Papa (245363)