Environment and Ecology Research Vol. 4(6), pp. 310 - 321
DOI: 10.13189/eer.2016.040604
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KAITIAKITANGA IN TE WĀI POUNAMU: Resource Management in a New Environment

Jim Williams ^*
School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand

ABSTRACT

The paper argues that by the time of European contact Ngāi Tahu, the southernmost Māori had developed a regime of sustainable practices for the management of natural resources. Some of these practices are described. As traditional society, in the south, is located in a rather different cultural milieu than that occupied by Māori who lived in areas where kūmera harvests were reliable, an attempt is made to position Southern Ngāi Tahu in relation to the dominant anthropological paradigms, as an agricultural people may seem to have regressed to become primarily hunters and gatherers.

KEYWORDS
Kaitiakitanga, Māori Natural Resource Management, Ngāi Tahu (Tribe of Southern New Zealand)

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Jim Williams , "KAITIAKITANGA IN TE WĀI POUNAMU: Resource Management in a New Environment," Environment and Ecology Research, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 310 - 321, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/eer.2016.040604.

(b). APA Format:
Jim Williams (2016). KAITIAKITANGA IN TE WĀI POUNAMU: Resource Management in a New Environment. Environment and Ecology Research, 4(6), 310 - 321. DOI: 10.13189/eer.2016.040604.