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Valuing whales: strandings, cultural storytelling and community engagement Anton van Helden Marine Advocate Forest & Bird There are different ways of valuing whales Sir James Hector and Staff on the Museum lawn with a Pygmy Right whale

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Valuing whales: strandings, cultural storytelling and community engagement

Anton van Helden Marine Advocate Forest & Bird

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There are different ways of valuing whales

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Sir James Hector and Staff on the Museum lawn with a Pygmy Right whale Skeleton

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Te Papa’s Marine Mammal Collection

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All specimens collected from strandings

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Early collecting

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Whale strandings

  • Many species only known from strandings
  • Opportunity to study offshore animals
  • Some species seldom seen in surveys
  • Stranding data almost always provides better

diversity information about the cetacean fauna of a region than live surveys.

  • Strandings give a window into the health and

status of cetacean populations

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Cultural values

  • Strandings are emotional times in any

community

  • Histories and cultural practises and beliefs

are integral in the interaction with animals

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Key Values

  • Mana Whenua

– respecting the authority of tangata whenua

  • Mana Taonga

– respecting the whakapapa of taonga

  • Mätauranga Mäori

– empowering the Maori world view

  • Kaitiakitanga

– protecting and preserving taonga for future generations

  • Manaakitanga

– giving unconditional support

  • Te Marae

– A place to stand and be heard

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Mana Taonga Concept

  • Central in laying the foundation for Mäori

participation and involvement.

  • Recognises the spiritual and cultural connections of

taonga with the people

  • Acknowledges the special relationships that this

creates

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2003 Stranding of 12 sperm whales at Karekare on the West Coast of Auckland

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Removal of Jaws for Te Kawerau a Maki

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Tu Hononga on display in Whales Tohorä

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Tu Hononga – the Connection

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We all Tell Stories…

  • Ownership
  • Celebration
  • Transformation
  • Engagement
  • Relationship
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Ownership

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People telling THEIR stories in THEIR language in THEIR voices. Ownership

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Non-Parallelism

Rich stories from different world views

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Celebration

Reframing negative concepts

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Transformation

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Engagement

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  • Create Champions
  • Create community Pride/Ownership
  • Create Opportunities
  • Create responsibility

Relationship

Be a Part of Community, not Apart from Community

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