Wellington iwi kainga after 1840 Loss of 99% of land little/no - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

“We’ve been urban Māori for

150 years …”

What shapes iwi kainga participation in Wellington city’s urban development

Wellington iwi kainga after 1840

• Loss of 99% of land – little/no

compensation

• Destruction of/removal from kainga - no

Wellington kainga/marae left

• Māori driven out – to Hutt Valley, Taranaki

1950s onward

• Inward Māori migration to Wellington
• Iwi kainga now minority of Māori

1980s onwards

• Assertion of identity and place
• Legislative and social changes – some

recognition of status

Iwi kainga in Wellington in 2016

• 7% of 7% - iwi kainga a very small proportion of

Wellington Māori

• Small human resource base to draw on – especially

kaumatua

• ‘Iwi authority’ is Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust
• set up 2008 to manage Treaty settlement package
• has broader scope than Wellington city
• PNBST and Wellington Tenths Māori land trust have

land holdings across city but hard to consolidate them

• Focus on land development – income is harder to

generate

Areas of potential Māori participation in Wellington’s urban development

• Governance (eg local government amalgamation)
• Community–level governance
• Urban form – public spaces, community spaces, housing
• City design – visibility asserting Māori history and identity
• Economic development – tourism, Māori business
• Educating next generation of Wellingtonians – eg work

with schools

‘Becoming visible’ – shared theme of interviews

• Understanding our own history and place in Wellington –

‘telling our stories to ourselves’

• Developing a sense of tūrangawaewae
• Developing collective identity/identities – as a basis for

collective action

• Asserting ourselves as ‘urban Māori’

Challenges for Wellington’s iwi kainga in being part of urban development

• Low visibility – as iwi kainga with a role and place in

Wellington

• Developing knowledge, skills and confidence
• Developing the human resource base to prepare for future

participation

• Representative organisations are new, in development
• Land development – how to generate income
• Legislation, regulation and policy struggles with these

realities

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