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<\/a>upapa is a pilgrimage of acknowledgement for over 48 years of Protest Movements which shaped the country\u00a0 today. Many initiatives that have developed today were born from acts of protest and this Hikoi is in remembrance of the importance of speaking up when an issue needs to be addressed, in order for positive change to occur.\u00a0 Waitangi Day is a commemoration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi- an old banner was “A Day Off or a Rip Off”-so don’t let us succumb to just enjoying concerts, sports events & whirlwind politics- to bypass the special relevance of the day.<\/p>\nIn 1972 the actions of Hana Jackson, a learner of Te Reo M\u0101ori, who\u00a0 took the 30,000 signature M\u0101ori language petition\u00a0 to the steps of parliament,\u00a0 helped to create a succession of\u00a0 Kohanga Reo,\u00a0 Kura Kaupapa, Wharekura and W\u0101nanga M\u0101ori.\u00a0 However despite these gains, the\u00a0 question is , why are our 30 year old Kohanga Reo still in tin sheds?\u00a0 Why is only 3% of the Tai Tokerau student population involved in Kura Kaupapa- Kura a Iwi- the burden for the revitalisation of Te Reo rests on a minority of wh\u0101nau?<\/p>\n
The 1975 Land March led by Whina Cooper drew national awareness to halt the\u00a0 alienation or sale of the remaining 5% of M\u0101ori land. Former Tai Tokerau MP,\u00a0 Matiu Rata initiated The Treaty of Waitangi Act, which gave birth to the Waitangi Tribunal 1975 and later enabled\u00a0 the inclusion of land claims since 1840 and the beginnings of \u012awi claims and some \u012awi Settlements to occur.\u00a0 It was good that the recent Ture Whenua Act, was left on the back shelf.<\/p>\n
Bastion Point 1978 celebrated its 40th commemorations in May 2017 and the Raglan Whaingaroa 1978 will also be acknowledged in April.<\/p>\n
These events and efforts by people passionate about human and indigenous rights formed groups like M\u0101ori Organisation of Human Rights, Ng\u0101 Tamatoa, He Taua, Waitangi Action Committee, Waitangi Network and others to organise actions and protests around the country and set the pathway forward to pressure the Government to acknowledge and honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.<\/p>\n
Questions during the Hikoi will be to ask if Tiriti o Waitangi is relevant today and has Te Tiriti been honoured enough that we should now move on into the sunset as one nation?<\/p>\n
The M\u0101ori Foreshore and Seabed Hikoi 2004,\u00a0 led by Hone Harawira, still bubbles under the radar as the Labour Government will be forced to grapple with the National Government’s tinkered version of the Takutai Moana Bill aka Marine and Coastal Areas Act (MACA). Former M\u0101ori Labour MPs have been haunted by their tacit support of the Takutai Moana bill.\u00a0 -Now they have an opportunity to rewrite the history books by repealing MACA . The pressure is on for the new Government to deliver more than fairy stardust and a sense of wonderfulness.<\/p>\n
The Waitangi Tribunal Claims process has been significant in bringing forward the true hapu histories of Ng\u0101puhi Nui Tonu. In 1840, Ng\u0101puhi signed only the M\u0101ori versions of Te Tiriti at Waitangi, Mangungu and Kaitaia.\u00a0 The Government has always relied on the English version to assert its rule.\u00a0 \u00a0Kingi Taurua was right to ban John Key from Waitangi Marae after having signed\u00a0 the TPPA.\u00a0 We M\u0101ori are allowed to refuse p\u014dhiri to murderers and leaders who sign away Aotearoa’s sovereignty.\u00a0 Ng\u0101puhi never ceded sovereignty to the Crown, the Crown has no right to give it away for a pound of butter.\u00a0Actually it’s time the Governments should come to terms with the 2014 edict of the Waitangi Tribunal- ie “that Ng\u0101puhi never ceded sovereignty” .\u00a0 Ng\u0101puhi sovereignty is yet to be realised and requires a rangatira to rangatira relationship.<\/p>\n
All the gains in M\u0101oridom have never been served on a plate. Protest and claimant action has taken its toll on our people and robbed our meagre resources.. Even when M\u0101ori win a battle, there are still embittered dinosaurs who will raise the same obstacles\u00a0 to prevent Aotearoa moving forward. There will always be kaki whero who will revert to Racism Hill, to espouse their disregard for M\u0101ori culture , language and customs. Boo Hoo! Hobson ‘s mokopuna are key in leading the fight for the M\u0101ori renaissance.\u00a0 We have no time to waste – let our Pakeha counterparts argue with them. We have precious resources to sustain the constant battle fighting for the Wai, the spectrum, the whenua ,Te Reo M\u0101ori, the alleviation of child poverty, strengthening wh\u0101nau and communities etc.<\/p>\n
The massive gap of income between poor and rich , the future of a new TPPA deal are big threats for this generation to protest against. In order to maintain a balance of rights and power in this society…is there even a layer of activists or Toa ready to step up? Or is this generation of Government funded dependent servants, reluctant to confront the issues of today and hold the Crown to task?<\/p>\n
These questions on our pilgrimage to Waitangi we will be asking the opinion of the people on our streets in our towns of Tai Tokerau….as usual, everybody who recognises Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of this country, are welcome to participate and contribute.<\/p>\n
Mauriora<\/p>\n
Rueben Taipari Porter<\/p>\n
Hikoi ki Waitangi 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reuben Taipari Porter The annual Hikoi ki Waitangi leaves Rerenga Wairua Monday 29th January to arrive in Kaitaia on the 31st January, travel to Kaikohe on the 1st, Kawakawa the 2nd and arrive in Waitangi on the 3rd of February. The kaupapa is a pilgrimage of acknowledgement for over 48 years of Protest Movements which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":10643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10637"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10637"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10648,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10637\/revisions\/10648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}