Inside #46
WRECK DIVER
Maritime archaeologist Tāne Casserly combines his love of diving and history in his role overseeing maritime projects in underwater parks throughout the United States.
GREEN BY DESIGN
The Christchurch Civic Building is an iwi expression of manaakitanga, of Ngāi Tahu caring for its people, and of kaitiakitanga – guardianship of the environment. It has now been awarded the enviable status of being the country’s greenest building.
WHALE SONG
Koukourarata resident Ngarita Briggs shares a tale about whales stranding in her bay and the fight to keep them alive.
SPEAKING OF CHANGE
Rena Tamati grew up not speaking Māori. It was a different era that emphasised tikanga (customs) but not te reo Māori. But times have changed and nowadays she is surrounded by her fluent te reo-speaking tamariki and mokopuna.
HISTORY RETURNS
Mō Tātou: The Ngāi Tahu Whānui Exhibition returns to the Ngāi Tahu takiwā. Welcoming the exhibition is Mō Kā Uri: Taonga from Canterbury Museum. Together these exhibitions endeavour to reflect the iwi’s values, traditions and aspirations.
YOUNG TIMERS
Do young Māori offenders care about doing time? It’s hard to know. What is for sure is the offending rates are not going down, and if you are Māori and you break the law, then the law will come down on you – hard. TE KARAKA talks to one young man behind bars and covers the national debate on what is going to curb young offending. It also looks at the Ngāi Tahu plan to help young offenders and their whānau.
HELD IN RESERVE
One hundred and eighty years ago, Ngāi Tahu suffered a massacre at Takapūneke on Banks Peninsula. Shortly after, the iwi signed the Treaty of Waitangi at the same site. This year, iwi members and the Christchurch City Council gathered to celebrate Takapūneke becoming a historic reserve.
HE KŌRERORERO NĀ KERI HULME: Once were, and always, gardeners
TOI IHO: The water colour paintings of Leila Goddard
HE WHAKAARO: Tom Bennion – Custom in the High Court
NGĀ TAKE PŪTEA: Bridging the cost of education
HE KŌRERO KAI: Jason Dell’s postcard from the Middle East
HE AITAKA A TĀNE: The unfurling ponga fern
TE AO O TE MĀORI: Hāngi in the making
AUTHOR PROFILE AND REVIEWS: Angela Wanhalla and more
NGĀ TAKE PŪTEA: Bridging the cost of education
HE TANGATA: Malcolm Mulholland
