From the Editor

Editor

Spring is a time of renewal and growth. Around me I hear conversations about planting, weeding and muscles that ache after the idle winter months.

In this issue of TE KARAKA signs of renewal and bountiful harvests abound. For a start, in the story Iwisphere we touch on how kaupapa Māori and iwi commerce are not mutually exclusive, but how Māori values such manaakitanga (generosity) and whakapapa (geneaology) can be expressed within a commercial world. When I think about this, it sounds like commonsense because of iwi's history as dynamic traders and entrepreneurs. However, given that commerce within Aotearoa is commonly practiced according to a Western value system, where an affinity to the past is considered inhibitive, and employing family is termed nepotism as opposed to whānaungatanga (kinship), then to do business any other way takes confidence and conviction.

Also highlighted in this issue is the plight of tāne Māori. Ngā mihi to the organisers of the Tāne Ora conference held in Blenheim earlier this year. The hui spawned a new national coalition of Māori health practitioners that will advocate for Māori men.

Lastly, TE KARAKA has a new, fully functional website. To read this issue online you can access it through www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz. Exciting times.

Noho ora pai whānau.

nā FAUMUINĀ F. MARIA MAU'U

Production Team

Phil Tumataroa

 Managing Editor
Faumuinā F. Maria Mau'u

 Editor
Sandi Hinerangi Barr

 Assistant Editor
Stan Darling

 Sub Editor
Adrienne Rewi

 Sub Editor

Contributors

Tremane Barr

 Tom Bennion
Donald Couch

 Jason Dell
Margaret Foster Liesl Johnstone
Keri Hulme Howard Keene
Elizabeth O'Connor Charisma Rangipunga
Adrienne Rewi Huia Reriti
Joseph Tipa Rob Tipa
Phil Tumataroa Fern Whitau
Will White  

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Te Karaka
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Opinions expressed in Te Karaka are those of the writers and are not necessarily endorsed by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.

Issue 44 September 2009
© Ngāi Tahu Publications Limited
ISSN N0. 1173/6011

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu has used Rainbow Print Ltd, which is an FSC certified print supplier. The paper used for this publication is PEFC certified, promoting sustainable forest management through independent third party forest certification.

Front cover and lead story illustrations by Hori Mataki.

Background side panel photograph: Adrienne Rewi.