From the Editor

Editor

2009 was tough. The global recession began to pull the mat from under our feet, causing us to shift and to bind to each other for comfort. People lost jobs, homes and sometimes their way.

2009 was also good. The government announced it will repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act, and that coastal iwi and hapū will become part of the process that will look at how to express mana over these areas. The signal to repeal has come about after massive disillusionment with Labour's populist and anti-Māori treatment of the foreshore and seabed issue. This disillusionment was far from passive – it resulted in a 20,000-strong hīkoi to the nation's capital, the formation of the Māori party, and Ngāi Tahu making a presentation to the United Nations. Collective and focused power was revealed and, in the end, won out. Kai runga noa atu koutou katoa.

This year too Ngāi Tahu witnessed a blustery Hui-ā-Tau within the welcoming embrace of Ōraka Aparima in Colac Bay. The high winds and driving rain proved no match for those gathered to share in the whanaungatanga and hear Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu report back on a hard year's work.

nā FAUMUINĀ F.M. TAFUNA'i

Editorial Team

Phil Tumataroa Managing Editor
Faumuinā F.M. Tafuna'i Editor
Sandi Hinerangi Barr Assistant Editor
Adrienne Rewi Sub Editor

Contributors

Karen Arnold Tremane Barr
Tom Bennion Greg Comfort
Donald Couch Jason Dell
Shar Devine Adrian Heke
Keri Hulme Craig Pauling
Satriani Reihana Adrienne Rewi
Irene Schroder Jean Seatter
Geoff Shaw Remonda Te Maiharoa
Joseph Tipa Rob Tipa
Kim Triegaardt Phil Tumataroa
Fern Whitau Charisma Rangipunga
Will White Simon Leslie

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Issue 45 published December 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 photograph: Geoff Shaw. A whānau gathers pūpu: (left to right) Tā Tipene O'regan, Manuhaea Mamaru-O'Regan, Te Rautawhiri Mamaru-O'regan, and Hana O'Regan.