Te Puāwaitangi o te Tātai me te taiao hanga Te Puāwaitanga ō te Tātai and built environment

Enabling kaitiakitanga

Where and how we build impacts our environment and can either deter or enable our connection to the whenua Land, country, earth or ground.  and moana Sea, ocean, large lake. .

Kaitiakitanga Guardianship, including stewardship; the processes and practices of looking after the environment.  can be enabled through the ability to protect significant land or by preventing expansion into areas across the region which will reduce the ability to protect and maintain mana whenua whakapapa Genealogy that links Māori to their ancestors.  connections.

Mana whenua play a significant role in sustaining the region and the region’s identity. Our built environment needs to reflect this role.

We need to design and plan a city that reflects a dual knowledge system and embeds mātauranga Māori Māori knowledge – sciences  practices in its design.

Specific Ngā Mahi a Te Ora/Wellbeing Activities that relate to the natural environment priority

• Restore, rejuvenate and replenish our repo Wetlands.  (e.g. using whole of catchment system for decision-making including land use change).
• Restore and rejuvenate our moana Sea, ocean, large lake. .
• Restore, rejuvenate and replenish our puna wai Freshwater springs .
• Restore, rejuvenate and replenish our mahinga kai Food-gathering place (rivers, bush, sea, gardens etc.). .
• Develop regional network of Māori cultural, arts and learning centres focused on specific bodies of knowledge and practice, anchored in place and nature.
• Prepare and educate Māori communities, businesses and landowners for change.
• Use our dual knowledge systems to determine what it could look like for Tāmaki Makaurau.
• Invest in opportunities for innovation and green technology (e.g. how we think about waste, energy, land use and transport).
• Enable whānau Extended family, family group, a familiar term of address to a number of people. Also the primary economic unit of traditional Māori society.  to prosper, be resilient and strong as we transition away from carbon dependence.

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