Haratua 2007
Issue 12

  1. New Shared Fisheries Proposal Put to Minister
  2. Scientists survey Taharoa eel populations
  3. Busy year begins with mandating iwi and protecting the settlement
  4. Ngai Tamanuhiri achieves inshore fisheries agreement
  5. Rob McLeod stands down from board
  6. Kiwis well-informed on sustainability and the health benefits of fish
  7. AFL buys Kia Ora Seafoods
  8. Maori shared fisheries submissions
  9. Maori MPs intervention delays introduction of Fisheries Amendment Bill
  10. Sealord CEO moves to new role
  11. Napier Fisheries Conference
  12. Panel airs shared fisheries views
  13. Glaister resigns as head of MFish
  14. Commercial fisheries valued at $3.8 billion
  15. Staying Maori while going global
  16. Court delivers judgement on Kahawai allowable catch
  17. Government approves industry-led proposal to protect seabed
  18. Ngai Tahu says eel size limits ineffectual
  19. More assets in iwi hands first half of financial year
  20. High seas limit on bottom trawl fishing
  21. Kirsty Woods takes leave of absence
  22. Changes to Charitable Trust laws
  23. Staff and Directors
  24. New Executive Assistant

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Staying Maori while going global

Maori may become colonised all over again at a global level if they do not educate themselves about the emerging global business and social framework, Te Ohu Kaimoana director Rikirangi Gage told the Maori Fisheries Conference in Napier. Riki was asked to present a paper at the conference on “staying Maori as we go global”. He says there are two major issues that need to be considered as Maori move into the global marketplace.

Rikirangi gage

First, he says, “we will get marginalised, and basically colonised all over again, at a global level if we do not educate ourselves and engage and challenge the emerg

ing global framework” and, secondly, “we have become complacent about insisting on the legitimacy of our own framework and have walked blindly into globalisation as quasi-colonised peoples.

“We can not stay Maori as we go global if we do not act to address these two things, as a matter of urgency,” Riki says. “We are already global, and globalization exists as a reality today. It is not a tide we can stop, and, given its potential benefits and opportunities, it's arguable that we should try. But globalization is a double edged sword for indigenous peoples.”

Riki argued that the challenge was to ensure globalisation did not become “macro level colonisation”. In order to do that, Maori needed to secure a sufficient amount of influence over international affairs and actively participate in the shaping of the international legal and political framework.

“Unless we make some deliberate decisions about the way forward, and back those decisions with some strategic planning and committed implementation, we are going to get rolled, both here and overseas.”

“In our global interactions it remains crucial to ensure the internal workings of our nation are maintained, and that they endure in a healthy and positive state. There seems little point in paddling out beyond the horizon to pursue appealing opportunities just to find that our people are left to disintegrate or fall into disrepair.

“This is about ensuring the physical, cultural and spiritual wellbeing of our people is guaranteed, and about ensuring our territorial and political integrity is secured,” Riki said.

A full version of Riki Gage's speech can be found on the Te Ohu Kaimoana website. www.teohu.maori.nz

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