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Kaitiakitanga
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Tukahia Ngataki, Karishma Kelsey
Kaitiakitanga is a gift, but in today’s world it is also contested ground. When a concept this profound enters public policy, corporate strategy, or tourism marketing, it risks being lifted out of its whakapapa and used in ways that strip it of its depth. Too often, it is reduced to a slogan for “green” branding, or redefined through Western environmentalism’s narrower focus on conservation, overlooking the relational and spiritual responsibilities it carries.
In a time of climate crisis and ecological collapse, kaitiakitanga — an Indigenous ethic of care rooted in whakapapa (the genealogical ties linking all beings back to a shared origin), reciprocity, and intergenerational responsibility– offers a way forward. More than “guardianship,” it is a living practice that binds people, lands, waters, and skies in mutual obligation. Written together by mana whenua (peoples whose whakapapa binds them to this land as its first guardians, carrying inherited responsibilities to protect its mauri. ) and tangata Tiriti(those peoples who journeyed here under the promise of Te Tiriti, invited into relationship, sharing in the duty of kaitiakitanga alongside mana whenua), this piece weaves origin, practice, challenge, and possibility: from iwi-led restoration projects to the tensions of commodification, tokenism, and extractive economies. We explore how kaitiakitanga, grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori authority, can be honoured in policy, education, and daily life — in Aotearoa and across the pluriverse. At its heart lies a simple truth: “kia tupu, kia hua, kia puaawai te whenua, ka ora te tangata” — when the land is well, the people will flourish.
Kaitiakitanga
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Kaitiakitanga
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Tukahia Ngataki and Karishma Kelsey