New Zealand

Robert Joseph: History of Maori Governance and Self-Determination

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Native Nations Institute
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In this interview, Māori barrister and Senior Lecturer at The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, Dr. Robert A. Joseph offers his expert analysis of governance and law through the historical perspective of Māori self-governance. Dr. Joseph gives a summary of the complexities of colonization over Māori lands under New Zealand governments and in particular a thorough examination of the Treaty of Waitangi that lays the foundations for the governance relationships of the Māori people with New Zealand governmental relations and society. Included with his historical accounts are the ways that law and jurisdiction intersects with Māori economy that brings together a current context to the way colonization impacts the modern practices of Māori self-determination.

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Native Nations
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Native Nations Institute. "Robert Joseph: History of Maori Governance and Self-Determination.” Leading Native Nations, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, December, 2017

Transcript available upon request. Please email: nni@email.arizona.edu

Sharon Toi: Honoring Maori Traditions and Governance

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Native Nations Institute
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Sharon Toi is Ngāpuhi Māori and a 2014 recipient of a Fulbright Visiting Scholar-Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga Graduate Award that funded her residency at the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program housed within the University of Arizona’s College of Law.  Sharon shares her extensive knowledge about the forms of governace in Māori society that continue through traditions and the roles of women.  Her expertise offers an intimate understanding about the modern context for how indigenous governance operates within the New Zealand government. 

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Native Nations
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Native Nations Institute. "Sharon Toi: Honoring Maori Traditions and Governance."  Leading Native Nations, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, June 01, 2015

For a complete transcript, please email us: nni@email.arizona.edu