Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change

by Malcolm Mulholland and Veronica Tawhai

Edited by Veronica Tawhai and Malcolm Mulholland, Weeping Waters is a must read for anyone who wants to be informed about the current debate regarding the Treaty of Waitangi and a constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand.

The book features essays from eighteen well-known and respected Māori figures including Professor Arohia Durie, Tama Potaka, Linda Te Aho, Jacinta Ruru, Dr Apirana Mahuika, Tom Roa, Basil Keane, Tania Rangiheuea, Kaapua Smith, Dr Janine Hayward, Veronica Tawhai, Hohaia Collier, Professor Margaret Mutu, Bishop Muru Walters, Judge Caren Fox, lawyer Moana Jackson and Malcolm Mulholland.

The wide-ranging essay topics include:

• the development of Māori movements;
• Constitution-making in the Pacific;
• the Treaty of Waitangi and Parliament's multi-cameral system;
• principles developed by the Waitangi Tribunal;
• the views of individual iwi and hapū toward pan-tribal organisations;
• the role of urban Māori authorities;
• the Anglican Church model;
• Māori representation within the House of Representatives; and
• the role of local government.

This is the first book in recent years to offer a Māori opinion on the subject of constitutional change. It shows how Māori views have been ignored by successive governments and the courts and how Māori have attempted to address constitutional issues in the past.

Weeping Waters is an important text in the course of the debate about the Treaty and a constitution for Aotearoa, and provides suggestions for a pathway forward if the Treaty of Waitangi is to be fully acknowledged as the foundation for a constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand.

ALL CONTRIBUTORS

Veronica Tawhai Ngāti Porou and Uepohatu, Malcolm Mulholland Ngāti Kahungunu, Hohaia Collier Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau a Apanui, Professor Arohia Durie Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata and Ngāi Tahu, Judge Caren Fox Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata and Whānau a Apanui, Dr Janine Hayward, Moana Jackson Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou, Basil Keane Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne and Ngāpuhi, Dr Apirana Mahuika Ngāti Porou, Professor Margaret Mutu Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua and Scottish descent, Tama Potaka Ngāti Hauiti, Whanganui, Ngāruahine/Taranaki, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toarangatira and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Tania Rangiheuea Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Raukawa, Tom Roa Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto, Jacinta Ruru Ngāti Raukawa ki Waikato, Ngāti Rangi and Pākehā, Kaapua Smith Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Apa, Associate Professor Ann Sullivan Ngāpuhi, Linda Te Aho Waikato-Tainui and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Bishop Muru Walters Te Aupouri and Te Rarawa.

Category: Indigenous and Post-Colonial Studies | Politics | Academic

ISBN: 978-1-86969-404-3
Dimensions: 140 x 220
Pages: 260
Format: softcover
Language: English
Publication Date: March 2010

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