Te Whakapuatanga i ngā Mana Tika a Ngāti Kahungunu
 

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho E ako ana i a tātau, ko ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ngā kaipupuri i te mana whakaae ki te whakahaere i te mana whakahau a ngā tāngata arikitanga, mai rā anō.
 

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho e ako ana anō i a tātau, ko ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu kua whakaae, mai rā anō, nā te mana i tuku i ngā tika me  ngā  mana  whakahaere,  hei  kaitiaki,  mō   ngā  take  e  pā  ana  ki  te kaitiakitanga me te whakamarutanga ki runga i a tātau, hei tāngata ahurei.
 

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho e ako ana anō i a tātau, ko ngā tika me ngā mana whakahaere  i te kaitiakitanga  koia nei e tapiri ana, mai rā anō,  i te kaitiakitanga me te whakamarutanga o Papatūānuku, koia nei e atawhai ana i te oranga katoa,
 

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho e ako ana anō  i a tātau, i roto i ngā mahi whakatutuki i ngā tika me ngā mana whakahaere o te kaitiakitanga,  he rite tonu te tautoko me te whakanui i ngā whakapapa i herea tētahi ki tētahi, mā te mahi tahi ki raro i te kotahitanga o ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu.
 

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho e whakapūmau ana e whakatutuki ana i ngā tika me ngā mana whakahaere  o te Kaitiakitanga  hei wāhanga o ngā tika kaupapa-ā-ture o te rangatiratanga,
 

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho e tautoko ana anō ko te tino rangatiratanga koia nei te tika me te mahinga tapu e pupuri ana e ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi ki te whakatinana  i ngā whakahaere  ki raro i ngā tikanga e herea ana i a rātau katoa ngā uri o Ngāti Kahungunu

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho e tautoko ana anō ko te mana me ngā tika ki te tū hei tāngata arikitanga, me te whakahaere i te mana kaupapa-ā-ture o te tino  rangatiratanga,  e kore  e taea  te tuku,  te hoatu  atu  rānei i te mea  e pupuritia ana tēnei mana, e ngā tīpuna, i raro i te kaitiakitanga mō te oranga me te whakamarutanga o ngā mokopuna.
 

Hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho e whakapūmau  ana ahakoa ēnei wā o te whakarerekētanga o ngā take tangata, ka pupuri tonu e ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu tōna tika ki te whanake me te hanga i ngā āhua hou, i ngā rōpū hou  ki te whakatinana i te tino rangatiratanga hei mana kaupapa ā-     ture, me te tiaki i ngā wāriu me ngā tikanga hei tūāpapa mō taua rōpū.
 

I runga i te whakaaetanga o te mātauranga kei roto i tā tātau hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho, me te whakaaetanga  ki ērā taonga pono e mau tonu ana i ēnei rā, tēnei ka pānuitia e te Whakapuakitanga  i ngā Mana Tika a Ngāti Kahungunu, e whai ake nei-

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1. Kei ngā  tāngata katoa  o ngā Hapū  me ngā Iwi tōpū  o Ngāti Kahungunu te tika mō  tā rātau tūranga tangata. I runga i taua tika  mā rātau  tonu  e  whakatau  māhorahora  i  tā  rātau  ake tūranga  tōrangapū,  mā rātau anō  e whakatau māhorahora i tā rātau tūranga whanaketanga, ōhanga, hapori, tikanga.

2. Kei ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ā rātau tika ki te whakamau i tā rātau tino rangatiratanga ngātahi, tōpū rānei, hei whakapūmau  i te oranga, te whakamarutanga,  me te mana o ngā tāngata katoa ko rātau nei ngā uri o ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu.

3. Kei ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ā rātau tika ki te whakamau  i tā rātau tino rangatiratanga  ngātahi, tōpū  rānei, i runga i ngā whakaaro nui o otātau tipuna i whakapūmau  ko te kaha me te mana me whakamaua kia ōrite, i ngā wā katoa, ki ngā herenga atu a ngā tangata katoa ki ngā atua, ki ngā tipuna, me rātau hoki tētahi ki tētahi.

4. Kei ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ā rātau tika ki te whakamau i tā rātau tino rangatiratanga ngātahi, tōpū  rānei, kia taea e rātau te whakatau i te āhua, te hōhonu, me ngā herenga e  pā  ana  ki  ngā  honohononga  tōrangapū,   hapori,  tikanga, ōhanga  rānei, ki ngā rōpū,  ki ngā tāngata rānei, ehara rātau i ngā uri o ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu.

5. Kei ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ā rātau tika ki te whakamau i tā rātau tino rangatiratanga ngātahi, tōpū  rānei, kia taea e rātau te tiaki, te atawhai, te ukauka i ā rātau wāriu, a rātau wai, a rātau whenua, me ētahi ake taonga katoa (ahakoa papatupu, memeha)

6. Kei ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ā rātau tika ki te whakamau i tā rātau tino rangatiratanga ngātahi, tōpū  rānei, ki ngā mahi a pā ana  ki te whakamahi,  te whakamau,  me ngā painga o ngā takenga arumoni, hangarau o ināianei, o ngā wā kei mua, e pā ana ki ō rātau oranga, a rātau wai, me a rātau whenua.

7. Kei ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu ā rātau tika ki te whakamau i tā rātau tino rangatiratanga ngātahi, tōpū  rānei, ki ngā take e pā ana ki te tiakitanga,  te whakakaha  ake, me te whakahaere i ngā mātauranga katoa kei raro i te mana, ka tau mai rānei ki raro i te mana o ngā taonga mātauranga, taonga tikanga o ngā Hapū me ngā Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu.

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Declaration of Ngāti Kahungunu Rights. 

 

History and tradition  teaches us that the Hapū and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu have  always  possessed  the  mana  to  exercise  the  authority  of  sovereign peoples,

 

History  and  tradition  also  teaches  us  that  the  Hapū   and  Iwi  of  Ngāti Kahungunu  always  accepted  that the mana imposed  both rights and responsibilities as kaitiaki in relation to the care and protection of ourselves as unique peoples,

  

History and tradition also teaches us that the rights and responsibilities of kaitiakitanga  have always included the care and protection of Papatūānuku who nurtures all life,

  

History and tradition further teaches us that in the discharge of the rights and responsibilities of kaitiakitanga the Hapū always acknowledged and respected the whakapapa they shared one with another by acting together in congress as the Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu,

 

History and tradition confirms that the rights and responsibilities of Kaitiakitanga are discharged as part of the constitutional right of tino rangatiratanga,

  

History and tradition also confirms that tino rangatiratanga was the right and solemn duty which the Hapū and Iwi had to exercise governance according to the tikanga which joined together all those who were descendants of Ngāti Kahungunu,

 

History  and  tradition  further  confirms  that  the  mana  and  the  right  to be sovereign peoples and to exercise the constitutional authority of tino rangatiratanga could never be abdicated nor given away because they were held in trust by the tipuna for the care and protection of the mokopuna,

 

History and tradition emphasises that in the changing times of human affairs the  Hapū  and  Iwi  of  Ngāti Kahungunu  reserved  the right  to  develop and devise new ways or institutions within which tino rangatiratanga could be exercised  as  a  constitutional  authority  while  preserving  the  values  and tikanga upon which it was based.

 

Accepting the wisdom of our history and tradition, and accepting their prevailing  truths today,  the following  Declaration  of Ngāti Kahungunu Rights solemnly proclaims -

  

1. That  all  peoples   of  the  collective   Hapū   and  Iwi  of  Ngāti Kahungunu have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine  their political status and freely preserve their economic, social and cultural development.

2. That the Hapū  and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu  have the right to exercise their individual or collective tino rangatiratanga in order to ensure the welfare, protection, and mana of all peoples who are descendants of the Hapū and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu.

3. That the Hapū  and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu  have the right to exercise   their   individual   or   collective   tino   rangatiratanga according to the values of our tipuna which ensured that power and authority  should  always be exercised  in balance  with the obligations  all peoples have to the atua, the tipuna, and each other

4. That the Hapū  and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu  have the right to exercise their individual or collective tino rangatiratanga in order to determine the nature, extent, and obligations inherent in their political, social, cultural, and economic relations with institutions or peoples  who  are  not  descendants  of the Hapū  and  Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu.

5. That the Hapū  and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu  have the right to exercise their individual or collective tino rangatiratanga in order to protect, nurture, and sustain all their values, waters lands, and other taonga (tangible and intangible)

6. That the Hapū  and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu  have the right to exercise  their  individual  or  collective  tino  rangatiratanga   in relation  to  the  use,  application,  and  benefits  of  existing  and future commercial or technological advances as they may affect their lives, waters and lands.

7. That the Hapū  and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu  have the right to exercise  their  individual  or  collective  tino  rangatiratanga   in relation to the protection, enhancement, and control of all knowledge which has been, and will be, part of the intellectual and cultural property of the Hapū and Iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu.