{"id":1208,"date":"2021-07-21T18:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T06:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2021-07-21T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T07:13:09","slug":"whats-been-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/whats-been-going-on\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s been going on?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There haven’t been too many blogs in the last six months but that will change, with more news coming through as it happens<\/em>.\u00a0 But to clear the decks, this is a roundup of research news since December.\u00a0 As indicated in the last round-up, Te Tumu was going through a lot of changes with a number of staff retiring or heading off to greener pastures. Since then, even more have moved on; with Tangiwai Rewi<\/strong> <\/span>also leaving to join Poia in Wellington, and take up a role with the Ministry of Education.\u00a0 But we are really happy that Tangiwai and Gianna Leoni<\/strong><\/span> are maintaining links with Te Tumu as affiliate researchers.<\/p>\n

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Karyn and Manuhou with a brand new baby, M\u0101tahi.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lachy Paterson<\/strong><\/span> came back from RSL (Research and Study Leave) at the start of June, and Michael Reilly<\/strong> <\/span>has just started his year of RSL from 1 July.\u00a0 RSL is an opportunity to engage more deeply with research without the usual demands of teaching and administration, although with Covid, any overseas travel is now impossible. We also won\u2019t be seeing Karyn Paringatai<\/strong> <\/span>for some time as well.\u00a0 Congratulations to Karyn and Neihana on the birth of M\u0101tahi, a little brother for Manuhou.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Karyn is enjoying maternity leave at present, and this will be followed by her scheduled RSL.<\/p>\n

We have been lucky to have three new academic staff join us, which is helping to fill the gaps left by our departing staff.\u00a0 Paia Taani<\/strong><\/span> joined the M\u0101ori Studies team at the start of the year, and was joined more recently by Kare Tipa<\/strong><\/span>; both are teaching te reo M\u0101ori papers.\u00a0 In addition, Emma Powell<\/strong><\/span> joined the Indigenous Development team, and among other things, will be teaching the INGS 501, the core paper in the Master of Indigenous Studies programme next year.<\/p>\n

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Our shared Research Assistant, Jade Higgan McCaughan.<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition, we have four teaching fellows also helping out, and now occupying the second floor: Leighton Williams<\/strong><\/span> (MAOR110: Conversational M\u0101ori); Kahurangi T\u012bpene<\/strong><\/span> (MAOR208: Ng\u0101 Manu Taki); Val Houkamau<\/strong><\/span> (MAOR102: M\u0101ori Society); as well as Julia Wilson<\/strong><\/span> organising the logistics for Te Tumu\u2019s module in POPH192: Population Health.<\/p>\n

And to help facilitate our various research projects, Jade Higgan McCaughan<\/strong> <\/span>is working as a research assistant for Te Tumu staff.\u00a0 Jade is a former MIndS student, and staff are already making bookings to access his time and expertise.<\/p>\n

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Paia Taani<\/p><\/div>\n

Paia Taani.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Since beginning my lecturing position in January I have been focusing on three main kaupapa; teaching, confirmation and my PhD.\u00a0 The kaupapa for my doctoral research is about tracking intergenerational transmission of te reo M\u0101ori within my own wh\u0101nau.\u00a0\u00a0Wh\u0101nau narratives of their experiences and perspectives of te reo M\u0101ori will form the foundation of my thesis to address the question: How can wh\u0101nau experiences of te reo M\u0101ori loss and, where applicable, reclamation, influence future intergenerational transmission of te reo M\u0101ori?<\/p>\n

My application for a PhD Doctoral Support Grant from Ng\u0101 Pae o te M\u0101ramatanga was successful and this also includes ongoing support through fortnightly Zoom hui with other postgraduate tauira from around the motu and to listen to guest speakers. During these hui, tauira will have the opportunity to present their research to the group, so I am looking forward to doing this in September.\u00a0 I will also be presenting at Te W\u0101naka Rakahau \u2013 \u0100koka\/Student Research Symposium which is held at the University of Otago at the end of August.<\/p>\n

Paerau Warbrick<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Paerau has completed two articles this year.\u00a0 One has just been published in the June 2021\u00a0Journal<\/em>\u00a0of<\/em>\u00a0New Zealand Studies <\/em>and is called \u2018M\u0101ori Election Petitions of the 1870s: Microcosms of Dynamic M\u0101ori and P\u0101keh\u0101 Political Forces\u2019. \u00a0<\/a> Click on the link to read it.<\/p>\n

The other is called \u00a0\u2018Price of Citizenship for M\u0101ori. A matter of historical and legal context\u2019. The article is to appear in a special upcoming edition of the\u00a0Journal of the Australia and New Zealand Legal History Society which is now called\u00a0law&history<\/em>. The focus of the article tracks the legal concept of citizenship for M\u0101ori from pre European contact through to the late 1940s.<\/p>\n

Currently, Paerau is working on two further articles.\u00a0 One is on the monumental election battles in 1884, 1887 and 1890 over the Eastern M\u0101ori seat in Parliament between James Carroll and Wi Pere. Paerau is analysing individual polling booth data to explain the factors of how Carroll managed to unseat Wi Pere in 1887 and maintain the seat in the 1890 election.<\/p>\n

The other article is a commentary on New Zealand\u2019s most senior M\u0101ori politician, Winston Peters (former deputy PM and long time M\u0101ori MP). The article emphasises that Winston Peters must first and foremost be analysed in terms of him being M\u0101ori. He is not a person who is to be analysed in terms of him having \u2018M\u0101ori ancestry\u2019 or \u2018Scottish ancestry\u2019. \u00a0Peters\u2019 world view is totally in line with his M\u0101ori world view. And this is the key to understanding the man and his political positions over time.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Vaivaimalemalo Michael Ligaliga<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael has been busy recently as Expert Panellist for Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Church Care, Auckland NZ.\u00a0 \u201cI am currently preparing to provide expert advice and on the potential use of indigenous redress practices as a solution to providing closure, voice, reconciliation for victims of abuse. Furthermore, I have been asked to provide a discussion around the advantages and disadvantages of indigenous reconciliation processes such as Samoa’s ifoga<\/em>, Fiji’s isorosoro,<\/em> Hawaii’s Hoooponopono,<\/em> and Tonga’s Fakalelei.<\/em>\u00a0How do we apply these reconciliation processes in Aotearoa New Zealand?\u201d<\/p>\n

He has also been engaging with the Asia Pacific Institute for Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) in California, USA.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAPI-GBV approached me to translate the Power and Control Wheel. The wheel is globally used to identify the different types of violence and abuse. I have been working on translating the Power and Control Wheel into the Samoan language. In addition to this, I have been participating in online zoom listening sessions with GBV and domestic violence service providers, researchers, and government agencies discussing the application of the Power and Control Wheel in the Samoan space. It is intended that after these discussions, a new violence model for Samoan communities will be developed and introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lachy Paterson.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The RSL time has been mostly engaged in the Te Hau K\u0101inga: M\u0101ori Home Front project looking at M\u0101ori experiences in New Zealand during the Second World War.\u00a0 We have a fairly large team undertaking research, which will eventually end up in a book.\u00a0 Have a look at the \u201cstories\u201d we are posting to our website<\/a> as we go, which gives a flavour to some of the stuff we are finding out.\u00a0 There are some interesting stories there.<\/p>\n

One of the great things about this projects is that we were fortunate to employ six M\u0101ori students on Summer scholarships (two of which were part-funded with Humanities M\u0101ori Summer Scholarships), supervised by Angela Wanhalla<\/strong><\/span> and Miranda Johnson<\/span><\/strong> of the History programme, and Erica Newman<\/strong><\/span> and myself from Te Tumu.\u00a0 Leighton Williams<\/strong><\/span> and Val Houkamau<\/span><\/strong> are Te Tumu students; Talia Ellison<\/span><\/strong> is a Te Tumu graduate, now doing a Master of Peace and Conflict Studies; Zoe Thomas<\/strong><\/span> is majoring in History, with a minor in Indigenous Development; and Bethany Waugh<\/span><\/strong> is an Anthropology student. \u00a0We had one non-Otago student, Rebecca Lee Ammunson<\/span><\/strong> from Waikato,\u00a0 studying History, English, and te reo M\u0101ori.\u00a0 Check out their projects and research reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part of Angela’s and my work has been to discuss the project and build relationships, and I have met with archivists and librarians at Pukekohe Library, Archives New Zealand, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch City Library and Auckland Museum, Hokianga Museum, Te Ahu (Far North Museum), and the curators of Te K\u014dngahu Museum of Waitangi and Te Rau Aroha Museum on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.\u00a0 Angela Wanhalla and I also presented a\u00a0 Zoom seminar on the project to the programme of the La Trobe University History programme, looking at some ongoing aspects of M\u0101ori life during the war, namely religious activities, as well as petitions and protests over past grievances.<\/p>\n

My other project was to further a book I am writing on a history of M\u0101ori-language print culture.\u00a0 I was lucky to be invited to give a key note on M\u0101ori-language newspapers to the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference held in Adelaide late last year. \u00a0Of course my hopes of being there in person were scuppered by Covid, so instead I gave the talk by Zoom, which was recorded and put on Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Emma Powell (left) and Kare Tipa (right)<\/p><\/div>\n

Emma Powell<\/span><\/strong> and Kare Tipa<\/strong><\/span> were featured in the Uni News<\/em>.\u00a0 Read about here<\/a>. Kare has been active in promoting the use of te reo M\u0101ori me \u014dna tikanga, with Hui Whakatau held every Monday morning at 8.30 in Te Tumu.\u00a0 Come along!<\/p>\n

Emma Powell<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Before beginning in my new role at Te Tumu, my research work was focused on the submission of my PhD. That work \u2013 \u2018Akapapa\u2018anga ara tangata: Genealogising the (Cook Islands) M\u0101ori imaginary<\/em> \u2013 was a highly abstract and theoretical engagement with the genealogical practices of my people. I described those practices in three modes: cultural practice, cultural paradigm and research method. In those modalities, I then discussed various contemporary political and cultural issues that have surfaced in public discourse over the last decade. Many parts of my PhD have inspired the seeds for new projects that I will begin here at the University of Otago.<\/p>\n

The first is a piece of work about the genealogical, cultural and constitutional imbrications of the New Zealand Realm with a particular focus on the Cook Islands. The idea of the New Zealand Realm, with its many (and relatively unresearched) parts, lends itself well to collaborative projects. I recently co-edited an article about the New Zealand Realm and, along with colleagues from the University of Auckland, University of Waikato, Massey University, AUT and Lousiana State University, we have submitted it for publication. I also presented early ideas about the problems of the Realm\u2019s constitutional geography with Miranda Johnson<\/strong><\/span> (in the History programme at the University of Otago) at the Empire & Ecologies: Transimperial, transhistorical and transregional natures from the 17th to the 21st century <\/em>symposium, hosted by University College Dublin.<\/p>\n

Alongside teaching in the coming months, I will be working on turning my PhD into a book and hope to organise a workshop where I can invite colleagues and mentors to workshop the manuscript with me. I also look forward to collaborating with Erica Newman<\/strong><\/span> on a writing project, and meeting with graduate students and colleagues from the University of Waikato and AUT in preparation for conference season, November to December 2021.<\/p>\n

Erica Newman<\/strong><\/span> has had two MIndS students successfully complete with distinctions, who will be graduating this year.\u00a0 She reports:<\/p>\n

“I gave a presentation for the sixth annual CCARHT (Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking) Summer Symposium on the 29th<\/sup>\u00a0June. My presentation was titled \u2018M\u0101ori patterns of adoption\u2019 where I discussed the differences between wh\u0101ngai and the introduced European laws of adoption. The latter were established for the adoptive parents, and as the adoptee has no say, and the 1955 Adoption Law severed connections between all parties, this can be seen as a legal practice of trafficking babies. Something that would not happen (that I have not been aware of) within te ao M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n

“As a result of that symposium I am currently working on an article for the Journal of Modern Slavery<\/em>. I am also working on several other articles, and blog posts for the Te Hau K\u0101inga: M\u0101ori Home Front project.<\/p>\n

“At the moment my main focus is on my Marsden project, and Te Hau Kainga Marsden project.\u00a0 As part of my Marsden I made a trip to Christchurch to Oranga Tamariki Adoption Services head office where I met with a number of Adoption Practice Managers, Practice Leaders, Regional Service Managers, Policy Law\/Reform staff and Ministry of Justice Law Adoption Reform team leader.\u00a0 My visit was to introduce myself and my research project and to discuss the effects of the current adoption legislation for descendants of M\u0101ori adoptees. This proved to be a very positive meeting which allowed me to gain an insight to their perspectives and to make them aware of issues from a descendant\u2019s point of view. This has given rise to a ongoing relationship, where I now have contacts within the adoption services whom I can contact if I need clarity on anything for myself and for the collaborators on this research project.<\/p>\n

“As part of this project, I went to Wellington a couple of weeks ago and had a follow up meeting with Ministry of Justice where we discussed the new Adoption Law Reform Discussion document. This included looking at all the different aspects of the current 1955 Adoption Law and how this could be changed, even discussing whether we needed an adoption law moving forward. They asked me lots of questions from my point of view as a descendant of a M\u0101ori adoptee as well as from my research findings.<\/p>\n

“Whilst in Wellington I also met with MP Paul Eagle (Labour) who is a M\u0101ori adoptee himself and very focused on the law reform. We discussed my research and different aspects of adoption especially for M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n

“Oranga Tamariki Adoption Services have asked me if I would agree to being interviewed and filmed to discuss my story as a descendant of a M\u0101ori adoptee.”<\/p>\n

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Well, that’s all for now.\u00a0 Expect more news soon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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