(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Indigenous Sovereignty in Aotearoa - New Zeland

            Maori requirements for tino rangatiratanga and cultural growth are not being met within New Zealand's current model of state. .
             The New Zealand parliament consists of three branches. Firstly, the Executive which consists of the Ministers who are in Cabinet. This group "takes almost all significant government decisions" (http://www.elections.govt.nz /elections/ resources/glossary_a-h.html) and is responsible for policy making. .
             New Zealand has a unicameral House of Representatives, the second branch, home to the 120 Members of Parliament elected, or appointed in the case of list Members, under a Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system. This branch is responsible for, among other things, "enacting laws [and] allocating funding for government agencies and services" (www.elections.govt.nz/general/index.html). .
             The third branch is the Judiciary. "It holds the balance between the power of the state and the rights of citizens" (http://www.decisionmaker.co.nz/Guide /BigPicture/BigPicture.asp?Int_PageID=19). The judiciary is an independent body responsible for implementing the laws and this is role supported by the New Zealand court system.
             It is the role of the state to control the people and the resources. The state does this by collecting revenue, largely through taxation, from the people and redistributing it "to create and support the coercive and administrative priorities" (Skocpol, 1979 cited by Durie, A 2002) of the state. Different political parties have different priorities and each party, theoretically, has a chance of being the government because New Zealand is a democracy. .
             However, power and democracy are numbers games. Some groups will never be the majority, will never have the numbers, so will never be in power and will not have a chance to control the finances required to support their priorities. This is true for Maori in New Zealand and their quest for tino rangatiratanga. .
             Maori make up 14.
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            


Essays Related to Indigenous Sovereignty in Aotearoa - New Zeland

1. Crime and Colonialism in Indigenous Australians

Crime, criminality and colonialism are all intricately tied together in the Australian Indigenous context. ... This defines the invasion of the British on Indigenous Australian territory and how they used Australia's resources to strengthen and enrich themselves by claiming sovereignty over Australia. ... It is now known that Britain did not abide by this international law and therefore it's claim of sovereignty was based on legal fiction and the myth of terra nullius. This is a pertinent point in the historical context of colonisation as it exemplifies the fact that whilst Britain c...

  • Word Count: 2489
  • Approx Pages: 10
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

2. Reason for the Growth of Informal Economies

Finally, I will give an overview of New Zealand's history, politics and economy from which I will submit possible New Zealand reasons for the growth of informal economies. ... Also I will discuss the cultural significance informal (traditional) economies have for the Maori people of Aotearoa. ... Within this doom and gloom New Zealand has a strong entrepreneurial spirit. ... It is my assumption that indigenous informal economy or traditional distribution of goods can be used to maintain or legitimise one's culture. Under the Treaty of Waitangi, Maori people lay claim t...

  • Word Count: 1658
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Speech on Indigenous Australia

But, you may say, we asked you to speak of Indigenous Australia, what does that have to do with a land of one's own. ... However, more fundamentally, I thought of the loss of opportunity, a duality in lifestyles resulting in heightened infant mortality rates; a battle for sovereignty within their lives and misunderstood cultural differences. ... I am the voice of Indigenous Australia. ... Though the most appalling of statistics is the potentially preventable death rate for indigenous children was more than 3 times that of non-indigenous children. ... Sovereignty Individual identity &nda...

  • Word Count: 1306
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. Values of Indigenous People

A presentation before me was a discussion on strategies for protecting Traditional Cultural Properties within Federal, State, public and private lands that New Mexico Tribes, Pueblos and Nations considered sacred. ... I recall the number of testimonials, strategic planning meetings, deliberations, and documents we had to create in order to have the State of New Mexico consider placing Mount Taylor on the Traditional Cultural Properties listing, and I recall the public and legal fights in which I had to participate to sustain our collective efforts. ... The destruction of Indigenous Cultural an...

  • Word Count: 1349
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

5. Indigenous People & Rights

Cesaire and Hawaii's Indigenous People Over five hundred years ago, the first explorers from Europe set forth into the unknown in hopes of discovering new lands to expand existing empires. ... "Discourse on Colonialism," New York: Monthly Review Press. ... "Act 359: S.B. 1028," Relating to Hawaiian Sovereignty. ... American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World. New York: Oxford University Press. ...

  • Word Count: 1041
  • Approx Pages: 4

6. Waitangi and New Zealand's Constitution

The constitution also stresses that the Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of New Zealand's government. ... According to the international law principle of Contra Preferentum, when an agreement is formed between indigenous and colonizing people, the language to adhere to is that of the indigenous (Green Party, 2012). ... However, under the international law principle of Contra Preferentum, which states that the indigenous language should be used, the Treaty should have been signed in Maori. ... In Article 1, the English version stated that the Crown had sovereignty power to go...

  • Word Count: 1420
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

7. native title

British colonisation and sovereignty British claims of sovereignty were made over different parts of Australia between 1788 (or possibly 1770) and 1879. ... No treaties have been signed between Aboriginal people and the Crown, in contrast to what has occured in other British colonies, such as New Zealand. ... Early New South Wales cases decided that there was no difference between the Crown's political sovereignty and the Crown's title to the soil, with power to make grants of land at the Crown's discretion. ... Indigenous people subject to introduced law It was established fa...

  • Word Count: 2257
  • Approx Pages: 9
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

8. Jimmy Njiminjuma - Indigenous Aboriginal Artist

The artwork Yawkyawk was painted by Indigenous artist Jimmy Njiminjuma. ... It is values, morals and stories for the Indigenous people. ... Different Indigenous groups have totems which were passed down from the Ancestral beings eg. snakes, kangaroos, wombats. ... The Yawkyawk is a new Indigenous style of painting representing a water spirit similar to a mermaid in western culture. ... A water hole is very important to Indigenous Australians, mostly Indigenous Australians in tribes in regional areas, as a water hole could be the main source of water. ...

  • Word Count: 956
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

9. Children in the context of their families

This essay discusses the role of children within the context of New Zealand families. The implications of cultural diversity for children across Aotearoa shall be discussed from a bi-cultural perspective. ... Cultural diversity and family roles The percentages of children who identified with New Zealand's major ethnic groups during the 2001 New Zealand Census are: European (75 %), Mãori (24 %), Pacific Peoples (11 %) and Asian (7 %) (Statistics New Zealand, 2002). ... Whakapapa whanau refers to the traditional definition of whanau whereby kinship ties are strictly related to genet...

  • Word Count: 2522
  • Approx Pages: 10
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question