Pātai Te Ao Māori

We, the delegates of the International Indigenous Climate Change Summit (IICCRS), gathered from November 13th to 17th, 2023, recognize the profound climate crisis facing our world and its dire consequences for Indigenous peoples, our lands, and the global ecosystem. This communiqué is an urgent message intended for world leaders, policymakers, environmental organisations, and the global community. It underscores the pivotal role of Indigenous voices, ideas, and actionable solutions in addressing climate change.

Every Indigenous community has cultural and biological material held by national archives, libraries, and museums that they do not own or control. Archsite is the online database for the national archaeological site recording scheme of the New Zealand Archaeological Association that began in 1964. The modification of all archaeological sites is regulated by law. Practices for recording archaeological information have often excluded data from or about hau kāinga associated with sites, even if these were created by their own tūpuna (such as pā) or are situated on Māori-owned land.

Global climate change has been identified as the single greatest threat to human health.  Within this paradigm, indigenous knowledge systems shaped by generations of sustainable interactions with ecosystems, are being looked to for pathways to climate change mitigation and adaptation.  Mātauranga, the holistic and integrated knowledge system developed by the Indigenous Māori people of Aotearoa is no exception.   

Project supervisor: Associate Professor Linda Te Aho

Institution: Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

Raumati intern: Nikorima Te Iwi Ngaro Nuttall (Raukawa) & Noah Piripi Kemp (Te Aati Awa, Ngaapuhi, Ngaati Tuuwharetoa)

Project supervisor: Heni Unwin, Māori Researcher for Marine Technologies, Cawthron Institute

Raumati intern: Toiroa Whaanga-Davies (Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungungu, Ngāti Rehua, Ngāti Wai)

Project supervisor: Professor Linda Nikora

Institution: Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Raumati intern: Edie Balme (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama)

Project supervisor: Dr Kiri Edge & Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora

Institution: Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Raumati intern: Tama Blackburn (Ngāti Maniapoto; Ngāti Kinohaku)  

Project supervisor: Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora

Institution: Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Raumati intern: Moana Murray (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa)

Project supervisors: Dr Kiri Edge & Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora

Institution: Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Raumati intern: Ashleigh Witehira (Ngāpuhi, Whakatōhea, Tainui)

Project supervisor: Dr Hurinui Clarke & Kari Moana Te Rongopatahi

Institution: Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha

Raumati intern: Georgia Palmer (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pikiao)