What does it mean to be Tangata Tiriti? What is the difference between the Treaty and Te Tiriti? How can immigrants engage with Te Tiriti? Mika and Rachel chat with Etienne Wain, a Ph.D. student and law tutor here at Te Herenga Waka. Etienne's Ph.D. considers what rights and responsibilities are associated with being Tangata Tiriti/People of the Treaty.
Definitions
- Tangata whenua: people of the whenua (land), people with an ancestral connection to the whenua of Aotearoa. The use of this term overlaps with the use of the term “Māori”.
- Tangata Tiriti: people of the Treaty; people who are living in Aotearoa because of Te Tiriti, i.e., all tauiwi.
- Tauiwi: migrants, settlers, people who have come here from somewhere else. Refers to both tauiwi of colour and Pākehā.
- Tino rangatiratanga: Māori self-determination, involving being in control of one’s own destiny or the destiny of the collective group one belongs to. Linked to the concept of mana and sometimes compared with sovereignty.
(Please note that these are Etienne’s own definitions, compiled for this episode, and are not authoritative definitions. Others, especially tangata whenua, will have more authority to define these terms.)
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