1. Sustainability in Engineering and Science
A Tangata Whenua Perspective on Sustainability using the Mauri Model Towards decision making balance with regard to our social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan
Associate Dean Maori, Senior Lecturer

2. Nga mihi o nga ahuatanga o tenei wa ki a koutou katoa
Te Arawa is the waka my ancestors journeyed here on
Ngati Pikiao are the people I belong to
Matawhaura is the mountain
Te Rotoiti i kitea a Ihenga are the waters
Te Rangiunuora is my eponymous ancestral bond
Te Punawhakareia a Rakeiao is my marae
Nga mihi o nga ahuatanga o tenei wa ki a koutou katoa

3. He wero - the crisis faced
Treaty of Waitangi
Contemporary legislation
New Zealand Waste Strategy
Tangata whenua opposition
Government
Tangata
whenua
Treaty of Waitangi
Territorial
Authority
RMA1991
LGA2002
NZ Waste
Strategy

4. Tangata Whenua Position
The people of the land are vehemently opposed to continued use of water to transport, treat, and dispose of human excrement
This approach is not consistent with kawa (Maori protocol)
Nor is this approach sustainable

5. What is Mauri? Binding force Holistic Indicator Cultural Legislated?
Mauri as a measure of sustainability

6. What is the Mauri model? Social Economic Environmental Cultural
Community
Whanau
Environment
Hapu
Four key aspects of our eco-system

7. Integrity Of Cultural Identity
Mauri model
Mauri Of the Whanau
Mauri of
Community
Economic
Analysis
Well-Being
Of Society
Mauri of Hapu
Integrity Of Cultural Identity
Integrity of the
Ecosystem
Mauri of the
Environment

8. Mauri of the Environment
State of the environment reflects its mauri
Water catchments are natural partitions
Nga taonga I tuku iho – treasure passed down

9. Mauri of the Hapu Reflects mana (authority) as kaitiaki (guardians)
Nga whakatipuranga (decendents), manaaki
Knowledge base, traditional practices

10. Mauri of the Community Pakeha, Taurahere, Tangata Whenua
General health, safety and well-being
Land availability, recreational access
Employment opportunities

11. Sustainability barometer
Neutral -1
Diminishing
Maintaining 1
Destroying
Enhancing -2 2

12. Case Studies SmartGrowth Bay of Plenty
Comparison of assessed sustainability
differences between Tangata Whenua
and consultant Professional engineers
Lake Rotoiti
The inconsistency of past management
practices with kawa and the result
Rotorua Water Supply
Conflict between Rotorua District Council
and Tangata Whenua over increased
exploitation of Taniwha Springs

13. Ko te pae tawhiti
whaia kia tata
Ko te pae tata
whakamaua kia tina
Seek distant horizons and
hold fast to those you attain