Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Raglan Golf Course – Raglan land confiscated during the last World War for an aerodrome, disputed over the past five years, has been the subject of an appeal in which the High Court has validated the Raglan Golf Club’s Lease of the 63-acre block.

The government had promised the return of the land to Māori ownership. Reaction to the court decision varies. Members of the Golf Club say that justice has been done, while a large number of Māori people insist that they did not get justice.

Speakers: Eva Rickard, Keith Bird (President of the Raglan Golf Club) and Dr Pat Hohepa.

(Sound Archives MPT 3278)

13 February 1988 is a day of thanksgiving and celebration for the return of Māori land. 25 hectares by the Raglan harbour was taken by the Crown for defence purposes during the Second World War. Later it became the Raglan golf course. Now it’s back in the hands of Tainui Awhiro people.

In 1978, seventeen Māori protesters were arrested on the golf course for trespass. Their court appearance set off a chain of events which trailed through the courts amidst bitter argument at local and national level, but finally led to the return of the land to local Māori people. The golf course has been re-sited in the hills overlooking Raglan.

In 1988, more than a thousand people gather to remember those who fought for what they considered a triumph over injustice. It's also a day for fun, dancing and singing. This programme looks at arguments both for and against Māori ownership of the land and looks at the divisions arising between Māori and Pākehā.

(Sound Archives T7491)

Eva Rickard gives a brief background to her professional and personal life. Eva is the middle child of a family of fifteen and was born at Whaingaroa on the Raglan golf course. Her grandmother was a direct descendant of Te Rauparaha.

Eva considers that the Treaty — regarded by Māori as an honourable document — has been dishonoured by successive governments.

Eva also talks about the Hīkoi to Waitangi and Te Kotahitanga.

(Sound Archives T2355)

A two-part programme made in 1984, when Māoridom was on the march for the second time in a decade. The Waitangi Day protest walkers began their kotahitanga hikoi from Turangawaewae Marae en route to Waitangi. In the first part of the programme, narrated by Haare Williams, speakers include Sir James Henare, Tuaiwa Rickard, Judge Eddie Durie, Henare Tuwhangai, Ratima Rolleston, Pateriki te Rei, Hohua Tutengaehe, Matiu te Hau, Tupi Puriri and Tony Simpson. Haare Williams reads the poem 'Hikoi.'

In the second part of the programme, Haare Williams asks interviewees about what the hikoi means and what they expect it will achieve. Speakers include Taina Waipouri, Mere te Amo Lucas, Maanu Paul, Father Michael Shirres, Peter Ransland from Toronto, Tuaiwa Rickard and David Williams.

The song 'I Believe' is sung by Tuaiwa Rickard and Pumipi Taituha.

(Sound Archives MPT 4937 and MPT 4939)

Beyond Guilt — Pakeha responsibilities Under The Treaty.

A documentary about the Te Atiawa people's struggle to save their reefs. Broadcast February 1987 on National Radio.

(Sound Archives 97/112/84/7)

Rob Neil talks to Tony Friedlander, the Minister of Works about the Government's decision to ignore the Waitangi Tribunal's recommendation against the Motunui outfall. Mr Friedlander says other recommendations will be considered by the Government.

(Sound Archives T3773)

The Waitangi Tribunal has upheld the Atiawa people's claim for the protection of the Treaty of Waitangi for their historic fishing grounds. Whai Dewes, Māori Affairs Department solicitor, tells Carol Greensmith the decision is not necessarily a breakthrough in the battle for Māori fishing rights, as the Tribunal cannot enforce the recommendation.

(Sound Archives T3768)

The Government ignores the recommendation of the Waitangi Tribunal over the Motunui outfall. The Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, says there will be no problem caused by pollution from the outfall. Aila Taylor says he does not trust the company not to breach the rules, and Rebecca Evans from the Waitangi Action Committee says that the Tribunal can consider itself redundant after this Government's decision. Matiu Rata suggests that there now needs to be a review.

(Sound Archives T3773)

Alison Bartley and Debbie Gee report on the recommendations from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Helen Hughes. Mrs Hughes has analysed the Crown's response to the Waitangi Tribunal recommendations on claims from Motunui, Kaituna, Manukau, Te Reo Māori, Waiheke, Orakei and Muriwhenua. One of her recommendations is that environmental policy should be acceptable to both Māori and Pakeha and environmental management should be in line with the Treaty of Waitangi.

Aila Taylor, Te Atiawa spokesman, says the comments in the Commissioner's report are very accurate in relation to his tribe's claims.

(Sound Archives MR881207)

Māori Marsden died at his home in Te Koopuru in June 1993. He was a scholar, a theologian, a war veteran, a chaplain for the Navy, and a man who crusaded for social justice for his people.

In this 1985 programme Rev Māori Marsden speaks before the Waitangi Tribunal on the Ōrākei Marae in support of Ngāti Whātua's claim for the return of their land at Bastion Point.

He speaks about the alienation of his people from the land; the concept of turangawaewae; equality with kin and other citizens living in Auckland; the marae as the hearth for education; mauri in the land and the world of the senses.

(Sound Archives MPT HRK 930707)

Sir James Henare speaks to the Waitangi Tribunal at Waiwhetu Marae in support of making Māori an official language. (three parts)

At the end of his presentation, Sir James is asked the following question by a tribunal member:

‘It concerns the question of the generation that lost the facility with Māori. I have been casting around for the last three months for experiences of that loss and I think, I am expecting, I may be wrong, but I am expecting to hear from official quarters that there has never been a policy of suppressing the teaching of Māori in the schools. We have already heard some vivid evidence from people who [unclear] that very experience. There will become a context for us of people who say this is what happened to us and others who say this was never an official policy. You see what I’m getting at? (Sir James: Yes, yes, I do). It would help me anyway if you can give me your opinion as to what took place in the in the first [unclear] years of this century, in the schools about the Māori language.’

Sir James’s response to this question is included as part three.

(Sound Archives MPT 8153/8154)

Hon. Matiu Rata, speaks about the Treaty of Waitangi and the Muriwhenua fisheries claim at a hui.

In an interview he speaks about his lecture visit to Hawaii, and touches on the Muriwhenua fisheries claim and the Waitangi Tribunal Report.

(Sound Archives MPT 3643)

Adam Gifford reports on the Waitangi Tribunal's report on the Ngāi Tahu claim over the South Island. Māori Affairs Minister Winston Peters comments on the report and supports a recommendation that Ngāi Tahu should be reimbursed $400,000 costs and expenses. Kim Hill interviews Tipene O'Regan, Ngāi Tahu spokesman.

(Sound Archives MR910208)

Alison Bartley reports on a bill which has been introduced to allow Crown land to be transferred to the new corporations set up under the State Owned Enterprises Act. The Treaty of Waitangi-SOE Bill provides safeguards to protect existing or future Māori claims against land or water being transferred to SOEs. Comments from Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and Leader of the Opposition Jim Bolger. Chairman of the New Zealand Māori Council, Sir Graham Latimer, hails the legislation as a victory for all New Zealanders.

(Sound Archives MR871210)

The Auckland District Māori Council has become the first major Māori body to speak out against the government's five principles upon which it would act on the Treaty of Waitangi issues. Council chairman Dr Ranginui Walker says the government is working unilaterally, in direct breach of the partnership principles of the Treaty. He says he is upset about the process of drawing up of the principles, and the principles themselves.

(Sound Archives MR890719)

The launching of the book The Treaty of Waitangi by Claudia Orange at the Beehive in Wellington. Speakers include the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Right Honourable Geoffrey Palmer; Minister of Arts and Culture, Dr. Michael Bassett; the author, Dr Claudia Orange; and the Governor General, Sir Paul Reeves.

(Sound Archives MPT3607)

Author Claudia Orange, who has written a new book on the Treaty of Waitangi says the Treaty might be revamped as Māori and Pakeha expectations have nullified the promise of the Treaty in its present form. Dr Orange is interviewed by Philip Whaanga.

(Sound Archives MR871103)

Historian, Dr Claudia Orange, is interviewed about her book, The Treaty of Waitangi, which explains the Treaty, the events leading up to it, and the different interpretations Māori and Pakeha put upon the Treaty.

(Sound Archives T6386)

From the Goodman Fielder Watties Book Awards, NZ Listener Literary Editor, Andrew Mason speaks about the standard of books entering the awards. Dr. Claudia Orange, talks about her book 'The Treaty of Waitangi,' which won the major award.

(Sound Archives MR880810)

The Waitangi Tribunal has ruled in favour of giving the Muriwhenua tribes full commercial fishing rights. Matiu Rata talks to Lualemana Tino Pereira about the Muriwhenua claim and the decision made by the Tribunal. Commercial Fishermen's Federation secretary Peter Stevens speaks of the possible effects the Waitangi Tribunal's decision will have on the commercial fishermen.

(Sound Archives MR880613)

Paul Holmes talks to Matiu Rata about concerns raised by the Muriwhenua fishing claim agreements. Matiu Rata tries to dispel the fears of the fishing industry and suggests why people might not uphold the agreement reached between the Māori and the government.

(Sound Archives MR880920)

Reporter Alison Bartley describes what the Fisheries Bill means for the Māori people and how it will affect them. Richard Prebble speaks about the transfer of quotas and race relations while Opposition leader Jim Bolger gives his point of view of the solution and says it has nothing to do with the Treaty of Waitangi. Muriwhenua spokesman Matiu Rata says that this Bill is the first attempt to put something right from the Treaty of Waitangi. Reporter Gyles Beckford reports that fishing industry representatives such as Bob Martin (Federation of Commercial Fishermen) and Ray Dobson (Fishing Industry Board) condemn the settlement of fishing claims by the government. Reporter Debbie Gee explains the advantages and disadvantages of the government's proposals over the fishing claims. Maanu Paul, the New Zealand Maori Council fishing committee chairman, voices his disapproval of, and dissatisfaction with, the government proposals.

(Sound Archives MR880922)

Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer has announced a new structure to streamline the government's handling of Treaty of Waitangi issues. The Crown Task Force on Waitangi issues will be led by Justice Minister Bill Jeffries who will be joined by five other ministers, among them Minister of Special Projects, Roger Douglas and Attorney General, David Lange. Mr Palmer talks about what the Task Force will be responsible for. Opposition spokesperson for Maori Affairs, Winston Peters, describes the plans as just another nothing. Professor Whatarangi Winiata says the government should invite Maori leaders to sit on the Task Force. He says the government still does not acknowledge Maoridom as an equal partner and is treating the Treaty as a race relations issue not a partnership issue (Part 1). Professor Hirini Mead discusses the government's plans with Geoff Robinson (Part 2). (Sound Archives MR891215 Part 1 and 2)

(Sound Archives MR880922)

An Insight documentary profiling Matiu Rata. He talks about early influences in his life, his experience of school and his introduction to politics including his time as a Cabinet Minister and the start of the Mana Motuhake party. Albie Tahana comments on Mr Rata’s religious faith, and Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan discusses his portfolios during the Kirk government. Bruce Gregory talks about Matiu Rata's part in the Muriwhenua Fishing Claims. The programme also covers the announcement of Matiu Rata's resignation from the Labour Party and Parliament in 1979.

(Sound Archives T6480/T7477)