Overslaan en naar de inhoud gaan

page search

Library Role of indigenous Māori people in collaborative water governance in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Role of indigenous Māori people in collaborative water governance in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Role of indigenous Māori people in collaborative water governance in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Resource information

Date of publication
december 2012
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201400159970
Pages
941-959

Informed by debates in recent literature on indigenous peoples’ role in water governance, our research examines recent initiatives to enhance the role of Māori in water governance in Aotearoa/New Zealand based on the case of recently reinvented hybrid governance arrangements for Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. The water governance landscape in New Zealand has been significantly reconfigured in the last 25 years, with wide-ranging changes precipitated by the neo-liberal agendas of recent governments. Running alongside this neo-liberal agenda was the revival of indigenous rights language during the 1970s, a reflection of growing political recognition of the aboriginal customary natural resource ownership and management rights. Set within this geo-political context, we argue that three factors, property rights, globalisation and the regulatory planning environment for management, both enable and constrain indigenous people to govern natural resources within a post-colonial society such as New Zealand.

Share on RLBI navigator
NO

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Memon, P.A.
Kirk, N.

Publisher(s)
Data Provider
Geographical focus