September 01, 2014
Hui asks big questions about development
One of the organisers of this week’s Te Pae Roa 2040 conference says it has become a bit of a tradition to have such a hui every 10 years to review progress on Maori development.
The hui today and tomorrow at Massey University’s Albany campus will look back to the 1984 Hui Taumata and forward to 2040, which will mark the bicentenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Malcolm Mulholland says the landscape has changed remarkably since 1984, with two thirds of iwi now having settled historical claims.
"Some great gains have been made but looking forward now it’s really about where is it we want to head and what are the big issues, have we struck a comfortable balance in terms of catering for all the needs of our people, have we just had a bit of a focus only on economic development maybe to the expense of social development. So it’s those big questions that are in the backs of people’s minds as we look forward forward to the future," he says.
Speakers include a mix of tribal leaders and academics, including former secretary of Maori Affairs Sir Tamati Reedy, Waikato-Tainui chief executive Parekawhia McLean, High Court judge Joe Williams, University of Waikato Pro-Vice Chancellor Maori Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Te Puni Kokiri chief executive Michelle Hippolite.
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