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Patagonia and Benetton /
Indigenous communities /
Patagonia dreaming /
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Argentina’s indigenous map /
Legends /
Mapuche Kimun /
Lands, global stories of conflict and restitution /
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Australia, the revenge of the Aborigines /
Chavez, missionaries go home, land for indigenous peoples /
South African's difficult agrarian reform /
The Maori language saved /
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The Maori language saved
Since the 80s New Zealand has been committed to preserving the Maori culture and language. Radio stations, websites, school programs, bilingual governmental publications, training courses for public servants on the rights of this people: many tools have been used to revitalize a culture that was on the verge of extinction.
The Maoris were the first inhabitants of New Zealand. They arrived there in canoes adapted for the open sea. But when Westerners arrived the conflicts began. In 1840 with the Waitangi Treaty, Queen Victoria guaranteed the indigenous population the same rights as British citizens. But there were still many disputes until finally in 1975 a court was specifically designed to hear cases related to indigenous rights and claims.
In this spirit programs to restore land and fishing rights to the indigenous population were started. Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark has promised to resolve all cases of Maori land rights before 2020. “New Zealand’s efforts to seek truth and reconciliation through . . . the settlement process stand second to none” she has declared.
The idea of reparation is a concept that is very strongly felt in Maori culture. So much so that in the last few years it has contributed to shape processes of repairing justice in the country that support and at times substitute the concept of “compensation” of the Western legal system. It was for example a Maori judge to illustrate the method – today used in many New Zealand children’s courts – according to which the victim and the accused (together with their families) take part in a sitting with the community elders in which they try to come to an agreement. All participants must monitor the result.
(20/10/2005)
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