The Changing Relationship between Māori and Environmentalists in 1970s and 1980s New Zealand

Mills, Keri

doi:10.1111/j.1478-0542.2009.00598.x

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“…Although Māori spiritual beliefs are intimately connected with the environment, socio-political beliefs also appear to be closely aligned with environmental regard. Indeed, researchers (Mills 2009;Keenan 2012) suggest that Māori situate environmental concerns within a wider political framework, and that attitudes toward the environment intertwine with socio-political goals for Māori rights and sovereignty. Consistent with this perspective, Cowie et al (2016, p. 5) found that Māori socio-political consciousness correlated positively with environmental regard.…”

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To Be at One with the Land: Māori Spirituality Predicts Greater Environmental Regard

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Māori, New Zealand's indigenous population, have a unique connection to the environment (Harris and Tipene 2006). In Māori tradition, Papatūānuku is the land-the earth mother who gives birth to all things, including Māori (Dell 2017). Māori also self-define as tāngata whenua (people of the land), a status formally recognised in New Zealand legislation. Māori have fought to regain tino rangatiratanga (authority and self-determination; see Gillespie 1998) over lands lost via colonisation. Accordingly, Cowie et al. (2016) found that socio-political consciousness-a dimension of Māori identity-correlated positively with Schwartz's (1992) value of protecting the environment and preserving nature. Yet, Māori perceptions of land also derive from spiritual associations. Our work investigated the spiritual component of Māori environmental regard by delineating between protecting the environment (i.e., a value with socio-political implications) and desiring unity with nature (i.e., a value with spiritual overtones) amongst a large national sample of Māori (N = 6812). As hypothesized, socio-political consciousness correlated positively with valuing environmental protection, whilst spirituality correlated positively with valuing unity with nature. These results demonstrate that Māori connection with the land is simultaneously rooted in spirituality and socio-political concerns.

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“…A number of researchers have proposed that environmental regard is central to Ma ori culture (Marsden & Henare, 1992;Patterson, 1994). However, previous research also provides some critique of Ma ori environmental value, and documents the suggestion (made by some more recent settler groups) that Ma ori environmental value may have been exaggerated (Gillespie, 1998;Jones, 2005;Mills, 2009). The question of whether the Indigenous people experience a deep, spiritual connection to the land is therefore a contested issue, and one that tends to polarize debate about the rights of Ma ori in various political domains.…”

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Indigenous Identity and Environmental Values: Do Spirituality and Political Consciousness Predict Environmental Regard Among Māori?

Cowie

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Milfont

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International Perspectives in Psychology

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Indigenous peoples often have a unique and deep connection to the land. However, quantitative research exploring this issue is scarce. The current research investigates cultural variation in environmental regard in New Zealand, where more recent settler groups have questioned the strength of Indigenous environmental regard. Study 1 examined differences in environmental regard held by Indigenous and non-Indigenous ethnic groups in a nationally representative data set, the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study ( N = 9,269). Māori (the Indigenous group) expressed the highest levels of regard for the environment on average, although there was also considerable variance among Māori as a group. Study 2 adopted an emic perspective to investigate which dimensions of Māori identity are related to higher environmental value specifically among M āori ( N = 193). Bayesian regression indicated that sociopolitical consciousness—the extent to which participants recognize the importance of and stand up for Māori political rights—was linked with higher environmental regard. Contrary to predictions, belief in Māori spiritual concepts was not linked with increased environmental regard. These findings suggest that Māori tend to value the natural environment more than non-Indigenous New Zealanders at least in part because high environmental regard is central to Māori political consciousness.

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“…The New Zealand environmental movement in its modern form coalesced in response to the plan to raise the level of Lake Manapouri for hydroelectric power generation in the 1960s (Mark, Turner and West ). Mills (: 684) notes that the plan ‘generated widespread protest in the late 1960s and early 1970s over its potential environmental effects, and the secret and suspect government motives behind it’. From this initial base the movement developed during the 1970s around opposition to the logging of native forests, seeing the formation of grassroots organizations such as the Native Forests Action Council (NFAC), as well as local branches of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth (Barnes and Hayter ; Downes ).…”

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Environmental protest in New Zealand (1997–2010)

O’Brien

2012

British Journal of Sociology

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Protest actions are an important indicator of public concern, raising awareness and highlighting perceived failings in administrative practices. With increasing prominence of environmental challenges there has been a move for states to incorporate stakeholders, potentially reducing the need for such confrontational actions. This article uses protest event analysis and case comparison to examine the scale and character of environmental protest actions in New Zealand from 1997-2010. This period was one of relative socio-economic stability, coupled with growing awareness of environmental challenges. The article considers the relative level of action of grassroots groups and more formalized NGOs, asking which issues generated protest actions and which factors contributed to environmental campaign outcomes. The findings suggest that, although protest actions can strengthen campaigns, the outcomes ultimately remain heavily dependent on the priorities of the state.

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The Changing Relationship between Māori and Environmentalists in 1970s and 1980s New Zealand

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

To Be at One with the Land: Māori Spirituality Predicts Greater Environmental Regard

To Be at One with the Land: Māori Spirituality Predicts Greater Environmental Regard

Indigenous Identity and Environmental Values: Do Spirituality and Political Consciousness Predict Environmental Regard Among Māori?

Environmental protest in New Zealand (1997–2010)

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