单词 | kaitiakitanga |
释义 | kaitiakitangan. New Zealand. Guardianship or management, esp. of the natural resources of a place or area; environmental stewardship considered as a duty and responsibility of the inhabitants of an area. Also: the exercise of this.Originally in Maori contexts; now in more general use. ΚΠ 1987 Soil & Water (Wellington, N.Z.) Summer 23/1 One perhaps could point to the (many) statements by the Waitangi Tribunal with regard to water and resource statutes..; that they offend (or can do so) the mana of the Maori by taking away their promised rights of kaitiakitanga, rangatiratanga, and kawanatanga. 1993 GeoJournal 29 318/1 Maori concepts of kaitiakitanga, which encompass issues relating to ownership and utilisation as well as spiritual and physical responsibility for the past, present and future, are compatible with principles of sustainable development. 2021 Sunday News (N.Z.) (Nexis) 28 Mar. 4 We're willing to give up anything to support the community and to exert our kaitiakitanga to prevent the marina from being built. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1987 |
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