Guardianship or management.
land is considered a resource to be respected according to the principle of kaitiakitanga
Example sentencesExamples
- Maori should adopt the notion of kaitiakitanga, increasing capacity at home in order to realise the potential that exists.
- We have instilled a deep understanding of kaitiakitanga (custodianship) in our governance.
- They have developed an 80-page guide for teachers in ways to nurture kaitiakitanga (stewardship) of the Warawara Forest in Northland.
- The company needed to demonstrate kaitiakitanga (stewardship) of New Zealand's paua fishery.
- Every interviewing panel member was given kaitiakitanga or guardianship of the data.
- The legislation further suggests that kaitiakitanga will be expressed through the review of the Resource Management Act.
- Under Marxism, we could have Iwi and Hapu having autonomous kaitiakitanga of our taonga and resources.
- The project had a strong emphasis on kaitiakitanga - custodianship of the land.
- The former think-tank member was one of four women entrusted with "kaitiakitanga" of evidence submitted by family violence survivors.
- It maintains kaitiakitanga over a number of wahi tapu sites within its boundaries.