Evidence, interests and argumentation: an environmental policy controversy in a small New Zealand town

A feminist genealogy approach to governmentality is used to explore how indigenous knowledge and aspirations related to the environment become embedded into Aotearoa New Zealand environmental policy and practice. Particular consideration is given to the indigenous feminine as an impetus for change as expressed through atua wāhine/Māori female spiritual authority and powers. Political projects and activism by Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, provide the basis to explore contests between environmental truths that originate from Māori traditions and those that have come to dominate national environmental politics that originate from British “Western” traditions. It is argued that truth contests have been extremely effective at disrupting the power and authority of environmental policy and practice dominated by Western thought. Furthermore, efforts to maintain the momentum of these transformation and consolidate the authority and power of Māori communities is linked to rendering the indigenous feminine visible, retelling our herstories and developing new relationships and practices that give expression to atua.

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Environmental policy-making in New Zealand, 1978-2013

Policy Quarterly ◽

10.26686/pq.v9i3.4453 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gary Taylor

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New Zealand ◽

Resource Management ◽

Environmental Policy ◽

Present State ◽

Policy Making ◽

Environmental Policies ◽

Government Agencies ◽

The Past ◽

Made In

This article examines the ways in which key environmental policies have been made in the past, and reflects on the present state of play with respect to these policies. The article draws on my experience with the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) since 1978 and the reflections are personal ones. The issues covered are: government agencies; climate change; oceans; freshwater; and resource management law. The objective of this discussion is to see if the past illuminates the present in any useful way.

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Magellanic Cloud Eclipsing Binaries: Primary Distance Indicators

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s007418090011900x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 190 ◽

pp. 563-566

Author(s):

J. D. Pritchard ◽

W. Tobin ◽

J. V. Clausen ◽

E. F. Guinan ◽

E. L. Fitzpatrick ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Magellanic Cloud ◽

Eclipsing Binaries ◽

Fundamental Parameters ◽

Distance Indicators

Our collaboration involves groups in Denmark, the U.S.A. Spain and of course New Zealand. Combining ground-based and satellite (IUEandHST) observations we aim to determine accurate and precise stellar fundamental parameters for the components of Magellanic Cloud Eclipsing Binaries as well as the distances to these systems and hence the parent galaxies themselves. This poster presents our latest progress.

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