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Rāhui

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Most rāhui are set down in law. For example www.rahui.org.nz details a rāhui in place in Maunganui Bay, BOI, and states "Temporary closures in the North Island are established under section 186A of the Fisheries Act 1996 at the request of local tangata whenua. They can be put in place if the closure
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Rāhui may be imposed for many reasons, including a need for conservation of food resources or because the area concerned is in a state of tapu, due, for example, to a recent death in the area, out of respect for the dead and to prevent the gathering of food there for a specified period. Rāhui may be
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The custom of rāhui is still used today, and it has similarities to the bans imposed by the present day legal system on the gathering of food resources for conservation purposes; however Māori often perceive such bans on the gathering of traditional resources such as shellfish and native birds as
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A sign or physical symbol may be displayed to show that a rāhui has been imposed. Sometimes a carved or decorated wooden stick or post may be placed in the ground. Natural features of the landscape can indicate the boundaries of the area that is under restriction. Additionally, people will be
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An area may be set aside for a special purpose or function. Trees may be set aside as a carving resource; or flax bushes for the weaving of a special cloak for a chief. Areas may be placed under rāhui requiring them to be left to lie fallow so that the resources may regenerate.
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at 4am on Tuesday 10 December 2019. The Buttle family, who have owned the island for over 80 years, asked that the rāhui be respected. The rāhui was lifted on Saturday 28 December.
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has no official legal standing, and penalties are not formally imposed upon anyone breaking a rāhui, but it is seen as culturally insensitive to do so.
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will improve the availability and/or size of fisheries resources in the area, or recognise a customary fishing practice in that area."
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memorial was scheduled to start. This rāhui carries unusual significance given its application is deemed primarily a political act.
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placed on land, sea, rivers, forests, gardens, fishing grounds, and other food resources. A rāhui is given its authority by the
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restricting access to, or use of, an area or resource by the kaitiaki (guardian/s) of the area in the spirit of
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The Rahui: Legal pluralism in Polynesian traditional management of resources and territories
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elders in March 2021, shortly before construction work on a controversial National
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Whakaari/White Island following 2019 volcanic eruption
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Rāhui notice at Dove Myer Robinson Park, March 2021.
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Index

Rahui
Māori culture
tapu
kaitiakitanga
1996 Fisheries Act
New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries
Ministry for Primary Industries
Cook Islands
mana

iwi
volcanic eruption
Whakaari / White Island
Whakatāne River
Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei
Tainui
Erebus
Royal, Te Ahukaramū Charles
"Rāhui – prohibitions"
"Rahui To Protect Kaikoura Coastline"
Ministry of Fisheries
the original
ISBN
9781925022919
OCLC
931672644
"Iwi puts rāhui in place after death at Tora"
Radio New Zealand

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