A Conversation with Tāmati Kruger and Kirsti Luke
Wednesday 23rd August | 12.35 pm
Speaker: Tāmati Kruger and Kirsti Luke
Overview:
Join us for an enlightening conference session featuring Tāmati Kruger and Kirsti Luke, as they delve into the multifaceted themes of reconciliation, indigenous rights, and intercultural relationships.
Tāmati Kruger
Tāmati Kruger is a Māori advocate and social and political analyst who has dedicated his career to the development of his iwi.
From the Ngāti Koura, Ngāti Rongo and Te Urewera hapū of Tūhoe, Tāmati was instrumental in securing the largest Treaty of Waitangi settlement to date ($450 million) for the Central North Island Iwi Collective. More recently, Tāmati was chief negotiator of the Tūhoe-Te Urewera Treaty of Waitangi Settlement which included a Crown apology for historical grievances, a social service management plan for the Tūhoe rohe and a financial and commercial redress package totalling $170 million.
The settlement also included legislative changes to transfer Te Urewera National Park to its own separate legal entity, looked after by the Te Urewera Board, of which Tāmati is chair.
Speaker Session: A Conversation with Tāmati Kruger and Kirsti Luke
Kirsti Luke
Chief Executive of Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua
Kirsti Luke is the Chief Executive of the Tūhoe Tribal Authority and has been involved in the development of Tūhoe Tribal affairs for over 15 years. She is a lawyer by trade and holds management qualifications. She has been a key member of the Tūhoe and Crown Treaty negotiations with the NZ government settling in 2013. Since then she has been responsible and committed to the raising of pride and optimism amongst neglected communities.
She is active in building the new Generation Tūhoe Authority to raise a zest and vibe for life; evolve an economy that relies upon the bounty of the land naturally living within her disciplines and constraints and to emphasise a permanency of tradition and belief for the wonder of nature; the inexplicable connection of land and people and for our greater understanding of what is our role and relationship with our lands and our futures.