TenaKoutou. Nga mihi mai Aotearoa: “Greetings from New ......Ngā Hau e Whā o Paparārangi...

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Tena Koutou. Nga mihi mai Aotearoa:

“Greetings from New Zealand”

Ko Scott Bailey taku ingoa: My name is Scott Bailey

Ko Taranaki te Maunga: Taranaki is my Mountain

Ko Waitara te Awa: Waitara is my River

Ko Owae te Marae: Owae Marae is my Meeting House

Ko Te Ātiawa te Iwi: Te Ātiawa is my Tribe

Ngā Hau e Whā o Paparārangi“People of the Four Winds”

OverviewIntroduction to New Zealand

Background to NGĀ HAU E WHĀ O PAPARĀRANGI 20 year planting project

Main objectives of the project

Stakeholders involved

GIS Usage

Indigenous Practice of Rongoā (Māori Medicine)

Famous New Zealanders

Sir Ernest Rutherford Dr. William (Bill) Pickering

Cliff Curtis

Emilio Restrepo(Colombiana)

Javier Acosta(Gang Related)

Russell Crowe

Jor-El(Man of Steel)

Sir Peter Jackson

Where is New Zealand ?

Introducing New Zealand

Healing a Nation

www.nhewop.org.nz

100yo Heritage Building

Meeting House for local Tribes & citizens

60 ha of land

250m above sea level

Leased land from local City Council

180° View of Wellington harbour

Restoring Māori cultural landscape

and Indigenous Practices,

using GIS as the key planning tool

Identify & map sites of significant flora and fauna

3 Strands:Raranga (Māori Weaving)Rongoā (Māori Medicine)Mārakai (Māori Cuisine)

• Identify key GIS users• Establish the user environments & central database• Train users on use of ArcMap & GPS• Map a baseline of the area using existing data

Eg. Tracks, fence lines, parks & reserves, vegetation type, land ownership

Mentor & Empower users on use of GIS

Community Engagement & Crowdsourcing

Getting community groups and volunteers involved

Healing a Nation

www.nhewop.org.nz

Rongoā (Māori Medicine)

Pā Rōpata (Father Rob)

One of New Zealand’s leading authorities on Rongoā Māori

Ngā Whenua Rāhui – Thank You

Rongoā Workshops (Wānanga)

Training a ‘core’ group

Rongoā Māori is much more than just ‘Māori herbal medicine’

Rongoā Māori is much more than just ‘Māori herbal medicine’- Mirimiri (Massage & Manipulation)

Rongoā Māori is much more than just ‘Māori herbal medicine’- Mirimiri (Massage & Manipulation)- Spiritual Healing

It’s about Mauri (Life Force) - everything has a mauri

Focus is on the wellbeing of the person (not the illness)

It’s about BALANCE of all things

Ngahere (Forest) - get to know the forest & belong

Karakia - Asking permission to harvest

Know when not to harvest

Medicinal use of Plants

Harakeke (Flax) - used as a splint, applied to boils, used to expel intestinal worms

Kawakawa (Pepper Tree) – cuts, wounds, toothache & stomach pains

Koromiko – ulcers, broken bones

Mānuka – dandruff, fever, dysentery, diarrhoea

Unique Mānuka Factor (UMF) - Honey

The UMF grading system appraises natural markers found in Manuka Honey, and assures purity and quality.

The UMF quality trademark ranges from 5 upwards:

0 - 4 Not detectable5 - 9 Low levels10 - 15 Useful levels16 + Superior high grade levels

World Health Organization (WHO) – Healthy People 2010 initiative:

- To eliminate health disparities among segments of the population

‘ Encouraging usage of traditional healing’

A contemporary women healer, Thunder Woman, notes that Traditional healing is the ‘‘original medicine’’ and

Western medicine the ‘‘alternative medicine’’

We do not own the land – we are merely the Kaitiaki (Guardians)

If we take care of our earth, the earth will provide

GIS in Conservation (GiC)

Working for Conservation Groups

Ngā Whenua Rāhui

Feedback? Questions?

Scott Baileynzmedicinal@gmail.com

www.nhewop.org.nz

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