Ngā Rangahautira (Māori Law) was approved $2000 from the Student Services Levy for Ngā Rangahautira Noho Marae/Pō Whakangahau. The application was made in the March 2021 funding round as a Club – General applicant, against a stated activity cost of $2,000.
Grant record
| Club | Ngā Rangahautira (Māori Law) |
|---|---|
| Event or activity | Ngā Rangahautira Noho Marae/Pō Whakangahau |
| Grant date | 5 March 2021 |
| Application round | March 2021 |
| Applicant type | Club – General |
| Amount requested / activity cost | $2,000 |
| Other sources of income | |
| Recommendation | Approve |
| Recommended funding | $2,000 |
| Amount approved | $2000 |
Event details
Our Noho Marae is the impetus of whakawhanaungatanga (building relationships) for our first-year students. It is used to share the rich whakapapa and history of Ngā Rangahautira, with emphasis on our founder Dr Moana Jackson. The noho marae is an annual event to educate tauira on the purpose of Ngā Rangahautira – our law degrees are a tool to decolonise and reindigenise a system premised upon oppressing Māori people and suppressing tikanga Māori as a legitimate system of law in New Zealand. The overnight noho marae is designed to foster connections and relationships within the cohort. The noho marae has traditionally included a range of guest speakers, including Dr Moana Jackson (founder), Judge Damian Stone (Māori Land Court), Horiana Irwin-Easthope (Director at Whāia Legal) and other indigenous scholars including Alison Whittaker (Gomeroi poet and legal scholar). It provides an opportunity to develop career aspirations by reflecting on the pathways of those who have gone before us, such as Ngā Rangahautira alumni Julia Whaipooti (Senior Advisor to the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and JustSpeak spokesperson) and Kiritapu Allan (Minister of Conservation and Minister of Emergency Management). Due to the change in alert levels we’ve had to reshuffle our events for the trimester. We have decided to combine the noho marae with our pō whakangahau. This is an event that seeks to enhance tuakana-teina relationships amongst our members. Ngā Rangahautira has traditionally focused solely on offering academic/careers based workshops for our tauira. We recognise there is a need to develop the informal social connections between the younger and older cohorts of our rōpū. Our iho is that law students are at University for at least 5 years which is a much longer duration than other undergraduate degrees. With law school located away from Te Herenga Waka Marae, our tauira often find themselves isolated from their Māoritanga and desire a stronger degree of social connection. As Māori are underrepresented in the limited-entry second-year intake, our cohorts are small and tauira rely on these relationships to complete their studies here at Victoria University. This event provides an opportunity to safeguard the sustainability of our rōpū, with increased engagement by younger students, and to foster our tuakana-teina relationships throughout the years. In order to run these events, Ngā Rangahautira is seeking funding totalling $2000 to cover catering, prizes for students and koha for guest speakers. Ngā Rangahautira would be immensely grateful for support by Victoria Recreation in the form of funding for this event. It would allow us to achieve our goals of whakawhanaungatanga and support for new and returning students who are in different stages of the law degree, and also help us in strengthening and expanding our group as a whole. We will promote these events through a number of different mediums including our Ngā Rangahautira members Facebook page and public page and Instagram page. We ordinarily also go into first year law lectures to speak before class in order to promote the event. Our Māori Law Students’ Coordinator (Luanne) will send an email out to all Māori law students encouraging attendance.
About this record
Reproduced by Save Our Clubs from club funding information released by Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. Not an official University publication. “Recommendation” and “Recommended funding” reflect pre-panel recommendations, and the amount approved may differ from them. The amount requested may reflect only the club’s initial figure, with the final decision also considering documents supplied later. If this entry looks wrong, get in touch and we will check it against the source document.