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Te Manutukutuku


He manu tukutuku te rangi ka uhia he huruhuru te manu ka tau
Kites adorn the sky as feathers adorn the birds

Hirini Moko Mead in Bob Maysmor, Te Manu Tukutuku (Wellington: Steele Roberts, 2001)

 Kite

Te Manutukutuku

 

Te Manutukutuku (‘the flying kite’) is the Waitangi Tribunal's official newsletter. In the first edition in 1989, the director, Wira Gardiner, explained that the humble kite was chosen as the name because:

Te Manutukutuku is symbolic of a number of key ideas. In modern times we largely fly kites for entertainment. Politicians also tend to fly ‘kites’ of a different sort – when they want to test public attitudes for an idea they might have. We prefer that Te Manutukutuku represents ‘the messenger’ as a mean of telling people what is happening.
The newsletter’s has a key educative role in informing people about crucial Treaty issues and the roles and responsibilities of the Waitangi Tribunal. As well as the public at large, the newsletter targets Māori organisations, learning institutions, local and national government bodies, politicians, and the media, and it has a strong international readership.

The initial hope for this kite – that it would act as a bridge across cultural gaps to help to reduce anxiety in the community about the Treaty and the work of the Tribunal – still flies with it today.

Back Issues


Issue      Marama

Date       

62 Hakihea 2008 December 2008
61 Kohi-tātea January 2008
60 Pipiri June 2004
59 Haratua May 2004
58 Pipiri 2003 June 2003
57 Poutū-te-Rangi 2003 March 2003
56 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2002 October 2002
55 Paenga-Whāwhā 2002 April 2002
54 Hakihea 2001 December 2001
53 Haratua – Pipiri 2001 May – June 2001
52 Mahuru – Whiringa-a-Nuku 2000 September – October 2000           

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 Pipiri – Hongongoi 2000 June – July 2000

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 Poutū-te-Rangi 2000 March 2000

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 Mahuru 1999 September 1999

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 Haratua 1999 May 1999

47

 Hui-tanguru 1999 February 1999

46

 Whiringa-ā-nuku 1998 October 1998

45

 Here-turi-kōkā 1998 August 1998

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 Haratua 1998 May 1998

43

 Whiringa-ā-rangi – Hakihea 1997 November – December 1997

42

 Here-turi-kōkā – Mahuru 1997 August – September 1997

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 Pipiri – Hōngoingoi 1997 June – July 1997
40 Hui-tanguru – Poutū-te-Rangi 1997 February – March 1997