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Item Te Awa Tupua: Peace, justice and sustainability through Indigenous tourism(Taylor and Francis Group, 2021-04-16) Mika J; Scheyvens RTe Awa Tupua is an ancestor of the Māori people of Whanganui, and is also the Whanganui River, who in 2017 was formally recognised as a person. While legally conferring personhood upon an element of nature is relatively novel, it recognises a fundamental principle of indigeneity, that all things—human and nonhuman—are related. We explore intersections of peace, justice, and sustainability through Indigenous tourism in case studies of three Māori tourism enterprises on Te Awa Tupua (the Whanganui River). Our paper spotlights three findings. First, that treaty settlements elevate the status of Māori knowledge and contain elements of peace-making and economy-making as decolonising projects of self-determined development. Second, while indigeneity is foundational, we found that syncretism is evident in the sustainability of Māori tourism enterprises. Third, we uncovered a socioecological dissonance in attitudes towards commercial growth, with Māori tourism enterprises opting for slower and lower growth in favour of environmental and community wellbeing. We propose a model of Indigenous tourism called kaupapa tāpoi. We conclude by suggesting that reconciling differences in viewpoints on sustainability and growth between Māori and non-Māori tourism enterprises will require involvement of several institutional actors, starting with Te Awa Tupua.Item Local-Indigenous Autonomy and Community Streetscape Enhancement: Learnings from Māori and Te Ara Mua-Future Streets Project(MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), 2021-02) Raerino K; Macmillan A; Field A; Hoskins Rfirst_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle Local-Indigenous Autonomy and Community Streetscape Enhancement: Learnings from Māori and Te Ara Mua—Future Streets Project by Kimiora Raerino 1,*,Alex Macmillan 2,Adrian Field 3ORCID andRau Hoskins 4 1 Ngāti Awa & Ngāti Rangiwewehi, SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Mackie Research & Massey University, Auckland 1010, New Zealand 2 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand 3 Dovetail Consulting Ltd., Auckland 1245, New Zealand 4 Ngāpuhi, DesignTRIBE Architects, Auckland 1021, New Zealand * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(3), 865; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030865 Received: 16 November 2020 / Revised: 25 December 2020 / Accepted: 27 December 2020 / Published: 20 January 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue The Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples around the Globe) Download Browse Figures Review Reports Versions Notes Abstract In settler countries, attention is now extending to the wellbeing benefits of recognising and promoting the Indigenous cultural identity of neighbourhoods as a contributing factor to more equitable and healthier communities. Re-indigenisation efforts to (re)implement cultural factors into urban design can be challenging and ineffective without the leadership and collaboration of local-Indigenous peoples. Undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Ara Mua — Future Street project, demonstrated that co-design has critical potential in the reclamation of Indigenous autonomy, increased local-Indigenous presence and revitalisation of cultural identity. Employing a Kaupapa Māori (Māori-centred) research approach, we focused on the workings and perspectives of mana whenua (local-Indigenous peoples) and community stakeholder engagement in Te Ara Mua. An Indigenous theoretical framework, Te Pae Mahutonga, was utilised in the data analysis to explore perspectives of Indigenous collective agency, empowerment, and wellbeing. Our research demonstrates that developing capacity amongst Indigenous communities is integral for effective engagement and that the realisation of autonomy in urban design projects has broader implications for Indigenous sovereignty, spatial justice and health equity. Significantly, we argue that future community enhancement strategies must include not only re-designing and re-imagining initiatives, but also re-indigenising.