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Day 1 of the Conference

Keynote Speaker Professor Emeritus Sir Mason Durie's

presentation was on Mauri Ora - On Human Flourishing

[Maori Ora is about flourishing and Mauri Noho is about languishing] 

In respect to Sir Mason Durie I will be only uploading one image from his presentation. Sir Durie (my first opportunity to hear him speak] is a person who has spent a lifetime working towards Human Flourishing on so many levels. What an inspiring role model he is and duly awarded. I will share with you a snippet from one of his slide's presented on the day. Many questions were posed due to the context he was speaking in - International Indigenous Research Conference. Questions posed:

1. 'Is this to be the Indigenous Century - In which the term 'indigenous' is no longer routinely followed by the word 'problem'.
2. In which Kupe's values and laws thrive in the lives of his descendants and are adopted by Cook's people too.
3. The Indigenous research community - Provides the building blocks:

• By providing data, science, ideas : the tools for imaging a different beginning
• By being practical and relevant
• By being aware of the possibilities for true transformation
• By inspiring and holding us to account
• By helping to shape the audacious vision of a new generation of Kupe's.'

Friend, Piki and Kiri Diamond (Nieces) Viti