Matike Mai Aotearoa Constitutional Transformation Workshop with Erin Matariki Carr (Ngāi Tuhoe, Ngāti Awa and Pākehā)
This workshop is a space for us to learn about Matike Mai, ask questions and imagine the multitude of pathways forward towards true transformation. Constitutional transformation is the ultimate systems change for Aotearoa because it goes to the root of how power is exercised in our society. Led by Dr Moana Jackson, Prof Margaret Mutu and Dr Veronica Tawhai, the Matike Mai Aotearoa Project asked: What would it look like to base our constitution on He Whakaputanga o Te Rangatiratanga 1835, Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840, kawa and tikanga Māori as well as international agreements like UNDRIP?
date and time: december 7, sunday and 3 PM – 5 PM
address: 115 taranaki street (formerly te aro pā), te aro
entry: free. registration required. koha appreciated, koha goes to the facilitator.
Erin Matariki Carr
facilitator bio: Erin is of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa and Pākehā descent and lives in her home rohe between Tāneatua and Ōhiwa in the Mataatua Region. Matariki has a legal background and is currently a researcher and facilitator working at the interface between te ao Māori and western legal traditions.
Her focus has been on the Matike Mai Aotearoa movement for constitutional transformation, and she is the co-lead of RIVER Aotearoa, a Research Fellow for Te Tai Haruru, the Aotearoa Centre for Indigenous Peoples and the Law at the University of Auckland and a community Tiriti educator.

