摘要:The paper argues that by the time of European contact Ngāi Tahu, the southernmost Māori had developed a regime of sustainable practices for the management of natural resources. Some of these practices are described. As traditional society, in the south, is located in a rather different cultural milieu than that occupied by Māori who lived in areas where kūmera harvests were reliable, an attempt is made to position Southern Ngāi Tahu in relation to the dominant anthropological paradigms, as an agricultural people may seem to have regressed to become primarily hunters and gatherers.
关键词:Kaitiakitanga; Māori Natural Resource Management; Ngāi Tahu (Tribe of Southern New Zealand)