Kaitiaki and Traditional Custodians
Exchange & Presentations
As part of the Kaliʻuokapaʻakai Collective 2019 Think Tank, the Collective facilitated an international exchange opportunity with kiaʻi/kaitiaki from Aotearoa, New Zealand and Australia. It was our hope that this gathering would provide space for indeginous sharing and exchange of stewardship ideas and practices, and serve as an opportunity to strategize innovative approaches in caring for our ancestral places in Hawaiʻi and throughout Oceania.
These participants were hosted by members from the KC, presented at the KC Think Tank, as well as a community presentation co-hosted by UH Mānoa Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies Gladys Brandt Chair Series, Huliauapaʻa and the KC.
The title of the event was, Kaitiakitanga and Traditional Custodians- Ancestral Guardianship of Heritage resources in Aotearoa and Australia.
We were honored to host our native cousins during this time to learn more about their stories of struggle and triumphs as well as share some of our moʻolelo with them.
Edith Tuhimata
Panelist