Maori Business Symposium, 2008
Intergenerational Wealth: Re-igniting Indigenous Economies
Muramura Ahi Kaa Ki Uta, Muramura Ahi Kaa Ki Tai Kaupapa
The overall theme of the inaugural Maori Business Symposium is
Intergenerational Wealth: Re-igniting Indigenous Economies.
Intergenerational wealth stems from a Maori world view which acknowledges that resources used and developed today are simply on loan from future generations and further, that our responsibility is to develop, maintain and grow our current resources in order to support and provide for future generations.
The Maori concept of Ahi Kaa translates to keeping the ancestral fires burning to prove a sustained relationship with a location or area. Ahi Kaa is a symbiotic relationship in that resources are used to feed the fire, as well as nourish those whose responsibility it is to maintain those fires. So to ensure that the fires burn long for the benefit of people, the resources need to be managed in perpetuity.
Ahi Kaa is symbolic of Maori economies in that we must develop, maintain and sustain Maori business in order to provide for and improve future generations.
Resources are not only physical items such as land, water and air, but also include people, and technology. These three themes, the way that they operate and how they (re)present will be discussed during the symposium
Symposim Speakers & Proceedings
| Summary of Proceedings |
| Sir Tipene O’Regan |
| Edward Ellison Mana Whenua Representitive Bio |
| Dr Henrik Moller University of Otago |
| Diane Ruwhiu University of Otago |
| Dr Anna Thompson University of Otago Bio |
| Gary Taiaroa CEO Enabling Bio |
| Emeritus Professor Les Williams University of Auckland Bio |
| Tahu Potiki - Otakou Rununga Bio |
| Mark Solomon Kaiwhakahaere Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu |
| Phil Broughton KUMA Chairman |
| Richard Jones Poutama Trust |
| Lorraine Skiffington Hui Taumata Action Group |
| Shaan Stevens Hui Taumata Action Group |
| Joan McSweeney Ngai Tahu Iwi Business Development Manager Bio |
| Professor George Benwell University of Otago, Dean - School of Business Bio |
| Darryn Russell Director, Maori Developments - University of Otago Bio |