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Ng¨¡ mihi o Matariki, te tau hou M¨¡ori. In the Matariki spirit of celebration and reflection, we asked two members of staff, Inspector Matenga (Marty) Gray and Senior Constable Toni Wall, to share their career experience in Police and M¨¡ori engagement. Their words are translated into te reo M¨¡ori.
Inspector Matenga Gray ¨C Area Commander Otago Coastal
Ko Rangiuru me kapuarangi nga maunga
Ko Kaituna me wainui nga awa
Ko makahae me torerenuiarua nga wharenui
Ko makahae me torero nga marae
Ko Te Arawa me Tainui nga waka
Ko Ngat¨© Tuheke te hap¨±
Ko Tapuika me ngai tai nga iwi
Ko Matenga Gray toku ingoa
I am currently the Area Commander for Otago Coastal and my previous roles were the district prevention manager and M¨¡ori Responsiveness Manager (MRM) here in Dunedin.
I have been immersed in kaupapa M¨¡ori throughout my career, having held MPES advisor roles before those positions.
While I now hold an area commander role I still remain deeply immersed in kaupapa M¨¡ori. In fact, my move from the MRM role to the DPM role and area commander roles were deliberate as I wanted to upskill myself in other parts of the business to learn how to embed Te Huringa o Te Tai/The Turning of the Tide into everyday policing as opposed to a separate stand-alone strategy. It also gave me the ability to direct more activity through line control mandate.
We now see more MRMs moving into other senior positions which I think is an acknowledgement of the skillset they have and a reflection of the mana of the roles and the transformational influence they have.
These are all great things for M¨¡ori leadership in 51½ÖÉä.
As kaitiaki of kaupapa M¨¡ori we all have a responsibility to lead and influence on behalf of all those that have come before us and this has been a significant motivator for myself and all others in this kaupapa.
We still face daily challenges but have come a long way and I¡¯m encouraged that M¨¡ori leaders are more visible and now have confidence to express themselves as M¨¡ori.
Mauri ora.
Inspector Matenga Gray ¨C te Toihau ¨¡-Rohe m¨ te Takutai o ?t¨¡kou
I t¨¥nei w¨¡ ko au te Toihau ¨¡-Rohe m¨ te Takutai o ?t¨¡kou, ¨¡, ko aku mahi i mua ko te Kaiwhakahaere ?rai ¨¡-Rohe me te Kaiwhakahaere Urupare M¨¡ori (MRM) ki konei ki ?tepoti.
Kua rumakina ahau ki roto i te kaupapa M¨¡ori i roto i aku mahi, ar¨¡ ko au te kaitohutohu MPES i mua i aua mahi.
Ahakoa ko au te Toihau ¨¡-Rohe in¨¡ianei, kei te rumakina tonu ki te kaupapa M¨¡ori, ¨¡, he mea i ¨¡ta k¨whiria e au te neke mai i te t¨±ranga MRM ki te t¨±ranga DPM me te Toihau ¨¡-Rohe i te mea i te hiahia au ki te whakapakari i ahau an¨ i roto i ¨¥tahi atu w¨¡hanga o t¨¥nei mahi ki te ako ki te whakat¨¡mau i te Te Huringa o Te Tai/the Turning of the Tide ki roto i ng¨¡ mahi Pirihimana o ia r¨¡, h¨¡unga t¨¥tahi rautaki motuhake. N¨¡ aua mahi i ¨¡hei ahau ki te tohu i ¨¥tahi atu mahi m¨¡ te mana whakahaere i ng¨¡ kaimahi kei raro i a au.
In¨¡ianei ka kitea he nui ake ng¨¡ MRM e neke ana ki ¨¥tahi atu t¨±ranga matua, ¨¡, ki a au he whakamihi i ¨ r¨¡tou p¨±kenga me te whai whakaaro an¨ ki te mana o ng¨¡ t¨±ranga me t¨na awenga whakaumu. He mea hira katoa ¨¥nei m¨ ng¨¡ kai¨¡rahi M¨¡ori i roto i Ng¨¡ Pirihimana o Aotearoa.
I te mea he kaitiaki kaupapa M¨¡ori m¨¡tou, he haepapa t¨ m¨¡tou ki te ¨¡rahi, ki te whakaaweawe hoki m¨ r¨¡tou i mua i a m¨¡tou, ¨¡, he mea whakahihiko i ahau me ¨¥tahi atu i roto i t¨¥nei kaupapa. Ka werowerohia tonu m¨¡tou i ia r¨¡ engari kua pakari haere m¨¡tou, ¨¡, he mea whakat¨©tina te kite atu i ng¨¡ kai¨¡rahi M¨¡ori e whakapuaki ana i t¨ r¨¡tou M¨¡oritanga.
Mauri Ora.
Senior Constable Toni Wall - Iwi Liaison/Kaitakawaenga, and Pacific Liaison portfolio
My hap¨± is Te Wh¨¡nau a Ruataupare and Ngati Porou is my iwi.
I have been in the role of Iwi Liaison/Kaitakawaenga (ILO) for 16 years here in Dunedin. Our MPES roopu in Southern District has grown substantially¨C we¡¯ve gone from three members to nine in the last 14 months.
When I graduated from Police College in 1991, I was stationed in Porirua doing a variety of frontline roles and in 1995 became a qualified Youth Aid Officer and LREP constable. I was a Youth Aid officer based at Waitangirua. I transferred to Paraparaumu in 1996 on section and then became the Youth Aid Officer for Kapiti.
In 2000, I transferred to Balclutha and spent three years policing front line in a rural area and finally moved to Dunedin in 2003 as a Youth Aid officer. It was in 2005 that I moved into the Kaitakawaenga role as I wanted to make a difference in the community I grew up in, and specifically for M¨¡ori.
I love my role; I get to be in my community and tautoko (support) as much as I can. I provide information, advocacy, awhi, manaaki and maybe the odd growling.
We have meetings/hui booked in with our stakeholders daily, and I provide advice and support to all staff, Youth, CIB, PST etc. We assist and liaise with the wh¨¡nau.
We also tautoko our staff to make sure that tikanga is adhered to when dealing with wh¨¡nau - and especially sudden death - making sure the iwi is kept informed. Tikanga and kawa are rules and customs and we make sure that our staff are aware of them and abide by them.
We have Police kaumatua who we rely on heavily to provide guidance and tautoko to us and our staff. We are also guided by local iwi and runanga in regards to their kawa (protocol and etiquette) when it comes to many things like koiwi (human remains), nga mate (sudden death), tapu (sacredness), noa (balance) and rahui (preservation/embargo)
We provide a lot of opportunities for learning cultural competencies, marae-based training with Police staff and working closely with W¨¡tene M¨¡ori (M¨¡ori Wardens).
We also have many M¨¡ori organisations that provide many different kaupapa services based around tikanga and kawa to our wh¨¡nau and community. We work alongside them as well as Wh¨¡nau Ora navigators and Kaimahi with many of our wh¨¡nau.
We liaise with Otago University and Polytech, many schools and our local kura kaupapa and kohanga reo in Dunedin. When I am not at work, I am coaching or managing sport around the country or following my three adult tamariki round watching their sport.
My current favourite sport is touch, where I¡¯m the current manager of the New Zealand Touch Black Men¡¯s team, 51½ÖÉä Men¡¯s team and Otago Open Mixed team. I still play in a competitive mixed team.
Pirihimana Whaea Toni Wall - Kaitakawaenga me te kaiwhakahaere o te k¨paki Kaitakawaenga m¨ Te Moananui-a-Kiwa
Ko Te Wh¨¡nau a Ruataupare te hap¨±, ko Ngati Porou te iwi.
Ko au te Kaitakawaenga (ILO) m¨ ng¨¡ tau 16 ki konei ki ?tepoti. Kua tipu wh¨¡nui te r¨p¨± MPES i roto i te Rohe o te Tonga ¨C i roto i te 14 marama kua pahure kua wh¨¡nui ake te r¨p¨± mai i te tokotoru ki te tokoiwa.
I taku p¨taetanga i te k¨¡reti pirihimana i te tau 1991, i Porirua ahau e mahi ana i ¨¥tahi mahi t¨±matanui, ¨¡, i te tau 1995 i whiwhi ahau i taku tohu m¨ te ?piha ?whina Taiohi me te pirihimana LREP. He ?piha ?whina Taiohi ahau i Waitangirua. I whakawhiti au ki Paraparaumu i te tau 1996 i ahau e pia ana k¨¡tahi ka t¨± au hei ?piha ?whina Taiohi i Kapiti.
I te tau 2000 i whakawhiti au ki Iwikatea, ¨¡, e toru tau au i reira e mahi pirihimana t¨±matanui ana i t¨¥tahi rohe taiwhenua k¨¡tahi ka neke ki ?tepoti i te tau 2003 hei ?piha ?whina Taiohi. I te tau 2005 i neke au ki te t¨±ranga Kaitakawaenga i te mea i hiahia au ki te whakarerek¨¥ i te hapori i tipu ai au, inar¨¡ m¨ te M¨¡ori.
Kei te arohanui au ki taku mahi; ka ¨¡hei ahau ki te noho ki waenga i taku hapori me te kaha tautoko i a r¨¡tou. Ka tuku ahau i ng¨¡ m¨hiohio, ¨¡, he k¨kiri, he ¨¡whina, he manaaki taku mahi, me te kohete i ¨¥tahi w¨¡. Ka whakarite hui me te hunga whaip¨¡nga i ia r¨¡, ka tohutohu, ka tautoko hoki i ng¨¡ kaimahi katoa, Taiohi, CIB, PST me ¨¥tahi atu. Ka ¨¡whina, ka whakawhiti k¨rero m¨¥ ng¨¡ whanau.
Ka tautoko hoki i ¨¡ m¨¡tou kaimahi ki te ¨± ki ng¨¡ tikanga M¨¡ori, inar¨¡ ko te mate ohorere ¨C me tuku atu ng¨¡ m¨hiohio ki te iwi ¨C me m¨hio rawa, me whai hoki ¨¡ m¨¡tou kaimahi i ng¨¡ tikanga me ng¨¡ kawa. Ka whakawhirinaki m¨¡tou ki ng¨¡ kaum¨¡tua m¨ ng¨¡ Pirihimana ki te akiaki, ki te tautoko hoki i a m¨¡tou me ¨¡ m¨¡tou kaimahi. Ka ¨¡rahi te Iwi me te R¨±nanga o konei i a m¨¡tou m¨ ¨ r¨¡tou kawa m¨ ng¨¡ mea p¨¥r¨¡ i te k¨iwi, te mate ohorere, te tapu, te noa me te r¨¡hui.
Ka whakarato m¨¡tou i ng¨¡ ¨¡heinga maha m¨ te ako i te m¨¡tauranga ahurea, ng¨¡ whakangungu ki runga marae m¨ ng¨¡ kaimahi pirihimana, te mahi tahi me ng¨¡ W¨¡tene M¨¡ori hoki. He maha hoki ng¨¡ r¨p¨± M¨¡ori e whakarato ana i ng¨¡ ratonga kaupapa maha ki t¨ m¨¡tou wh¨¡nau, hapori hoki, ko te p¨±take ko te tikanga me te kawa, ka mahi tahi hoki ki ng¨¡ kai¨¡rahi me ng¨¡ kaimahi Wh¨¡nau Ora, ki ng¨¡ wh¨¡nau maha hoki.
Ka whakawhiti k¨rero m¨¡tou me te Whare W¨¡nanga o ?t¨¡kou, Te Kura Matatini ki ?t¨¡kou hoki, ng¨¡ kura maha, te Kura Kaupapa o konei me ng¨¡ K¨hanga Reo ki ?tepoti. I ng¨¡ w¨¡ k¨¡ore au i te mahi, kei te whakaako, whakahaere h¨¡kinakina r¨¡nei puta noa i te motu, kei te whaiwhai r¨¡nei i aku tamariki pakeke e toru ki te m¨¡takitaki i ¨ r¨¡tou h¨¡kinakina. Ko taku tino h¨¡kinakina ko te p¨¡ whutup¨ro, ar¨¡ ko au te kaiwhakahaere o te T¨©ma P¨¡ Whutup¨ro T¨¡ne o Aotearoa, te t¨©ma T¨¡ne o ng¨¡ Pirihimana o Aotearoa, te t¨©ma Matua T¨¡ne/W¨¡hine o ?t¨¡kou hoki, ¨¡, kei te takaro tonu au ki roto i t¨¥tahi t¨©ma whakataetae t¨¡ne/w¨¡hine.
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