The protection and preservation of the gifts of our ancestors for future generations, most commonly defined as guardianship, but is also regarded in a wider sense as care and management of all resources.
kaitiakitanga means guardianship of conservation or in other terms it means a group of people gathering together to save something or help it be sustainable
kaitiakitanga means guardianship of conservation or in other terms it means a group of people gathering together to save something or help it be sustainable
Hauora is health Whakapapa is geneology but it does not solely refer to blood relatives, it also refers to your tribal affiliations (land, mountain, river/sea/lake, waka etc) Kaitiakitanga is guardianship or steward. Kinship is both of family relationships and relationships by nature (gender, qualities etc)
The book The Tomorrow Code has a strong environmental theme. The significance of the Maori culture displayed in the book is to contrast the traditional Maori relationship to the environment, to that of modern people. Maori people regarded themselves as guardians of the environment, entrusted with protecting it (kaitiakitanga). In traditional Maori culture, people belong to the land (Tangata Whenua) rather than land belonging to people.