"Like, if it's really important, they should be saying!" Research with Rangatahi Māori about Local Political Participation
2013
Whakarapopotonga
I whakahau te ture Local Government Act 2002 kia
whakauru te Maori ki roto i nga whakatakotoranga
whakaaro o nga kaunihera-a-rohe. Ka whitu tau mai i
taua wa, ka tika kua tae ki te wa ki te ata titiro ki nga hua
o aua torangapu, me te whakaaro ano mo nga wawata o
nga hapori Maori mo ta ratou urunga ki nga whakaritenga
kaunihera-a-rohe. Ko tenei pepa he whakaaturanga o
tetahi kaupapa rangahau kua whakaritea hei tirohanga
i te whai wahitanga o te Maori i roto i nga potitanga-arohe
me etahi atu momo ahuatanga o te whai wahitanga.
Tokowha nga momo tangata tuku-poti hei hunga mo nga
hui rangahau (focus groups): ko nga Maori e rua tekau ma
rima tau, pakeke atu ranei: noho ana ki nga taone, noho ki
taiwhenua, me nga Maori tekau ma waru ki te rua tekau ma
wha te pakeke e kimi tohu ana, e kimi mahi ana. Ko enei
hui rangahau he wahanga no tetahi kaupapa rangahau
matua e rapu ana i te hononga o te mohio o te tangata mo
te ao kaunihera-a-rohe ki tona whai wahitanga i taua ao.
I kitea ko nga hui rangahau he hurahi ki te korero tahi
me te rangatahi Maori mo a ratou ake whai wahitanga i
nga whakatakotoranga whakaaro kaunihera-a-rohe. Ko
te hiahia o tenei pepa ko te whakatau i nga korero kua
puta, mai i nga rangatahi Maori e pa ana ki te urunga ki
te ao o te kaunihera-a-rohe, me nga whakaaro mo nga
hua o te hui rangahau me ona tikanga. Ka whakapuaki
tenei pepa i etahi tohutohu ma nga kaunihera-a-rohe ki te
whakakore i nga ahua arai i te rangatahi i a ia e tuku poti
ana me ona atu momo whai wahitanga. Ko te mea matua
ko te whakakaha i nga ara kia piki te whai wahitanga o te
rangatahi Maori, kia pai ake te whakauru o ngai Maori ki
roto i nga whakatakotoranga whakaaro o nga kauniheraa-
rohe a nga tau e heke mai nei.
Abstract
The Local Government Act 2002 explicitly requires Maori
contributions to local authority decision-making processes.
Seven years on, it is timely to review the outcomes of the
new statutory provisions and to consider Maori aspirations
in relation to local political participation. This paper
describes research that was carried out to investigate
Maori participation in local elections and other forms of
decision-making. Focus groups were conducted with four
main types of Maori electors: urban Maori and rural Maori aged 25 years and over, and 18-24 years old Maori engaged
in tertiary education or the workforce. The focus groups
were part of a wider project on local political participation
which explored linkages between what people know
about local government and their participation in local
government. Focus groups (hui rangahau) proved to be
a particularly valuable vehicle for engaging with Maori
youth (rangatahi Maori) about their participation in local
authority decision-making. The purpose of this paper is
to report the findings on the views of rangatahi Maori
about local political participation, and offers reflections on
the utility of the focus group methodology. The research
highlights a number of strategies that local authorities can
deploy to reduce the barriers to voting and other forms
of participation experienced by Maori youth. Improved
engagement with Maori youth is vital to ensure that Maori
contributions to decision-making processes do not remain
under-developed in future.
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