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<div>'''Kaitiaki''' is a [[New Zealand]] term used for the [[Māori people|Māori]] concept of [[guardianship]], for the [[sky]], the [[sea]], and the land. A kaitiaki is a [[Tutelary deity|guardian]], and the process and practices of protecting and looking after the [[Natural environment|environment]] are referred to as [[kaitiakitanga]] and include [[rāhui]] and [[tapu]]<ref>[http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/units/pdf/17791.pdf ''"Environmental Tourism Māori"'', NZQA unit standard]</ref><br />
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The term kaitiaki is also increasingly used in New Zealand for broader roles of trusteeship or guardianship&mdash;especially in public sector organisations, as these examples demonstrate:<br />
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* A proposed "Governance-Kaitiaki group" to oversee electronic authentication by government<ref>[http://www.e.govt.nz/archive/services/authentication/tikanga-200408/chapter7.html "Research of issues for Māori relating to the Online Authentication Project"]</ref><br />
* New Zealand's Chief Ombudsman is ''"Nga Kaitiaki Mana Tangata"'' in [[Māori language|Māori]] (i.e. "The guardian of the people")<ref>http://www.ombudsmen.govt.nz/</ref><br />
* The role of kaitiaki in the management of the [[Koha (software)|Koha]] software project<ref>[http://old.koha.org/about-koha/faq.html#faq19 ''"Who is this Kaitiaki person?"'', from koha.org]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Māori influence on New Zealand English]]<br />
* [[Māori language]]<br />
* [[Māori religion]]<br />
* [[Rangi and Papa]]<br />
* [[Stewardship (theology)]]<br />
* [[Hima (environmental protection)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [http://www.globalfocus.org.nz/edservices/smallworld/ Climate Survivor - fighting climate change in the Pacific]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.kaitiaki.org.nz/ Kaitiaki.org.nz]<br />
* [http://www.kaitiakitanga.net/ Kaitiakitanga.net]<br />
* [http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/Conservation/KaitiakitangaGuardianshipAndConservation/en ''Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation''] in Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand<br />
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