{"id":5687,"date":"2021-04-22T13:24:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/?p=5687"},"modified":"2021-07-01T16:29:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T04:29:47","slug":"ngapuhi-welcomes-incoming-israeli-ambassador-at-te-tii-maori-waitangi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/2021\/04\/ngapuhi-welcomes-incoming-israeli-ambassador-at-te-tii-maori-waitangi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngapuhi Welcomes Incoming Israeli Ambassador at Te Tii Maori, Waitangi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/maori-and-israelis-peoples-of-the-land\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>First published on Times of Israel<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/539057592?title=0&amp;byline=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970, for indigenous peoples, living in close connection with the environment and being caretakers of the land is part of the culture, hence M\u0101ori are called <em>tangata whenua<\/em>, people of the land.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5693\" src=\"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4707-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A special event organized by a M\u0101ori tribe in the north of Aotearoa New Zealand to welcome the new Israeli Ambassador also provided a unique opportunity to mark Earth Day.<\/p>\n<p>The two indigenous peoples exchanged trees native to their lands as a mark of the deepening friendship between the northern iwi Ngapuhi and Israel. The olive tree embued with spiritual significance and symbolizing continuity and peace, was gifted to Ngapuhi to be planted on their sacred land. In turn, Israel Ambassador Ran Yaakoby was given a native kauri tree, traditionally used for the ocean-going waka.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5692\" src=\"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/P7R4802-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Led by Ngapuhi kaumatua Pat Ruka, the gathering was the culmination of a series of hui between Ngapuhi and the Israeli embassy. The first was held at Hoani Waititi Marae, Auckland in 2017 as an apology for the New Zealand government\u2019s role in co-sponsoring the anti-Israel UN Security Council Resolution 2334.<\/p>\n<p>This historic event was held at Waitangi where the Treaty between M\u0101ori and the British government was signed in 1840. On this occasion, many M\u0101ori came from around the country, including representatives of significant M\u0101ori movements Kingitanga, Ratana and Ringat\u016b churches. Their cooperation with Ngapuhi lent a powerful sense of unity.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli flag flew on the Marae alongside the national M\u0101ori flag, the United Tribes flag and the NZ Flag.<\/p>\n<p>Video: Ylia and Meg Trotter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perrytrotterphotography.pixieset.com\/ngapuhiwelcomesnewisraeliambassadorattetimaraewaitangi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A full gallery of images can be viewed here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First published on Times of Israel While Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970, for indigenous peoples, living in close connection with the environment and being caretakers of the land is part of the culture, hence M\u0101ori are called tangata whenua, people of the land. A special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,34,447,43],"tags":[773,77,708,795,774],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5687"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5695,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687\/revisions\/5695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}