Whakaatu kaupapa
Na te kaha o te wero kia mōhio ai mātou ki ngā putanga ō ia māuiui hōu e pā ana ki Aotearoa mai I te taetanga mai ā tauiwi, I whakatū te kaupapa Ārai Tikanga hei wāhanga mahi mō ngā nāhi ō Aotearoa Nāhi Whakahaeretanga (Ramsden, I. 2002). E whakatautoko ana te whakahaeretanga nei kia whakaako te kaupapa Ārai Tikanga ki roto I ngā kaupapa akoranga mō ngā nāhi.
Kei roto te Ārai Tikanga, te kaupapa tikanga ā rua, Māori, Pākehā hoki, arā e mahi māmā ana ki raro I te whakapono ki ngā tikanga ā te Tiriti ō Waitangi.
E aromatawai tonu ana mēnā e wāhi karo ana te kaupapa Ārai Tikanga I ngā mamae, i ngā māuiui ō Aotearoa hoki. E kii ana ā Aotearoa Naahi Whakahaeretanga ko Pāua te waka hei whakahanga ai te whakaaro Ārai Tikanga hei ture tikanga ā rua ā Māori, Pākehā hoki, ā, ka tirohia ai te whakawhanaungatahitanga ā ngā kaiārahi a te whakahaeretanga nei rāua ko te Tikanga Māori.
Ko Pāua te kaihāpai ō Aotearoa Naahi Whakahaeretanga ki te whakahono paitia ai te Tikanga Māori ki roto I ngā ture hauora, mā Pāua tonu e aromatawai ngā hua, te rangatiratanga hoki o te mahi Ārai Tikanga i roto i ngā mahi naahi puta atu ki ngā iwi katoa ō Aotearoa (Clair, S. 2004).
