In Aotearoa New Zealand, the arrival of imperial ideologies in the 19th century led to devastating land-loss and cultural marginalisation for Māori at the hands of settlers and successive governments. This article examines the damaging effects of a Crown-imposed treaty claims settlement system designed to address injustices inflicted on Māori. Interview data from a Taranaki-based (a West Coast region, central North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand) hapū (sub-tribe) that engaged with this system foreground the adversarial nature of this system and its continuation of trauma. We argue that, while the process provides voice to Māori, it does so within a paradigm that pits kin-groups against each other, unjustly limits redress and fails to resolve tension. A tikanga framing provides insights into how tensions are set up and ways tikanga (underlying values and principles that guide practice) can be used outside the redress system to seek healing and resolution.

在新西兰 Aotearoa，19 世纪帝国主义意识形态的到来导致毛利人遭受毁灭性的​​土地流失和文化边缘化，在定居者和历届政府手中。本文探讨了旨在解决毛利人遭受的不公正待遇的官方强制条约索赔解决系统的破坏性影响。来自塔拉纳基（西海岸地区，新西兰 Aotearoa 北岛中部）的 hapū（子部落）的采访数据与该系统相关，突出了该系统的对抗性及其创伤的持续性。我们认为，虽然该过程为毛利人提供了发言权，但它是在一种使亲属群体相互对抗、不公正地限制补救和未能解决紧张局势的范式中这样做的。