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Whakarapopoto Kōrero
Kua tae te wā kia āta whakatuwheratia te tono, te
tūhono me ētahi atu ki rota i tētahi anga kōrero kia āta
kōrerotia ngā kaupapa o te raweke ira. Ko te kaupapa o
tēnei tuhinga kia tūhono atu me ētahi momo reo mana
wahine kia āhei ai te kōrero te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro
mō tēnei momo hangarau hou. He mea whakatū i te wā i
puta tuatahi ai ngā kōrero ki roto i te Komihana mō te
raweke ira ki roto o Aotearoa (RCGM). Kāre hoki te reo
o te wahine Māori i whiria mai i taua wā i rota i ngā
whakataunga o te mana whakahaere, mete mātauranga.
Ko te kaupapa ia o tēnei tuhinga he whakaatu i te anga o
tā te wahine Māori titiro. I roto i tā te wahine Māori
anga titiro mō tēnei kaupapa nui ka ara ake ētahi atu
āhuatanga piripono, taumarumaru ki waenga i te mana
o te wahine mete pūtaiao. Ka hono atu tēnei tuhinga ki
ngā puputu whakaaro o te wahine Māori hāngai ki te
GM me te whakaatu i tā te wahine Māori kaupapa
whakarite mō te taiao. Ko te anga, ngā patai, ngā
whakataunga ka whakaatutia ki rota i tēnei tuhinga he
wāhi whakaaro noa, kia werohia ngā ritenga whānui mō
te taiao, ā, huri i te ao whānui.

Abstract
There is an urgent need to open up, invite and join
with others in a claimed ethical space to critically debate
the issues around genetic modification. This article
weaves with other mana wahine voices and expressions
and claims an ethical space to specifically discuss this
new technology. It was developed at the time a Royal
Commission on Genetic Modification conducted a debate
into genetic modification in Aotearoa. This process did
not account for the views of Māori women and
perpetuated Māori involvement in existing dominant
relations of power and knowledge. This article aims to
make visible views pertinent to mana wahine regarding
genetic modification through the presentation of a mana
wahine conceptual framework. Through the mana wahine
conceptual framework critical focus areas and specific
questions with regard to genetic modification emerge that reveal wider ethical issues regarding mana wahine and science. The article draws on interviews conducted with Māori women regarding genetic modification and presents a mana wahine agenda for science. The framework and questions and recommendations presented in this article play a small part in challenging dominant ideologies involved in science in Aotearoa and globally.