Welcome to Te Wai Māori
the Māori Freshwater Fisheries Trust
Te Wai Māori was established under the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 to advance Māori interests in freshwater fisheries. Protecting Māori interests in freshwater fisheries ultimately means protecting habitat to ensure quality water and abundant species. Freshwater fisheries include species, habitat, surrounding land, water column, water quality and quantity. We are a product of the Deed of Settlement (Māori Fisheries Settlement) 1992 and an entity of Te Ohu Kai Moana Group
Wai Māori Scholarship Recipient – Phoenix Hale
Applications close for the Wai Māori Scholarship at midday on Monday 22nd September, so we thought we’d share a bit about Phoenix Hale. Phoenix is undertaking a Masters (Research) in Ecology and Biodiversity at the University of Waikato, focussing on gambusia [...]
Wai Māori Scholarship Recipient – Lucy Coulston
Our Wai Māori Scholarship is open for applications, so we thought we’d share a bit about some of our past recipients and their awesome mahi. First up meet Lucy Coulston. Lucy undertook research at the University of Canterbury, exploring tino [...]
Apply now for Wai Ora funding 2025
Apply now to the Wai Ora fund in which Te Wai Māori Trust has made $250,000 pūtea available, with up to $50,000 per project, to help support iwi and hapū to fulfil their aspirations for their freshwater fisheries. This includes [...]
Lake Rotoroa – Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust
Ngāti Pāhauwera were recipients of the Wai Ora Fund in 2022. This story shares an update on their project. On the 20th – 21st January 2024, Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust held a wānanga at Lake [...]
Lake Koitiata – Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa
About the project Lake Koitiata is a dune lake within the Rangitīkei rohe where uri of Ngāti Apa and Ngā Wairiki are the mana whenua. It represents a unique remnant of ancestral landscape within the [...]
Utuhina Stream – Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara
Overview of project Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara are a hapū of Te Arawa and hold manawhenua over the area of Tarewa Pounamu, of which the Utuhina stream runs alongside it and therefore holds a special [...]
The Mangeroa Gully Restoration – Te Ani Waata Whānau Trust
About the project The Mangeroa Gully Restoration is a bold 30-year plan to create the first green corridor from Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain to the Waikato River. The strategy gives Ngāti Koroki Kahukura whānau and the [...]
Taonga Wai Māori Mapping Project – Environs Te Uri o Hau
About the project Mahi with Patuharakeke at Pukekauri. Te Uri o Hau Kaitiaki Bill Paikea (standing) for Otamatea Marae, identifying taonga species (tuna) Environs Holdings Ltd the environmental subsidiary of the Te Uri [...]
Kaituna Pātaka Kai Project – Te Maru o Kaituna
The Kaituna Pātaka Kai Project is a collaboration led by tāngata whenua representatives of Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority. It is a way to preserve and revitalise mātauranga, tikanga and kawa per-taining to freshwater [...]