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. We are a part of the Māori Fisheries Settlement and it’s our role 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.
Wai Ora Fund
Through the Wai Ora Fund, Te Wai Māori seeks to enable Māori to develop expertise to promote and advance Māori interests in freshwater fisheries through development, research and education.
Tiaki Wai Fund
Through the Tiaki Wai Fund, Te Wai Māori seeks to enable Māori to develop expertise to promote and advance Māori interests in freshwater fisheries through development, research and education.
Te Wai Māori News
Highlights of the year
2019 was another busy and rewarding year for Te Wai Māori Trust. As we head into 2020, we thought we'd share our highlights from this year: Developing our policy responses with Iwi and hapū input [...]
Raising awareness of the pressures on tuna
Tuna are struggling – there are numerous threats and rapid changes occurring in their habitats. Te Wai Māori have teamed up with Lamp Studios to raise awareness of the pressures on tuna. We’re producing [...]
Localised action on climate change needed – Te Wai Māori Trust National Freshwater Fisheries Conference 2019
Last week, iwi, hapū and whānau met at the Te Wai Māori Trust National Freshwater Fisheries Conference in Whangārei to discuss the impacts of climate change on freshwater fisheries. We heard from an amazing line-up [...]
He reo tō te wai
He reo tō te tangata
Kotahi tonu te whakapapa, whakakotahitia!
Our water has its language | As too do our people have theirs | Both born of one whakapapa, United!.