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 In January, [...]
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 a series [...]
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 of speakers [...]
Te Wai Māori Trust welcomes the release of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Stage 2 Report on the National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources Claim
28 August 2019 Te Wai Māori Trust welcomes the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendations for the Crown to urgently address the serious situation facing many taonga water bodies, and to provide more effective mechanisms for freshwater decision-making. The Waitangi Tribunal [...]
Māori to gather in Te Tai Tōkerau to confront our changing climate and impacts on freshwater species
Te Wai Māori is to hold its third biennial conference next week on the 3rd and 4th of September in Whangārei. The focus of this year’s Māori led conference is the vulnerability of our freshwater taonga species [...]
Whakawātea ngā rangi: Te Wai Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference
3 & 4 September 2019 Northland Events Centre, Whangārei The third Te Wai Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference will be held in Whangārei on 3 & 4 September 2019. Ko te kaupapa i tēnei tau, the theme of [...]
Whangawehi Catchment Restoration Project
Overview The focus for the Wai Ora application was to enhance the 40 ha network of wetland retired in 2000 on the Taharoa Trust. These wetlands play a key role in filtering and cleansing the water as [...]
Tiaki Wai Fund Launches
Purpose of the 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. The purpose of the [...]
Wai Ora Lake Ōkataina Fisheries Project
About the project The Lake Ōkataina Taonga Fisheries Project is a joint collaboration between Te Arawa Lakes Trust and Ngāti Tarawhai Iwi Trust to undertake baseline kōura assessment using traditional Tau Kōura methods on Lake Ōkataina. Lake [...]
Endangered Eels Found Using eDNA
Read more from Asian Scientist Magazine at: https://www.asianscientist.com/2019/03/in-the-lab/endangered-japanese-eel-edna-environmental-dna/ Based on DNA shed by organisms into the environment, scientists in Japan have found a way to measure the distribution of endangered eel species in Japan. Read more from [...]