They’re ancient, boneless, jawless creatures with round, gaping mouths filled with tiny nightmarish teeth – but these fascinating creatures are a taonga and a delicacy and they’re under threat. “He manawa piharau” is a well known whakataukī in Taranaki. [...]
Te Wai Māori Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Carly O'Connor as Acting Wai Puna (Manager) of Te Wai Māori Trust, effective from 17 September 2021 until 9 January 2022. This announcement follows the temporary [...]
Whakarongo ki te reo o te tuna 1/09/2021 Te Wai Māori Trust On a sunny November morning, the team from Te Wai Māori and Lamp Studios are set up by the beach in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Poverty Bay), filming [...]
Apply now for our Tiaki Wai Fund 19/04/2021 We're pleased to announce that applications are open for our Tiaki Wai Fund for this year. Established in 2019, funding is available to iwi, hapū, and Māori organisations in [...]
Wai Ora Fund Now Open for 2021 04/03/2021 Te Wai Māori Trust is pleased to announce it is now seeking applications for the 2021 Wai Ora Fund. This year, Te Wai Māori Trust has made $200,000 available through [...]
Hundreds of tuna saved in massive collective effort 21 January 2021 Story and photos courtesy of Otago Daily Times Hundreds of native tuna/eels, some up to 60-years-old, have been rescued from Whites Pit at Ohoka in the [...]
Checking in on kākahi, the little-known freshwater barometer 10 February 2021 Article courtesy of Stuff.co.nz You feel it before you see it. Slinking closer, stealthily snaking its way through the cloudy water disturbed by your feet and [...]
21 Kohitātea 2021 It has been heartening to see funding awarded to programmes that are restoring our waterways and protecting habitat for our taonga freshwater species. Over the summer, a number of collaborative programmes across iwi, [...]
