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, [...]

22 Hakihea 2020 Despite the challenges for us all across Aotearoa in 2020, Te Wai Māori Trust is proud of the work and the results its been able to produce this year. As we draw to a [...]

18 Hakihea 2020 Te Wai Māori Trustee Limited (Te Wai Māori) is seeking applications from qualified and experienced candidates for two director positions coming up in early 2021. The Organisation Te Wai Māori Trust (Te Wai Māori) [...]

16 Whiringa-a-rangi 2020 Te Runanga o Ngāti Mutunga have placed rāhui over two awa due to concerns of contamination. On 7 Whiringa-a-rangi, a rāhui on Mimitangiatua awa from Mangahia stream to the river mouth came into effect. [...]

29 Whiringa-a-nuku 2020 Last week, two historic signings between iwi authorities and regional councils took place. On the West Coast of Te Waka a Maui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae, Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio, Te Rūnanga o [...]

In a three-part mini documentary series 'He Reo Whakamana', Te Wai Māori Trust travels to three different waterways, once significant mahinga kai areas, to capture the state of the tuna, waterways and hear from kaitiaki who are [...]

Media Release: Freshwater species show vulnerability to climate change 15 September 2020 A new study has identified seven freshwater species native to Aotearoa-New Zealand that will likely be highly or very highly vulnerable to climate change. The [...]