Te Wai Māori Trust is concerned by the suite of changes proposed to the RMA which includes the recent Resource Management Consenting and Other System Changes Amendment Bill. Earlier this month, we provided our response to the [...]
We are pleased to announce our 2025 Freshwater Fisheries Conference. When: 8 & 9 Āperira April Where: Les Munro Events Centre, Te Kūiti Whakatau mai e te iwi, it’s that time again – the Māori Freshwater Fisheries [...]
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 Rotoroa in [...]
Te Wai Māori Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Co-Chairs to tuna advisory group, Te Mana o ngā Tuna. Erina Watene (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāi Te Rangi), is a freshwater scientist with a [...]
In November, over 240 kaitiaki wai māori gathered in Wakatū for the Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference. Our kaikōrero spoke about some of the incredible mahi that whānau, hapū, iwi, researchers, and ecologists are undertaking across Aotearoa. The [...]
The 2023 Wai Ora Fund has been awarded to six projects from iwi, hapū and whānau across Aotearoa. Entering its 11th year, the Wai Ora Fund has continued to support iwi, hapū, and whānau to fulfil aspirations [...]
Te Wai Māori is proud to announce that our Wai Māori Scholarship has been awarded to five tauira Māori in the pursuit of their environmental studies. A total of $30,000.00 was made available for the 2023 Wai [...]
Pou Taiao (Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group) and Te Wai Māori have secured 12.8m of funding to support iwi and hapū build capacity, capability and engage in Te Mana o te Wai. The fund called Te Mātāpuna o [...]
Registrations for Te Wai Māori Trust's Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference are now open. The Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference is back for its fifth event, bringing together kaitiaki wai Māori from around Aotearoa for two days of inspiring [...]
Applications have now closed for the 2023 Wai Māori Scholarship The Wai Māori scholarship was established in 2022 to strengthen the presence of Māori experts in the freshwater and freshwater fisheries related fields of academic study and [...]
