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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We are pleased to announce the details for our 2023 Freshwater Fisheries Conference.When: 16 & 17 November 2023Where: Rutherford Hotel, Wakatū (Nelson)Building upon a great conference in Taupō last year, we look forward to bringing together kaitiaki wai [...]

Iwi and hapū aspirations for their freshwater fisheries are about to get a fresh boost, applications for Te Wai Māori Trust’s annual Wai Ora Fund have now closed.  The Trust has made $200,000 available to help support [...]

E te whānau, kua tae mai te wā! We are excited to present the recorded presentations from this year’s Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference! So if you didn’t manage to join us in Taupō-nui-a-tia, or want to relive [...]

Te Mana o Ngā Tuna was formed in 2017 after concerns were raised by iwi about the plight of longfin and shortfin tuna. In response, Te Wai Māori established Te Mana o Ngā Tuna to act as [...]

Applications are open for the Tiaki Wai fund. Each year, Te Wai Māori Trust offers $5,000 grants to support iwi, hapū, and whānau to fulfil aspirations for freshwater fisheries in their rohe. Established in 2019, the Tiaki [...]