Apply now for Wai Ora funding 2025
Apply now to the Wai Ora fund in which Te Wai Māori Trust has made $250,000 pūtea available, with up to $50,000 per project, to help support iwi and hapū to fulfil their aspirations for their freshwater [...]
New Response to Government Proposal on amendments to RMA
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 [...]
Registrations now open – Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference 2025
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 [...]
Lake Rotoroa – Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust
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 [...]
Tuna advocacy roopu welcomes new Co-Chairs
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 [...]
Two inspiring days at Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference 2023
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 [...]
Successful recipients of the 2023 Wai Ora Fund announced
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 [...]
Wai Māori Scholarship awarded to five tauira Māori
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 [...]
Applications open for new 12.8 million fund supporting iwi and hapū freshwater aspirations
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 now open for the Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference
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 [...]