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About Us

Maunga Taniwha Ki Rangaunu Trust

Manaaki Wai o Te Hiku o te Ika is a Project committed to achieving a collective effort towards natural sanctuaries, healthy water and healthy people of the Awanui River Catchment.

The Awanui River Catchment begins it’s headwaters at Maungataniwha ranges and creates a nexus of streams that flow West to Tangonge, East through Kaitaia township and reach the salty sea Rangaunu Harbour out to Te Moana nui a Kiwa, North of Kaitaia township.

The Waters of Awanui Catchment are significant taonga to the wellbeing of whanau, hapū and marae of Muriwhenua. There was once an abundance of natural habitats for freshwater, forest and wetland species customary rituals and mahinga kai practices.

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Wai maori conference Waitangi 2023

Over 200 attendees, Miharo pai ki te tutaki nga kaitiaki o Te Tai Tokerau. Nga mihi nui ki a koe Nyze, koutou ko Rueben, Auriole ma. Nga Mareikura o Ngati Kahu, Bardia, Trudy, Nina, Elton, Tiger, Roz, Hone. Wai ora whanau

A Kaupapa Māori Approach to Research

Te Kāhui Rau, the Taranaki-based pilot project that is part of the Revialise Te Taiao research programme, reflects on the past year of research and the Te Tiriti o Waitangi three-day wānanga they hosted in Taranaki in November 2022.

The Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference will be back in November 2023

Building upon a great conference in Taupō in 2022, we look forward to hosting kaitiaki wai Māori from around Aotearoa to kōrero, share expertise and knowledge, as well as identify opportunities to better support our indigenous fisheries and their habitat.

When: 16 & 17 November, 2023

Where: Rutherford Hotel, Wakatū (Nelson)