NIWA’s Māori Environmental Research team, Te Kūwaha o Taihoro Nukurangi works alongside Māori communities to help them access and interpret the latest scientific data and tools, while respecting their unique knowledge systems.
Te Kūwaha has worked collaboratively with iwi, hapu and councils to incorporate mātauranga into a number of catchment restoration programmes including strategies for the Waipa River, Lake Tūtira and Ohiwa Harbour. Where required, Te Kūwaha has provided training, tailored to community needs, to help monitor the state and health of taonga species.
Te Kūwaha has also reviewed current knowledge of tuna (eels) and other freshwater species for the Te Wai Māori Trust, helped establish Waikato-Tainui’s Manaaki Tuna Monitoring Programme and is studying survival of juvenile eels transferred to streams above Northland’s Wairua Power Station, alongside Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngā Wai Māori.
Te Kuwaha o Taihoro Nukurangi
NIWA
Environmental Science Award
NIWA’s Māori Environmental Research team, Te Kūwaha o Taihoro Nukurangi works alongside Māori communities to help them access and interpret the latest scientific data and tools, while respecting their unique knowledge systems.
Te Kūwaha has worked collaboratively with iwi, hapu and councils to incorporate mātauranga into a number of catchment restoration programmes including strategies for the Waipa River, Lake Tūtira and Ohiwa Harbour. Where required, Te Kūwaha has provided training, tailored to community needs, to help monitor the state and health of taonga species.
Te Kūwaha has also reviewed current knowledge of tuna (eels) and other freshwater species for the Te Wai Māori Trust, helped establish Waikato-Tainui’s Manaaki Tuna Monitoring Programme and is studying survival of juvenile eels transferred to streams above Northland’s Wairua Power Station, alongside Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngā Wai Māori.