Supporting coastal hapū to express kaitiakitanga by assessing and accessing high-quality ecosystem data.
Project Leader | Duration | Budget |
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Kelly May (NIWA), Leigh Tait (NIWA) & Hayley Lawrence (Maungaharuru-Tangitū Charitable Trust) | November 2021 – June 2023 | $299,770 |
“Ka tuwhera a Maungaharuru, ka kati a Tangitū. Ka tuwhera a Tangitū, ka kati a Maungaharuru”
When the season of Maungaharuru (the mountain) opens, the season of Tangitū (the sea) closes. When the season of Tangitū opens, the season of Maungaharuru closes.
This hapū based project is helping support coastal hapū and our expression of kaitiakitanga by assessing and accessing high-quality ecosystem data produced by technological tools.
Mātauranga-a-hapū underpins this project, which is situated within the Tangitū rohe moana (northern Hawke’s Bay) and on a kuku (mussels) reef which is under threat due to anthropogenic pressures and the impacts of fragmented management.
Our project has four key phases:
This project will benefit coastal hapū kaitiakitanga alongside an ecosystem-based management approach in a practical and accessible manner.
Kelly May (NIWA)
Leigh Tait (NIWA)
Hayley Lawrence (Maungaharuru-Tangitū Charitable Trust)
Rachel Hale (NIWA)
Tania Hopmans & Lee Grace (Maungaharuru-Tangitū Charitable Trust) Erica Williams (NIWA) The researchers and hapū are providing additional in-kind and co-funding to a total value of $50,000.
This project has produced or contributed to: