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Te Mana o Te Wai
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Te Mana o Te Wai puts the health of water first. These resources can support all users of water in Aotearoa to understand and implement this mātauranga Māori concept that is now the first principle for freshwater management in Aotearoa.
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Te Mana o te Wai Factsheet 1: hapū and Iwi
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an introduction to Te Mana o Te Wai, the opportunities it presents for Iwi and hapū,…
Guidance
Te Mana o te Wai Training Programme for Regional Councils
The Te Mana o Te Wai Training Programme has been developed as a minimum training standard for those with statutory roles within, or proximate to,…
Guidance
Rangatiratanga o te Wai Facilitation Programme
The Rangatira o Te Wai Facilitation Programme has been developed to assist and empower iwi, hapū and mana whenua to prepare for Te Mana o…
Guidance
Te Mana o te Wai Guidelines for Mana Whenua
These guidelines have been developed for a range of users; however, it is primarily focused on guidelines that would benefit whānau, hapū and iwi. Local…
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Te Mana o te Wai Factsheet 5: Monitoring and Enforcement
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an introduction to Te Mana o Te Wai, its relationship to the National Objectives Framework, and…
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Eight Iwi and Three Councils’ Partnership Responds to Te Mana o Te Wai in Te Tauihu
Environmental managers from eight Te Tauihu iwi, in co-design with three unitary councils and supported by Our Land and Water, have built a partnership to…
Technical Report
Enhancing Farm Assurance – A White Paper
Assurance systems are one of the cornerstones of the New Zealand economy and agribusinesses – ensuring compliance with regulations, enabling international trade, ensuring safety of…
Technical Report
eDNA as a holistic measure of pastoral landscape effects on taonga species
Freshwater quality is measured with key indicators such as faecal indicator bacteria (E. coli), nitrates and phosphates. For communities, such indicators are vague and somewhat…
Technical Report
Nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment and Escherichia coli in New Zealand’s aquatic receiving environments: Comparison of current state to national bottom lines
This report is the first assessment of where ‘bottom lines’ for contaminants are exceeded across Aotearoa. It reveals the size of job required to achieve…
Summary
Research Findings Brief: Current state of water contaminants compared to bottom lines
This short, plain-language Research Findings Brief is for regional council planners and central government policy analysts. The briefing document summarises research that evaluated the current…
Journal Article
The Role of Relationships, Respect, and Self-determination in Creating Equitable Research Partnerships: The Case of Revitalise Te Taiao
Forming equitable research partnerships is a well-known challenge, particularly when some partners are indigenous and others have a colonizing heritage of exercising power over others.…
Guidance
11 Insights to Co-design Place-based Approaches to Purposeful Change and Resilience
In 2020, a group of 25 individuals from agribusiness, community, government, and industry came together to draw from te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā…