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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,…
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Te Mana o te Wai Factsheet 2: Māori Landowners

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,…
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Te Mana o te Wai Factsheet 3: The National Objectives Framework

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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Te Mana o te Wai Factsheet 4: Consent Applications

This purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an introduction to Te Mana o Te Wai, its role in the National Policy Statement for…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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