Posted on 30 June 2022

Media coverage in June 2022

Making positive impact on ocean law reform

Mirage News – Elizabeth Macpherson discusses creating change for the better to protect our ocean and sustainably manage relationships between people and marine environments.

Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today

Mongabay – Nicola MacDonald discusses the Kōhanga Kūtai project and its aims to replace the plastic ropes used by mussel farmers with more sustainable alternatives. 

Professor Kura Paul-Burke

Waatea News – Kura Paul-Burke, joined by Nicola MacDonald, speaks about her involvement with the LEARNZ virtual field trip as a way of bringing mātauranga Māori into mainstream education. 

Ki uta ki tai: NIWA’s role in mountains-to-sea estuarine management

Feds News – Project co-leader Drew Lohrer discusses the work being done to investigate the health and functioning of estuaries, in collaboration with iwi partners, Our Land and Water and the Ministry for the Environment.

Green growth in a blue setting

Engineering NZ – Leadership team member Chris Cornelisen shares how technological innovation will be key in creating a blue economy, while project leader Jason Mika comments on incorporating Māori perspectives and knowledge.

Paving the way for seaweed farming

Farmers Weekly – Project leader Serean Adams discusses New Zealand's fledgling seaweed industry and the work being done to develop a seaweed sector framework.

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Awhi Mai Awhi Atu: Enacting a kaitiakitanga-based approach to EBM
Credit: Kura Paul Burke
Awhi Mai Awhi Atu: Enacting a kaitiakitanga-based approach to EBM

This project combines mātauranga Māori, science and local kaitiakitanga to better understand the culturally and socially important species i…

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Building a seaweed sector
Credit: Leigh Tait/NIWA
Building a seaweed sector

Developing a seaweed sector framework for Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Indigenising the blue economy
Credit: Ngāti Kahungunu Inc on Te Matau-a-Maui, Waka Hourua © Desna Whaanga-Schollum, 2013
Indigenising the blue economy

Addressing key barriers that currently prevent Māori from using their marine resources in a more culturally relevant, economically impactful…

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Ki uta ki tai: Estuaries, thresholds and values
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Ki uta ki tai: Estuaries, thresholds and values

Assessing the interactions between loadings of different contaminants from freshwaters on the health and functioning of estuaries. This is a…

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Kohunga Kutai
Credit: Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust
Kohunga Kutai

Creating a sustainable supply of seed mussels using mātauranga Māori

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Policy and legislation for EBM
Credit: Hamish McCormick
Policy and legislation for EBM

We are developing a research base for policy makers, Māori and stakeholders to navigate the legislative, policy and practice constraints sur…

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