We recently held a whānau wānanga to help establish tangata whenua connectedness to our takutai mōana and historic versus current state abundance, health and well-being of our coastal taonga species and mahinga kai. The information and feedback received during this wānanga will feed into our marine mauri compass report which Ian and Riaki Ruru are working on for us.
The Wānanga was very informative with good robust discussion around the many issues facing our marine environment as well sharing stories and good times with our whānau who have spent time in our marine environment practicing our traditional mahinga kai and other cultural activities.
We look forward to working on this report with Ian and Riaki and sharing it with our whānau.
