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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 11, 2018 16:29:34 GMT 12
FRESHWATER CONFERENCE EMBRACES MĀORI VALUES AS IT LOOKS TO THE FUTUREProtecting freshwater is not a question of ownership, but guardianship, an iwi representative says. Barney Thomas, a Nelson iwi manager for the Department of Conservation, said freshwater was "probably the most important bloody issue in the universe" at a freshwater sciences society convention in Nelson. Conference convener Cawthron Institute freshwater ecologist Joanne Clapcott, Ngāti Porou, said looking after freshwater was something all New Zealanders had a role in. Her focuses for the convention were mātauranga Māori, or Māori knowledge and wisdom; and emerging science. "There is a deepening understanding of the importance of mātauranga Māori, but a real capability and capacity crunch," she said...... www.stuff.co.nz/environment/109217329/freshwater-conference-embraces-mori-values-as-it-looks-to-the-future
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