Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 22, 2017 16:26:19 GMT 12
CALL TO VALUE WATER FOR THE TAONGA IT IS
World Water Day is celebrated annually on 22 March all around the world. This year Toi Tangata is celebrating World Water Day by urging people to draw on mātauranga Māori to value water as a taonga, recognising that the wellbeing of our water is directly linked to the wellbeing of our people.
Toi Tangata believes that a solution to improving both water quality and whanau health lies in adopting Māori values and views towards the resource.
“Engaging with the whakapapa and mātauranga of wai (water) re-engages and enables people to value their role as effective kaitiaki of wai and consequently, their own wellbeing and that of their whanau.”
“We want Maori approaches to be connected to solutions and that means resourcing and valuing our knowledge of wai. Kaitiakitanga will allow the whakapapa or mauri of wai to continue to have a positive influence on oranga (wellbeing).”
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1703/S00056/call-to-value-water-for-the-taonga-it-is.htm
World Water Day is celebrated annually on 22 March all around the world. This year Toi Tangata is celebrating World Water Day by urging people to draw on mātauranga Māori to value water as a taonga, recognising that the wellbeing of our water is directly linked to the wellbeing of our people.
Toi Tangata believes that a solution to improving both water quality and whanau health lies in adopting Māori values and views towards the resource.
“Engaging with the whakapapa and mātauranga of wai (water) re-engages and enables people to value their role as effective kaitiaki of wai and consequently, their own wellbeing and that of their whanau.”
“We want Maori approaches to be connected to solutions and that means resourcing and valuing our knowledge of wai. Kaitiakitanga will allow the whakapapa or mauri of wai to continue to have a positive influence on oranga (wellbeing).”
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1703/S00056/call-to-value-water-for-the-taonga-it-is.htm
