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Whenua and whānau

Kōura at Taipōrutu, Te Māhia-mai-tawhiti

What opportunities exist for whānau landholders to explore sustainable land use projects that complement more traditional farming practices?

A research project - Storying Kaitiakitanga - funded by Our Land and Water created a series of case studies.

This case study highlights the mahi of Mere Whaanga and Richard Allen, residents of Te Māhia peninsula, who are working together to explore ways of using whānau land to revive an endangered species of fresh water kōura.

Learn more about what Mere and Richard are doing with farming fresh water kōura (PDF). (opens in a new tab)

Read more about the research project - Storying Kaitiakitanga. (opens in a new tab)

All case studies with Māori entities have the following copyright applied CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that anyone wanting to use information from published case studies engage directly with the relevant researcher and case study entity to discuss terms of use.