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Waka journey from the source of New Zealand's longest river to the sea could become annual pilgrimage

Te Arawa River Iwi Trust recorded its first tira hoe of the Waikato River completed in January 2021.
Many people drive, walk or cycle over the Waikato River but a new initiative aims to give us another angle on New Zealand’s longest awa.
Te Arawa River Iwi Trust completed a four-day tira hoe hikoi, or paddling journey, of the river from its source near Ruapehu to its mouth at Port Waikato in January.
The trust hoped it could become an annual project to educate the public about the history of the 425km river, about the iwi who live next to it and the challenges to improve the health of the awa. ....

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Traditional knowledge buttresses iwi holdings against rising waters

Traditional knowledge buttresses iwi holdings against rising waters
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5/02/2021
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With investments in tourism and primary production, iwi are hit by the Covid downturn and the cost of climate change mitigation – but they believe the longer view they take on protecting taonga places them in a safer position than many investors
Manaaki Nepia grew up eeling in the murky waters flowing into the Waikato River, beneath the shadow of the Huntly coal power station.
She wouldn t take the freshwater tuna from there today; years more of industrial and agricultural run-off further upstream have further polluted the river.
As an iwi, they will often bring together a group to paddle waka from the small Waikato Iti stream coming off Tongariro, down into the river and 400km to the sea. Paddling all the way down, we see the variation in the colour and it s enormous, she says. By the time you get to Karapiro, the discolouration is alm ....

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