Photographs and words nā PHIL TUMATAROA
A WINDOW INTO THE RICH LIFESTYLES OF CONTEMPORARY MĀORI
A rūnanga business in Kaikōura is changing lives, the environment and the narrative when it comes to pest control in its takiwā. “The norm for most organisations that operate in pest control has been about eradication,” says Rawiri Manawatu, the Managing Director of Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura, “but we are changing that narrative to restoration – restoring the balance of nature. “Kia haumanu te koha o Marokura is what we have named it. Marokura was one of the atua that came down to Kaikōura and the northern east coast and beautified it in preparation for man and animals to live on the land – it was a time when everything was balanced. So our kōrero is that we are restoring the gift of Marokura and restoring the balance of nature.”
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