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TE TAPU O TĀNE Anna Brankin reports on the amazing education and employment opportunities Te Tapu o Tane is providing for rangatahi Māori, thanks to the four papatipu marae in Murihiku who continue to build an enterprise focused on the principle of kaitiakitanga – for whānau, and for te taiao.

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WAIHEMO (Shag River) flows into the Otago coastline immediately south of Matakaea (Shag Point). Archaeological investigations have concluded a significant settlement once existed at the river mouth dating back to the 14th century. The mouth of the Waihemo provided shelter for waka, marine and freshwater fisheries, a fur seal rookery nearby, and vegetation attractive to moa, the south’s most attractive protein source. Following a proposal by Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki and Te Rūnanga o Moeraki in 2020, the New Zealand Geographic Board announced the official name of the river would change from Shag River (Waihemo) to the Waihemo/Shag River.

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