Speakers Program
MATARIKI AHUNGA NUI
Mai Uta ki Tai: Restoring and enhancing freshwater and coastal ecosystems and their services of importance to iwi, through a better knowledge and understanding of these ecosystems and the degradation processes that affect them. 9:00am
WHAKATAU / KARAKIA TIMATANGA / MIHIMIHI
9:20am
Councillor Awanui Black Tangata Whenua Potential - Raising 1000 Warriors
9:40am
Jason Murray Restoring and Enhancing Biodiversity on Matakana Island
10:00am
Piatarihi Bennett Realising the potential: Mātauranga Māori & the RMA
10:20am
Mahuru Robb/ Heather Thompson Mātauranga Māori, Science and Health of the Toreparu Wetland
10:40am 11:00am
Robert McGowan The Kaimai-Mamaku Catchments Forum: Working together to care for the Whenua
11:20am
Yvonne Taura He paroha nā te Wahine e ora ai te Taiao: It’s with heartfelt weaving, as with the finely woven mat of a woman, the environment is nurtured and made well.
11:40am
Vanessa Taikato An investigation of benthic macrofaunal communities in an estuarine area adjacent to Te Maunga oxidation ponds, Rangataua Bay
12:00pm
Tommy Wilson The World is an Island: Profit before people and how the Ngā Tahatai Coastal Care saved the smallest Island in Tauranga Harbour (Tu Koro island)
12:20pm
Kia Maia Ellis Tauranga Moana Kaimoana Restoration Plan
12:40pm 1:40pm
Kaiparamanawa / Morning Tea
Kairanui / Lunch
Professor Murray Patterson An ecological economic analysis of the Tauranga Catchment
2:00pm
Dr Huhana Smith Manaaki Taha Moana: Enhancing Coastal Ecosystems for Māori: The Horowhenua experience
2:20pm
Dr Joanne Ellis Broad Scale Survey of Tauranga Harbour
2:40pm
Aaron McCallion Enhancing the expression of Kaitiakitanga: Information technology as an aid to community based monitoring.
3:00pm
Caine Taiapa Mātauranga Māori and Marine Environmental Management
3:20pm
KARAKIA WHAKAMUTUNGA