It was fantastic to see some of our work communicated in the
new Department of Conservation brochure on using straw bales as
temporary īnanga
spawning habitat
This
project was a truly a collaborative effort thanks to Helen Kettles in
the National Estuaries team (thanks Helen!). The team
included Helen Kettles, Martin Rutledge, Leana Barriball, Sarah Wilcox, Peter
Badalamenti and Laurence Walls (DOC), Pātaka Moore and Caleb Royal (Te Wānanga o
Raukawa), and Mike Hickford and myself from the University of Canterbury.
Our kaupapa included piloting a draft version of the resource with several community groups across
New Zealand, and their feedback added extra value to the finsihed result. Some of the key
people and groups involved were Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna (Te
Whanganui a Tara), Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito (Ōtaki), Te Kura a Iwi o
Whakatupuranga Rua Mano (Ōtaki), Brooke Ashleigh Turner (DOC, Living Waters)
and Jason Roxburgh (Living Matters – Biodiversity & Ecology Solutions),
Grant and Rosemary Webby (Waiwhetu Stream Care), Henk Stengs (DOC) and the
Cobden Aromahana Ecological Restoration Group.
We
were also fortunate to have specialist expertise and advice for preparing a Te
Reo translation and whakapapa design thanks to Ruiha Leonard and Sian
Montgomery-Neutze.
Check out the Te Reo Māori and English versions of the Te
Tiaki Īnanga
brochure here:
Read more about the Te Tiaki Īnanga project on the DOC
website here
This was an awesome project and we hope it will assist other
community restoration groups interested in using this technique.
He iti te mokoroa nāna
te kahikatea i kakati
Even the small can
make a big impact!
