Indigenous Cultural Knowledge, Art and Scientific Method

The Sea Change – Tai Timu Tai Pari Hauraki Gulf Marine Spatial Plan (the plan) was released in December 2016. It contains a set of proposals for improving the health and mauri of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. The non-statutory plan was developed over 3 years by a 14-member stakeholder working group. The group represented mana whenua, environmental groups, and the fishing, aquaculture and agriculture sectors.

New and ancient ways of knowing come together.

Climate change disrupts traditional cultural practice.

Disruptions to natural flows of water and cultural knowledge go hand in hand.

Water is life and life is a dance. Everything connects through water