Māori Cultural Monitoring
Māori cultural monitoring is needed to track the effectiveness of incorporating Māori values, tikanga, and mātauranga Māori of different iwi/hapū into environmental plans and decisions. So we have focused on reviewing, evaluating, testing, and applying cultural monitoring approaches, methods, and indicators with a large number of iwi/hapū groups:
- Te Hā o Te Wai Māreparepa (Mauri Monitoring Framework. Pilot Study on the Papanui Stream)
- Te Uri o Hau (Assessing the Mauri of the Kaipara)
- Rangitāne o Manawatū mandated iwi authority and Tanenuiarangi Manawatū Inc. (Manawatū River)
- Waikato-Tainui and Waikato River Authority
- Ngāti Kahungungu (Te Taiwhenua o Tamatea & Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Hawke’s Bay – Waipukurau–Tukituki–Napier)
- Māori strategic and relations unit Auckland Council
- Tiakina Te Taiao, Nelson–Motueka.
Our fact sheet reviews current tools and methods for cultural monitoring.