Abstract The landmass of Aotearoa New Zealand totals some 268,000 km2, including
425,000 km of rivers, more than 4,000 lakes and approximately 200 aquifers. For Aotearoa …

In response to widespread water quality and quantity issues, the New Zealand Government
has recently embarked on a number of comprehensive freshwater management reforms …

Co-management of environmental resources is an idea that has been developing for some
time in Aotearoa New Zealand as a strategy that recognises Indigenous interests in the …

ABSTRACT Aotearoa New Zealand's environmental policy and legislation recognises Māori
Indigenous principles and values, and gives prominence to Te Mana o te Wai (the authority …

Mātauranga Māori is a continuum of distinct knowledge with Polynesian origins that grew in
Aotearoa New Zealand, Footnote 1 including Māori worldview, values, culture and cultural …

This open access book crosses disciplinary boundaries to connect theories of environmental
justice with Indigenous people's experiences of freshwater management and governance. It …

Through the sale of hydroelectric and water company shares, the building of dams to
impound and control freshwater supplies, and via water trading schemes, there is continual …

Legislation emerging from Treaty of Waitangi settlements provide Māori, the Indigenous
people of Aotearoa New Zealand, with new opportunities to destabilize and decolonize the …

Māori (the indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand) are intimately connected to wai
(ie, water) yet are overrepresented in New Zealand's drowning statistics each year. On …

This article explores deep underlying assumptions about relationships between people and
the planet, and how these translate into very different ways of relating to waterways in …