All #MFFC22 presentations are now live! Head over to https://t.co/JsVal7vQCv to check out some of the fire kōrero shared 🔥🔥 #waimaori #taonga #temanaotewai

Ben Potaka shares the extraordinary life cycle, endurance, and navigation of tuna at #MFFC22 Ben says his success will be measured in 50 years’ time – by whether Whanganui still has tuna left to catch. https://t.co/3UuE4h4y0n #temanaongatuna

Speaking at #MFFC22, Patuharakeke share their #WaiOra funded project that explores the hapū's intergenerational aspirations in a time where both legislative reform and industrialisation are creating uncertainty for their mahi within the taiao. https://t.co/i6DJWJTqBc #MFFC22

Speaking at #MFFC22 Ruby Pitiroi (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tai ki Tōrere, Ngāti Whakatere) provides insight into the 2019 Karapiti incident and the commitment of Ngāti Tūwharetoa to the holistic health of Taupō waters. https://t.co/bqy24WCVPF #Karapiti

Fish futures is a new five-year @MBIEgovtnz Endeavour research programme that looks at changing freshwater ecosystems and people’s connections to freshwater fish across Aotearoa. Speaking at #MFFC22 @Cawthron_NZ introduce the research kaupapa.

The Kaituna Pātaka Kai Project is a #WaiOra funded collaboration led Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority. Speaking at #MFFC22 Elva Conroy and Hemi O’Callaghan share their journey of preserving and revitalising mātauranga, tikanga and kawa of our taonga. https://t.co/Cuttb3fz9E

Speaking at the Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference in September, Ngapera Rangiaho (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa) shares her kōrero on re-learning responsibility and resetting the permanence of our own obligations. Watch the full presentation:

Te Kawa Waiora is a research project to improve the health and mauri of the Wairoa River and its tributaries. Speaking at #MFFC22 Charles Royal and Celia Witehira share their kōrero on the kaupapa. https://t.co/f41Xrd6NnQ #MFFC22

Speaking at the recent Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference 2022, William Anaru (Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Whānau ā Apanui) shares his kōrero on the mahi that Te Arawa Lakes Trust is undertaking to help restore their roto. https://t.co/ZfjYmgQthO #MFFC22

In 2021, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō received #TiakiWai funding to investigate the sustainability of cultural harvesting by combining tikanga and western science. Speaking at #MFFC22, Jen shares this mahi and the hapu's efforts to monitor tuna in their roto. https://t.co/FDnrNZe4sy

Speaking at #MFFC22, Dr Jane Kitson shares with us Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku's kanakana research and mahinga kai restoration journey. In this presentation, Jane shares the research she and Ngai Tahu ki Murihiku have undertaken on lamprey in Southland. https://t.co/rwYyWSLqSv

Earlier this quarter, we awarded three iwi and hapu-led projects funding via our #TiakiWaiFund for freshwater kaupapa. Read more about these projects on our website:

The #WaiOraFund was established in 2012 to support the aspirations of iwi and hapū in the freshwater space. This year's funding round saw a large number of high-calibre applications. Read more of our successful projects on our website:

Simon Stewart explores the role of īnanga in supporting healthy tuna populations in his recent kōrero at #MFFC22. Simon presents data showing high tuna biomass and explores the importance of connectivity to a healthy, productive coastal ecosystem. Watch:

Earlier this year, we launched our inaugural Wai Māori Scholarship, a fund designed to strengthen the presence of Māori experts in both freshwater and freshwater fisheries. Congratulations to our seven successful recipients for this year's round:

Speaking at #MFFC22, Nancy Tuaine shares with us 'Kauaka e kōrero mō te Awa, kōrero ki te Awa.' Te Awa Tupua is an indivisible, living entity, and in 2014, the signing of Ruruku Whakatupua officially recognised the awa as a legal entity. #MĀTAKITAKIMAI:

Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara are a hapū of Te Arawa and hold manawhenua over the Utuhina stream and have aspirations to restore the mauri of the stream With support from the #WaiOraFund, they ran a project earlier this year to complete this. Read more:

#TeMahereWai is a guiding framework developed by Te Kāhui Taiao to reflect a Mana Whenua perspective and direction in giving effect to NPSFM 2020. Presenting at #MFFC22, Vanessa Tipoki shares her involvement in the processes. https://t.co/ehUM56qZir

Lake Koitiata is a dune lake within Rangitīkei where uri of Ngāti Apa and Ngā Wairiki are the mana whenua. A once treasured source of kai, a recent project is informing the greater aspirations of whānau in caring for the roto. Read more: https://t.co/pZ7HLg8taN #tiakiwaifund

Presenting at #MFFC22, Pia Pohatu and Kate Walker share the premise for co-governance in the Waiapu River catchment and share some challenges and learnings they have experienced in co-writing the Waiapu Catchment Plan. Watch the presentation: https://t.co/6FeBIK6kL2 #MFFC22