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Story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation

Fisheries officers

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Fisheries officers

Customary fishing officers Maadi Te Kahu (left) and Renee Randall play an important role in assisting modern-day kaitiaki (guardians). Officers were recruited by the Ministry of Fisheries in 1999 to help enforce customary fishing regulations.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: EP/1999/3746/35

by Craig Simcox

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation – Rāhui – prohibitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11600/fisheries-officers (accessed 26 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 2 March 2009.