These Te Āti Awa kuia (female elders) are collecting seafood in the early 1980s in the traditional manner, not far from a proposed outfall from the Motunui synthetic petrol plant. The Waitangi Tribunal, however, in a landmark decision, ruled that the Crown had to protect traditional Māori fishing grounds. Eventually an existing outfall was used instead.
Listen to the report about protecting Te Āti Awa fishing grounds.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: 26843
Image: Private collection, by Fiona Clark
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