A landmark partnership between iwi and Māori health providers – including Te Arawa Lakes Trust – is another step forward in designing and delivering equitable health outcomes for Te Arawa whānau. Called Taki O Autahi, the partnership involves Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi, Te...
Te Arawa Lakes Trust sees the relationship between Rotorua Lakes Council and the urban intensification of Rotorua as an opportunity. Te Urunga o Kea Climate Change Coordinator Lani Kereopa says there needs to be a focus on the health and wellbeing of the environment....
A scientific project exploring the use of artificial intelligence and traps to identify and photograph catfish underwater to monitor population numbers has taken out Te Arawa Lakes Trust’s Ngā Karu Atua Supreme Award at the inaugural Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā Science and...
A lot of our mahi in March was focussed on Te Pourepo O Kaituna, a historic wetland that our crew has been helping to restore over the past year. In the late 1970’s, a huge flood along the Kaituna River washed kahikatea seeds up onto the pastures. 50 years later these...
The Te Arawa Catfish Killas team are currently monitoring 65 nets across Lake Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti. Six of these nets are in Te Weta Bay, where our first catfish was discovered back in 2016. In March, we caught up with Lynmore Primary School down at Te Weta Bay to...
Te Arawa Lakes Trust would like to inform you that aquatic weed control operations will be taking place intermittently from 02 May 2022 until 06 June 2022 in Lake Rotorua, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Tarawera, Lake Ōkataina, Lake Rotomā and Lake Rerewhakaaitu. These aquatic...
