Kohunui Wānanga

Mā tātou e tuaritia te mātauranga — sharing cultural knowledge

As part of a Wairarapa wai/water wānanga series, Kohunui Marae kaitiaki hosted Lakes380 researchers in the summer of 2021. Mā tātou e tuaritia te mātauranga — sharing cultural knowledge (above) provides an insight into the making of the Wairarapa Moana Kete Pūrākau collection of lake stories, while sharing scientific knowledge — mā tātou e tuaritia te pūtaiao (below) presents findings from the scientific analysis of Lake Wairarapa sediment cores and water samples. These two pieces provide a complementary weaving of knowledges – scientific and local, cultural and intergenerational.

Sharing scientific knowledge — mā tātou e tuaritia te pūtaiao

Wānanga participants

Back row: Katie Brasell, Heni Unwin, Sean Waters, Simon Te Whaiti, Andrew Rees, Alberta Aiono, Ariel Te Maari, Teresa Aporo.

Front row: Soltice Morrison, Lee Flutey, Abe Matenga, Marcus Vandergoes, Charlotte Šunde, Maralee Allen, Suzanne Murphy, Bruce Foster.

Absent: Rawiri Smith, Jay Pu’e.