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OUR WORK

KUMA 2023 He Tohu Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Te Tiriti o Waitangi Partnership Award recipient.

Our strategic skills are used in targeted pieces of work, regulatory processes, and project teams.  Examples of the kaupapa we are involved with.

long term visions

Fast-Track Applications

  • Supporting applicants to identify and engage with iwi/hapū and Māori interests.
  • Weaving iwi/hapū values and paradigms throughout the application and assessment of effects.
  • Working in trans-disciplinary teams for land and marine based applications.
  • Clients: private and iwi/hapū.
Deborah Paterson looking out over wider reserve

Reserve Management Plan
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  • Developing an indigenised management plan to meet the needs of the Reserve, its classification, and the intergenerational planning of Ngāi Tahu. 
  • Facilitating engagement and leading the public notification requirements of the Reserves Act. 
  • Client: Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu  
Arrowtown Chinese Settlement

DOC Heritage Stocktake

  • The Stocktake evaluates existing heritage data and practices and was the first step in crafting a strategic investment plan for DOC heritage. 
  • Contextualises three recommendations through focus areas and related insights.
  • The Stocktake considers Te Tiriti partnerships, heritage practice, legacy issues, alignment with internal and external approaches, and operational systems.  
  • Client: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
FF Future Visualisation Lake Small

Fish Futures

  • Fish Futures aims to inform policy changes and restoration efforts by integrating Mātauranga Māori with Western scientific perspectives to achieve sustainable nationwide freshwater ecosystem management.  
  • Kauati is involved in multiple workstreams for the 5-year research programme, including historical/biocultural research and Mātauranga Māori.  
  • Client: Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment
  • Project Lead: Cawthron Institute
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Āpiti Hono Tātai Hono - Landscapes of Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku

  • Āpiti Hono Tātai Hono methodology enables Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku to identify, assess and articulate their understanding of landscapes. 
  • The methodology focuses on what is tika (appropriate) at place.
  • Principally different to common cultural landscape approaches driven by district plans, Āpiti Hono Tātai Hono is based on Ira Atua Ira Tangata. 
  • Client: Te Ao Mārama Inc.

 

"We trust that Kauati will place iwi values, mātauranga Māori and the perspective of our people into the work."

Dean Whaanga, Te Ao Marama Inc (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu)