admin, Author at Pou Rāhui

Professor Kura Paul-Burke is the supreme winner of the Tangaroa-ki-Tua, Fisheries New Zealand, Seafood Sustainability and Innovation Awards 2025.

Rāhui is a custom used by Māori to prohibit the use of a resource. This paper aims to highlight changes in the use of rāhui for protecting taonga (protected natural resource). The arrival of missionaries during European colonisation threatened this custom to the point where it was deemed to be obsolete (White, 1895).

A Fight for our Whakapapa: Exotic Caulerpa – the Seafloor Coloniser

Over two years since Exotic Caulerpa was detected in our rohe moana, the Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust has partnered with mana whenua and local communities across the Gulf to create a short film highlighting the cultural impact of the invasive seaweed.

They’re Little Divas – Inside the Fight to Save Paua.

Rāhui is a custom used by Māori to prohibit the use of a resource. This paper aims to highlight changes in the use of rāhui for protecting taonga (protected natural resource). The arrival of missionaries during European colonisation threatened this custom to the point where it was deemed to be obsolete (White, 1895).

Pou Rāhui wins Ko te tohu kounga mō te taiao | Environmental Excellence Award at the Hauraki Māori Business Awards 2025.

Rāhui is a custom used by Māori to prohibit the use of a resource. This paper aims to highlight changes in the use of rāhui for protecting taonga (protected natural resource). The arrival of missionaries during European colonisation threatened this custom to the point where it was deemed to be obsolete (White, 1895).