Ōhiwa Harbour in the eastern Bay of Plenty was once a bountiful food basket teeming with kai moana. Now, a project that combines mātauranga Māori and marine science is helping to restore it.
Kura Paul-Burke became New Zealand’s first wāhine Māori professor of marine science last month. But when she first approached one of her iwi, Ngāti Awa, back in 2007 seeking a research opportunity that would benefit her
