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Kāwhia Estuary

View of Kāwhia Estuary, New Zealand.

NIWA worked with local iwi (Ngāti Hikairo) to develop tools for estuary monitoring to help iwi in their role as kaitiaki.

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Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
Published: 18 August 2014Updated: 20 February 2018Size: 3.01 MB
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