Taroi Rawiri
The whole big thing about kaitiaki, it’s not about issuing them the right to go get a kai, it’s about managing the area by knowing what’s there, what’s going out, and if one area is getting hard to take from, they can rest that place, send them somewhere else, so that would rebuild. And that’s that whole, I guess, that’s the mana in that role about them taking, that’s their responsibility for that area.
And the best way to help them is by going to see them, talk to them, get your permits, and then they’ll know where the kai’s good, where the kai’s a little bit scarce, and then once you get that sort of buy-in for that, hopefully they’re keen to help.
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