Tipa Mahuta
I really trust in our mātauranga because it’s modern science that will catch it up. For example, all the science around the river about trees and all of that, well, I’m pretty clear we observed that, before scientists told us.
If we are true kaitiaki of this area, then we must have a regard. In this area, it is the river that dominates our whole economic base – not just for Tainui but for this region. Every farmer needs our river. Every probably major industry in this rohe needs the river – they can’t live without it.
Acknowledgement:
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