Bluett, Charlie

Burke, Joseph

O'Brien, Tuwhakairiora

Paul-Burke, Kura

E aro whānui nei tēnei tuhinga ki ētahi rangahau i whakamahi i  te  mātauranga  moana  kia  whakamōhiotia,  kia  hāpaitia  hoki  ngā  tukanga  rangahau  ā-papa  me  ngā  rūritanga  o  te  pūtaiao  Pākehā. I whakatau te mātauranga Māori ā-wāhi nei, ā-moana nei hoki, i te tikanga tuku me te tikanga ine i ngā taonga hirahira nei ki te ahurea Māori pēnei me; te Kina, te Koura, te Kūtai, te Pāua anō hoki, i ngā ākau i hï ngohi ai ngā whakareanga maha, i whakahaerehia rā hoki e rātou.  Kātahi taua mātauranga ka whakamaheretia, ka whakamahia hoki hei taumata ine i ngā rūri-tanga rangahautanga ā-papa o te pūtaiao mō te takutai moana. Ko ngā kitenga i hua mai i te rangahau matarau mō te moana i  whakamahia  rā  kia  whanake  ake  ngā  mahi  whakahaerenga  ki te hāpai i ngā umanga Māori me ngā umanga Kāwanatanga kia pai ake, kia tiketike ake, kia whakahaumarutia ake anō hoki ngā taonga a Tangaroa ā haere nei te wā. Ka āta wetewete, ka whakatauira hoki tēnei tuhinga i te whaipānga me te kōkiri tahi-tanga i waenga i te mātauranga Māori me te pūtaiao Pākehā, me te hiranga o ngā rautaki kaupapa Māori nei kia whakamanahia ai  ko  te  mahi  tahi  me  te  Māori,  ka  tahi,  ka  rua  ko  tō  te  Māori  reo  i  te  whakawhanake  takirua  nei,  i  te  whakatinanahanga,  i  ngā whakawhiti kōrero anō hoki i roto i ngā rangahau ā-moana.  
 
This article provides an overview of research which used mātauranga moana (Māori marine knowledge systems) to inform and assist Western  science  field  research  methods  and  surveys.  Place-based Māori marine knowledge identified the traditional distribution  range  and  sizing  of  taonga  (culturally  important)  species in traditional coastal areas which had been fished and managed by consecutive generations of Māori; kina, Evechinus chloroticus,  sea  urchin;  koura,  Jasus  edwardsii,  red  rock  lob-ster; kūtai, Perna canaliculus, green lipped mussel; and pāua, Haliotis  iris,  abalone.  This knowledge  was  then  mapped  and  used as the baseline for sub-tidal marine science field research surveys.  Findings  from  the  transdisciplinary  marine  research  was used to develop management actions to assist Māori and Government entities for improving, enhancing and safeguarding marine taonga species into the future. This article critically discusses and demonstrates the relevance and complementarity of mātauranga Māori and Western science, and the importance of kaupapa Māori strategies for empowering Māori collaboration and voices in marine research co-development, implementation and communication

Mapping Māori knowledge from the past to inform marine management futures

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