Whiringa-a-nuku 2007
Issue 12b

  1. Why AFL?
  2. The Gift of the Whale: Inupiat hunting
  3. Balance needed in sharing fishing interest
  4. Only 11 iwi organisations left to mandate
  5. Shane Jones hangs up fisheries boots
  6. New Chair for AFL, Sealord
  7. Directors chosen for Te Ohu board
  8. East Coast Iwi celebrates AFL deal
  9. AFL lobster facility opens in Napier
  10. New Sealord CEO demonstrates passion for fishing
  11. Maori fisheries helps build new crab fishery
  12. Scholars embark on Japanese study trip
  13. Aquaculture analyst heads to Japan
  14. Directors for Trusts appointed
  15. North Island eel fishery cut
  16. Maori TV to show fishing documentary
  17. Forestry man for Maori fishing company
  18. Recovery of government costs discussed
  19. Fisheries Amendment Bill delayed further
  20. New role for AFL accountant
  21. New receptionist for Te Ohu Kaimoana
  22. Financial manager moves to US firm

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Maori TV to show fishing documentary

Maori Television will air a documentary on customary and commercial fishing next year. The documentary will be one of six programmes called Kaitiaki, focussing on the environment.

Te Ohu Kaimoana director Ngahiwi Tomoana and Aotearoa Fisheries Limited executive chairman Robin Hapi were interviewed in Auckland late August to discuss the commercial fishing aspects for the documentary, which is being made by Auckland's Kiwa Film and Television Production.

“I'd like to think we are approaching kaitiakitanga in a very sensible way. Kaitiakitanga is about ensuring that what you have today is handed over to the next generation in better shape than you got it. We've got science working for us, we've got practical experience working for us and we've got values and ethics that are of extreme importance to us to ensure that today's fishstocks are secure and stable for future generations,” Robin told the programme.

Ngahiwi Tomoana told the programme that commercial fishing is part of the whole family of fishing and cannot be separated from customary and recreational fishing, and that kaitiakitanga was about maintaining the harmony across the sectors to ensure sustainability. “The Maori kaitiaki values are extensive. We believe that our fishery should be providing for our people in a thousand years' time.”

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Protecting Māori fisheries assets for future generations