Sharing cultural knowledge and ecological research about our lakes.
Lake Stories Aotearoa New Zealand is a collection of personal memories, cultural knowledge and scientific information about lakes in the Wairarapa, Rangitīkei and Otago regions. It is intended to stimulate fresh conversations around enhancing lake health and mauri.
Wairarapa Moana Kete Pūrākau | Wairarapa Lake Stories
The Wairarapa Moana Kete Pūrākau focusses on Lakes Wairarapa, Onoke/Ferry, Pounui and Nganoke in the southern Wairarapa. The online portal is intended as a site for testing, trialling and reflecting upon methods of knowledge production and creation, and its design is purposefully iterative and experimental.
Click on the link above to visit the webpage and watch the videos, which range from 7 minutes to 27 minutes in length.
Cultural and spiritual knowledge is shared alongside the paleoecological record of change to reveal unique connections which may stimulate fresh conversations within our communities.
