Taiapure evening to promote links

The relationship between the East Otago community and the University of Otago will be further strengthened as part of a research evening on Monday.

The East Otago Taiapure Evening will feature five-minute presentations from the Marine Science department's post-graduate students, who were undertaking research in the area.

A taiapure is a local management tool established in an area that has customarily been of special significance to an iwi or hapu as a source of food or for spiritual or cultural reasons.

The evening, beginning at 6pm, will be held at Puketeraki Marae near Karitane, with research topics including Hector's dolphins, wastewater disposal within the East Otago taiapure, and factors driving variability in egg production by paua.

East Otago Taiapure chairman Brendan Flack said the inaugural research presentations last year proved popular.

"It gives the students a chance to share their information with the community," he said.

Students also benefited by enjoying a two-day hui at the marae, and this helped enhance the relationship between Marine Science, East Otago Taiapure and Kati Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki, Mr Flack said.

- hamish.mcneilly@odt.co.nz

 

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