Waikato River catchment

The Waikato River is significant for its enormous catchment area and for its importance to Waikato-Tainui, the mana whenua.

The following articles provide information about the Waikato River as an ecosystem, the significance of the river to its people and efforts to restore te mana o te awa.

• The Waikato River

• Waikato River ecology and biodiversity

• River ecosystems

• Human impacts on the Waikato River

• Raupatu (confiscation) and the Waikato River Settlement

• Te mana o te awa

• Kaitiakitanga and mana whakahaere

• Tikanga

• Whakataukī

• Waiata

• History of the Waikato River – timeline

Acknowledgement: Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development