Ngā mahinga kōawa hei painga mō ngā ika
He nui noa atu te manga i te wai noa iho – he oruoru, he hōpua, he kahuwai papatahi, he tāheke, he hīrere, he wai rōnaki, he auripo, he wai kōpikopiko, he tauwharenga, he horonga tahatika kei raro hoki i te wai.
He manga kei te tuawhenua
He manga kei tētahi pāmu i te rohe o Waitomo. Kīia ai ngā piko, he kōpikopiko. Nā te whakarakenga o te whenua i puta ai ētahi horonga takatika i raro i te wai.
He wai iti te manga, he au rere tōna, ā, e awhia ana e te whaiawa me te tahatika. He wāhanga ngā manga nō te huringa-wai, he puni kaiao whakahirahira anō hoki mō ngā otaota me ngā kararehe. He wāhi hoki tō ngā manga i te hekenga o ngā ika me ētahi atu kararehe.
E ako ai koe i ētahi o ngā kīanga kei runga nei me ētahi atu ka tūponohia atu i a koe e titiro ana ki ngā wai māori me ngā ika wai māori, tēnā, tirohia te rauemi Kīanga matua.
He puni kaiao rerekē ngā manga e noho nei ngā ika mō ngā ika taketake, tae atu anō hoki ki ngā ngārara me ngā otaota kai e matea ana hei kai, hei maru hoki. Paingia ai te wāhi mātao e ngā ika taketake. E taunga ana ērā ki te kōawa kua taumarutia ki te ururua nā te mea i kapi tētahi 80% o Aotearoa i te ngahere i mua.
E ora ai, e tutuki ai hoki te huringa-oranga, me tika ēnei āhuatanga mō te ika taketake:
te momo me te rerekē o te puni kaiora
te kounga o te wai (te pāmahana, te nui o te hāora, te purata o te wai, te hīmoemoe, me ngā whakamōmona)
te rere o te wai (te nui me te tere)
te nui o te kai (ngā otaota me ngā ngārara kei roto, kei ngā taha hoki o te manga, pēnei i ngā hātaretare-nui)
te ārai i ngā kaipatu
ngā ara heke ki te moana mō ētahi momo ika.
Me arotahi ki te wai
He nui ngā mahi tiaki manga e aro ana ki te whenua, pēnā i te whakatō rākau i ngā pīnaki me nga tahatika kia iti ake ai te horo whenua, he whakarite tātari mauti hoki hei pupuri i te kenepuru, ā, he whakatū taiapa hoki kia kore ai te kararehe e tiko i te wai, e takahi rānei i ngā tahatika.
Te whakatō anō i tētahi wāhi otaota
Ngā kaitūao e whakatō anō ana i ngā wāhi otaota. Mā tēnei e aukati te haere a ngā kararehe ki ngā kōawa, ā, mā te whakatō i ngā otaota taketake ki ngā tahatika e purata ai, e nui ai hoki ngā koiora i te wai paruparu, parahanga anō hoki.
Heoi anō, he wero nui ki ngā ika taketake te noho i roto i ngā manga. Mā te whakatōtika, te whakarerekē, te mārau, te whakatū pā , te kōrere rānei i ngā manga e tino rerekē pea ai te rere o te wai, e mate ai hoki ngā puni kaiao me te āhei o ngā ika ki te heke.
Whakatūria ai te kōrere i ngā awa me ngā manga kia āhei ai te tangata me te kararehe ki te whakawhiti atu. Whakatūria ai ngā pā i ngā awa me ngā manga hei whakapōturi i te rere o te wai, hei whakapiki hoki i te taumata o te wai i runga ake. Ka aukati pea ēnei mea e rua i te rerenga o te ika.
He kōrere whakairi
Ko ngā kōrere whakairi, i whakaritea i runga ake i te wai, ngā tino ārai ka aukati i te heke o ngā ika taketake. Kei konei a Dr Andy Hicks, kaipūtaiao nō te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Te Matau-a-Māui e titiro ana i tētahi korere whakairi
Te whai i te ia
He nui ngā ika taketake ka heke i te moana ki ngā puni kaiao kei te taha whakarunga o te awa . Hei tauira, me whai ara ngā tuna hei putanga ki te moana kia whānau ai ngā hua, ā, me hoki anō ngā ngorengore i te moana ki ngā puni koira wai māori. Nā te āhua o te hoahoatanga mai o ngā hanganga a te tangata pēnei i te pāwai, i te pā, i ngā putanga tai me ngā kōrere kua whakarewahia i kati ai te rerenga o ngā ika. Ko te kōrere kua whakarewahia te ārai nui i ngā ika taketake.
Ngā tuna riki e kake ana i tētahi pātū kōhatu
E puta mai ana ngā tuna riki me ngā punua ika i te wai ki te kake i te pātū o tētahi pāwai.
E āhei ana te whakahoahoa i ngā kōrere me ētahi atu hanganga i runga i te āheinga o ngā ngorengore, ngā kōkopu, ngā kōaro (e mōhiotia ana he ‘inanga’) me ngā toitoi ki te oke i waenga kōhatu; ki te noho i waho i te wai mō te wā poto; ki te piki i ngā wāhi mākū o ngā hīrere me ngā taha o ngā kōrere wai.
I ētahi wā, kāore he take o te whakatū kōrere pai mō ngā ika, hei tauira, me he ārai māori pērā i te hīrere nui kei te taha whakararo, ki te kore rānei he puni kaiao pai mō ngā ika taketake kei te taha whakarunga.
Culverts, ramps and baffles
Researcher Cheri van Schravendijk-Goodman discusses the problem with culverts that disconnect habitats of fish from the main river. She describes the use of fish ramps and baffles and how they help to improve connectivity between the river and tributaries – particularly for whitebait species of fish.
He hua anō tō ngā ārai hei aukati i te hōrapatanga o te ika kīrearea, pēnei i te morihana koi, hei tiaki rānei i ngā ika taketake ka noho motuhake, pēnā i te waikaka, i ngā kaiwhakataetae hoki, pēnā i te taraute. Mā te tirotiro koe ki ngā momo ika me ngā puni kaiao o tō manga ā-rohe e mōhio ai koe ki ngā kōrere pai mo te ika, ki ngā ārai kīrearea rānei e tika ana mō tō manga.
Me pēwhea e pai ake ai ngā manga mō ngā ika taketake?
I tua atu i ngā kōrere me ngā ārai pai mō ngā ika, he nui ngā mahi mā tātou e ora tonu ai ngā manga, tae atu hoki ki ngā ika, ngā kararehe me ngā otaota ka ora i aua manga.
He nui ngā otaota e tupu ana i tētahi arawai
Ka tupu matomato ngā otaota rōwai i ngā whakamōmona, pēnei i te pūtūtaewhetū me te hauota e rere ana ki ngā arawai. Nā tēnei, ka mate ngā otaota me ngā koiora.
He mea nui te kounga o te wai mō te oranga o ngā ika – e kore e ora, e tupu rānei te nuinga o ngā ika, pēnei i ngā punua kōkopu, i roto i wai paru. Whakapaitia ai te kounga o te wai mā te:
kaupare i te engaenga mai i ngā rori e kī ana i ngā parahanga pēnei i ngā whakamōmona me te parakaingaki
whakataiapa i te manga, hei aukati i ngā kararehe pāmu
whakarite ara-ruke mō te waipuke – kawea ai e te waipuke ngā waiparapara ki ngā kōawa
whakauru hau ki ngā wāhi e mate ana i ngā whakamōmona, i ngā puanga pūkohu tāoke rānei.
Ngā parenga toka kei te tahatika
He toka, he kongakonga raima, he rawa anō rānei te parenga toka ka whakamahia hei tiaki i ngā whaiawa, i ngā ākau, i etahi atu kōawa rānei i te kowani. He momo hro anō te kowani.
Whirinaki ai hoki ngā ika ki ētahi āhuatanga puni kaiao kei roto i ngā manga. Ka tūkinohia pea ēnei puni kaiao i ngā panonitanga o te rere o te wai, i te whakawāteatanga o te ururua, i ngā waipuke rānei. Hei tauira, ka kōwania pea te manga e ngā kōkīkī me ngā waiparapara ka kawea e ngā waipuke hohoro. Ko te kowani ko te horonga o i te whaiawa (kowani poutū), o ngā tahatika rānei (kowani kaurapa) nā te wai rere hohoro me ngā waiparapara e kawea ana. Ka pā hoki te kowani ki ngā kōrere pai mō ngā ika nā te horoi atu i ngā waiparapara me ngā kirikiri e pupuri ana i te kōrere.
Ka tiakina ngā puni kaiao ika mā te:
whakatū parenga toka i te putanga o te kōrere hei aukati i te kowani
whakatū pā kōhatu pākanikani, papa rōnaki kōhatu rānei i te taha whakararo o te awa hei hōpua whakatā mō ngā ika
whakatupu ururua i ngā tahatika hei taumaru i ngā hōpua whakatā, hei tiaki hoki i ngā taha o te manga
He painga mō te pāmu, he painga mō te ika
Tirohia ngā rautaki e ora tonu ai ngā arawai mō ērā kei te taha whakararo o te wai me ngā ika taketake, waihoki ka whaihua hoki ngā pāmu, e kore ai hoki e heke iho ngā putanga.
Ākona ētahi atu kōrero mō te āwhina i ngā ika taketake i ngā tāone, mō te pēwheatanga hoki e āwhinatia ai ngā ika nei e tātou. E rua hoki ngā rauemi kaiako kei a mātou, he kōrero kei roto mō te whakaora i ngā manga hei painga mō ngā ika taketake – mō te whakamahere i ngā panonitanga me te whakatō rākau i ngā tahatika.
He whakaaro mō ētahi ngohe
Ko Tiaki Taonga tētahi ngohe e ako ai ngā ākonga i ngā kōrero mō te tuna, mō te inanga rānei me te pānga o ngā mahi a te tangata ki ēnei momo ika. Ka ako ngā ākonga i ngā taupā kei mua i ēnei taonga , ā, he aha hoki ētahi huarahi hei whakatika i ngā raru.
Tirohia te pānga o te karaehe toroi ki ngā manga kei te tuawhenua i tēnei mahere ako.
I te ngohe o Ake Ake – forever and ever, ka ako ngā ākonga i ngā kōrero mō te mahere o Ake Ake, he tauira mahere whakaahua o ngā tirohanga o ētahi. He mea whakawhanake, whakamahi hoki me ngā iwi o te awa o Waikato. Whakahāngaitia tēnei kia rangahaua ai e ngā ākonga ngā rerekētanga o te taiao o tō rātou manga, mā roto tonu i te tirohanga Māori.
He whakamihi
Kua whakahāngaitia tēnei raeumi ki ngā tikiake o Kaingākau ki te ika taketake, i whakaritea mai e NZ Landcare Trust. E mihi ana a te Pokapū Ako Pūtaiao ki a NZ Landcare Trust, mōna i āwhina i te whakahāngaitanga o tēnei mahi.
He painga mō te pāmu, he painga mō te ika
Tirohia ngā rautaki e ora tonu ai ngā arawai mō ērā kei te taha whakararo o te wai me ngā ika taketake, waihoki ka whaihua hoki ngā pāmu, e kore ai hoki e heke iho ngā putanga.
