Job Vacancy: Te Arawa River Iwi Trust

Position: Co-ordinator Mātauranga Māori, Freshwater
Reports to: Advisor Mātauranga Māori
Term of Contract Salary: Full Time, 3yrs from start date $50,000 / year
Inquiries: admin@tarit.co.nz OR corey@tuhourangi.iwi.nz

POSITION PURPOSE

To become an active contributor to the reclamation, preservation and revitalisation of mātauranga Māori as an authentic, relevant knowledge system within Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wahiao.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Co-ordinator Mātauranga Māori is responsible for the following:

• Support the Advisor to hold a Wānanga with at least 20 Affiliate members to discuss and develop a Plan for the protection and restoration of a waterway and how to improve the quality of the water before it enters the Waikato River.

• Support the Advisor to hold wānanga with at least 20 Affiliate members to develop Mātauranga Māori tools, Iwi based indicators and a water monitoring framework.

• Support the Advisor to implement and test Mātauranga Māori tools, Iwi-based indicators and other freshwater management tools (e.g. Waiora application with Dr. Kēpa Morgan’s Mauriometer) to monitor and quantify water quality habitat use.

• Support Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wahiao in making changes to land-based activities that will improve water quality, protect the water bodies and ecosystems habitat, and to monitor progress on Mahinga Kai and taonga species.

• Report and document progress made by Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wahiao on land-based activities that will improve water quality and protect the water bodies, ecosystem habitat and Mahinga Kai and tāonga species.

• Conduct monthly water testing and monitoring on the upper catchment of the Waikato River.

• Support the Advisor to hold wānanga with at least 20 Affiliate members to test and confirm the protection and restoration of a waterway and the improved water quality before it enters the Waikato River.

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