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This education resource provides the reader with
information about the environment from the
perspective of the Ngati Hamua hapu of Rangitane
o Wairarapa iwi.

There are nine theme sheets, each one exploring a
different aspect of the environment and associated
Maori customary beliefs; they are; Maori gods,
ancestors, land, mountains, the ocean, flora, fauna,
waterways and protocols. This resource has come
about through a joint project between Rangitane o
Wairarapa runanga and Greater Wellington regional
council and it is hoped that it will become a useful
addition on Wairarapa tikanga for schools and
community alike.

The information contained within comes largely from
extensive research carried out by the cultural unit at
Rangitane and via the knowledge of our kaumatua.