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Ecosystem-Based Management

Ecosystem-based management is a holistic and inclusive way to manage marine environments and the competing uses for, demands on, and ways New Zealanders value them.

Mussel Farm In New Zealand

Blue Economy

A blue economy refers to the marine activities that generate economic value and contribute positively to ecological, cultural, and social well-being.

Waka in an estuary in Waitangi, in New Zealand's far north.

Te Ao Māori

Te ao Māori (literally ‘the Māori world’) is a phrase often used to indicate the knowledge, understandings, and practices from the indigenous culture of Aotearoa New Zealand.


Resources for teachers

If you’re a geography or social science teacher, these resources make the Sustainable Seas research easily accessible for learning about our marine environment.

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Named after a guardian of our ancestors

Tohorā are our whales. They’ve always shown the way, leading our tūpuna across seas. Now, they’re helping us find our way once more.

Knowledge guiding change.

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