Kai Moana - Fisheries

Sites

Aotearoa Fisheries Limited

Information about the largest Māori-owned fisheries company in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Māori fisheries today

This fact sheet shows how recent legislation has attempted to fairly address the issues of Maori fishing rights

Ngāi Tahu Seafood

is involved extensively in the harvest, processing and marketing of finfish, lobster, abalone and shellfish

Te Ohu Kai Moana Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission

Set up in 1992 to replace the Māori Fisheries Commission, established in 1989 to hold fisheries assets returned to Māori by the Crown, and to arrange for their eventual distribution.

Traditional Māori Fisheries

The sea and its fishing grounds were as important to early Māori as the land. The sea was not only a major source of food, but was of customary value as well. This site provides cultural information important to Tangata Whenua concerning food from the sea