Links and Resources

This is an edited version of the website that the citizens’ assembly used during the process. All the videos that contain identifiable information has been removed, in accordance to the requirements of the UAHPEC.
Dan Hikuroa

Dan Hikuroa

Senior Lecturer, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland
Auckland Culture Commissioner, UNESCO

Dr Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Arawa, Waikato-Tainui) is an Earth Systems Scientist who integrates mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and science to realise the dreams and aspirations of the communities he works with. He is an established world expert on integrating indigenous knowledge and science and has undertaken many projects including co-writing the 2014 State of the Hauraki Gulf Environment Report, geothermal developments, co-writing iwi environmental management plans, hazard and vulnerability assessments and industrial waste rehabilitation.

Dan was the Research Director for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga from July 2011 – December 2015.
Previously he was the Community Earth Systems Science Programmes Manager at the Institute of Earth Science & Engineering University of Auckland and has an extensive background in Earth Systems Science. After leading a deep field geology mapping expedition for the British Antarctic Survey for his PhD he then completed a Post-Doc Fellowship investigating how the world’s oceans and biota have responded to naturally driven climate change in the ancient past.

Q&A with Expert panel

Robert Keessen Technical Director, Aurecon

Kobus van Zyl Water infrastructure, University of Auckland

Andrew Chin Engineering and planning, Healthy Waters

Iain Rabbitts Water treatment engineer, Lutra

Dan Hikuroa Te ao Māori, climate & environmental science, University of Auckland

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  • “Why can’t we just build another dam?” (00:00)
  • “Won’t we fix this with all of us having rainwater tanks?” (01:12)
  • “The booklet mentions Te Mana o te Wai. What does this actually mean?” (03:28)
  • “What’s wrong with taking more water from the Waikato?” (05:19)
  • “What does this have to do with Three Waters reform?” (09:34)
  • “What if we treated water as a taonga?” (11:14)
  • “How can you be sure that any of these options are safe?” (14:40)
  • “We all use way too much water. Can’t we just use less?” (16:47)
  • “Why don’t we just catch stormwater and use that?” (19:25)
  • “NZ has other places we could get water from. Why aren’t we looking on a national scale?” (21:11)
  • “If we keep using water from the Waikato, will they have enough for their needs?” (22:27)
  • “Could we use water treated to a lower standard for activities that don’t need a high level of water purity?” (24:45)
  • “What environmental impact do dams have?” (27:20)
  • “If we all saved a lot of water, how would that affect Watercare’s revenue?” (28:16)
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