The project is located on the Western shores of Lake Taupō the project’s core objectives are to:

 

• restore, protect, and enhance the environmental, cultural, and spiritual health and wellbeing of the Taupō catchment;

• provide strategic leadership on the sustainable and integrated management of the catchment;

• enable Ngāti Tūwharetoa to exercise mana and kaitiakitanga over the Lake, in partnership with the local authorities.

The outcomes include achieving positive outcomes for the catchment, while at the same time forging and strengthening partnerships between local government, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and local communities. This requires a high level of intentionality and purpose across all participant groups alongside a unified, collaborative, and participative approach to its work – kotahitanga.

 

Te Arataki is supporting to participants to:  

• Develop a shared understanding of issues;

• Understand the importance of working together to identify and implement solutions;

• See difference and diversity in thought, ideas, and process as an opportunity to learn and build understanding and strength;

• Share ideas and have the opportunity to create knowledge or new understandings.

The importance of the local hapū community is crucial in developing effective long-term local solutions.