Seafood "Gardens"

Authors

  • Jim Williams University of Otago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15286/jps.125.4.433-444

Keywords:

Māori resource management, māra mataitai, seafood gardens, taikū

Abstract

This article reviews seafood gardening by Ngāi Tahu, including seeding, habitat enhancement, species improvement and marine storage. It is argued that a regime of management practises certainly justifies the term "gardening" as has been argued for similar practises elsewhere (in particular, the American Pacific coast).

Author Biography

Jim Williams, University of Otago

Jim Williams (Kai Tahu), BA(Hons) (Victoria), MA, PhD (Otago), is a Senior Lecturer at Te Tumu, School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Jim's research interests centre on pre-contact Kai Tahu practices, especially with respect to oral history, the land and waterways, and tellurian natural resources. His PhD thesis argued a successful regime of pre-European sustainability practices in southern Aotearoa New Zealand. His publications focus (in the main) on Kai Tahu management of land and waterways, and a proposed research methodology for pre-contact topics. A particular strength is cross-cultural interviewing, the subject of an upcoming book.

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Published

2016-12-29

Issue

Vol. 125 No. 4 (2016): December 2016

Section

Shorter Communications

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