COMAR in Action
COMAR - Cultural Opportunity Mapping
Stage 1: Mapping the cultural association
Stage 2: Mapping the opportunities sought
- See example 1 – where opportunities identified for a lower floodplain
- See example 2 – where opportunities identified for a river – ki uta ki tai
Stage 3: Concept mapping
- See Concept map 1 – an overview of issues associated with management of a 2000ha wetland complex
- See Concept map 2 – an overview of flow related issues associated with one site
- See Concept map 3 – an overview of the dependencies of mahinga kai on water management
Understanding the state of your Takiwa
Step 4: Scale of change
COMAR - Cultural Opportunity Mapping, Assessments
Stage 5: Undertaking assessments
A Guideline for applying the CHI has been prepared. It provides a step by step breakdown to guide whanau through the data collection and data analysis phases.
A Guideline for applying the CHI has been prepared. It provides a step by step breakdown to guide whanau through the data collection and data analysis phases.
COMAR - Cultural Opportunity Mapping and Responses
Stage 6: Plans are developed to implement the responses
Plans and projects are developed to implement the responses that whanau believe will deliver the opportunities sought.
See Oranga Takiwa poster – this poster shows the projects that a whanau is planning to implement over the next few years. The priorities were identified after whanau had completed:
Plans and projects are developed to implement the responses that whanau believe will deliver the opportunities sought.
See Oranga Takiwa poster – this poster shows the projects that a whanau is planning to implement over the next few years. The priorities were identified after whanau had completed:
- River mouth surveys across all catchments in the takiwa
- Culvert surveys – in one catchment, starting the second
- CHI (in 2 catchments)
- Cultural Flow Preference Studies (in one catchment)
Step 7: Monitoring
Maori are engaged in a number of monitoring programmes across New Zealand. Many are actively developing monitoring tools and processes that are responsive to and underpinned by the values, practices and beliefs of their whanau.
See Nelson (2012) in the publications section.
Maori are engaged in a number of monitoring programmes across New Zealand. Many are actively developing monitoring tools and processes that are responsive to and underpinned by the values, practices and beliefs of their whanau.
See Nelson (2012) in the publications section.
