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Te Waihora Co-Governance Group

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Whakaora Te Waihora: Ngāi Tahu and Canterbury Revive Lake Ellesmere

Fresh Water

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Te Waihora was Ngāi Tahu's great food basket before drainage and dairy runoff turned it into one of New Zealand's most polluted lakes; iwi and regional council now run its recovery together.

350kplantsNative plants planted
21.3kilometresWaterway banks rebattered to cut sediment
2wetlandsWetlands re-established
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