From Storm Damage to Success: The Ōpito Bay Scallop Project Builds Resilience When Cyclone Tam swept through Ōpito Bay in April 2025, it could have ended our community scallop regeneration [...]
Ko te moana te mauri o te iwi. The ocean is the life force of our people. This whakataukī guides every aspect of the Hei o Wharekaho Settlement Trust’s involvement [...]
By Craig Balsom On the 25th of April 2024 Ngāti Hei kaitiaki Craig Balsom joined a party of five people undertaking an ecological survey on Waikaia and Kuranui islands. Despite [...]
The exotic seaweeds Caulerpa brachypus and Caulerpa parvifolia have been found in waters at Aotea (Great Barrier island) and Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island). These exotic seaweeds can spread rapidly and [...]
Have your say on a proposal to temporarily close the eastern Coromandel coast to the harvest of scallops. Ngāti Hei Trust have requested a temporary closure to scallop fishery in the [...]