Kaitiaki Wai - Panel Discussion
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How can we conserve and protect our pure fresh water?
In association with Pataka's exhibition WAI, THE WATER PROJECT, curator Greg O'Brien takes part in a panel discussion around the spiritual, cultural and economic significance of water in Aotearoa.
Greg and the rest of the panel will discuss what can be done to protect and conserve our precious resources of pure water, and how we can play a part in its conservation, personally and collectively.
The Panel:
Dr Mike Joy, Senior Research Fellow, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in fresh water ecology;
Gregory O’Brien, artist, poet, art commentator and co-curator of the exhibition, WAI - The Water Project
Professor Huhana Smith, a visual artist, curator and trans-disciplinary researcher of how mātauranga Māori methods can combine with sciences to actively address climate change concerns.
Naomi Solomon, LLB, Victoria University of Wellington, Senior Policy Analyst at Te Puni Kokiri, long-serving board member and current manager of Te Rununga o Toa Rangatira and Director of Te Ahuru Mowai.
Nigel Clarke - Porirua City Council Senior Advisor Porirua Harbour, Catchments and Resource Recovery
Featured image: Bruce Foster, Untitled, Te Waihora – Lake Ellesmere, 2017.
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