Rāhui

How does a rāhui protect a place?

• makes it open for everyone

• closes it down so no one can go there so plants can grow/nature can restore itself

• stops people from entering that place

• only the iwi can go there

Who placed the rāhui on the Waitakere Ranges

• The locals

• The government

• The iwi - Te Kawerau a Maki

• te Kura Takawaenga o Kerehana

Why was a rāhui placed on the Waitakere Ranges?

• to try to stop Kauri dieback

• because its Maori land

• because there are other tracks in Auckland

• because too many people go there

To create sustainability means

• to make something last for future generations

• to get rid of something in a creative way

• to work on creating something

• to help

Rāhui is a Maori practice

• True

• False

A rāhui is placed on a river or lake or water when

• someone catches fish

• someone drowns

• someone goes swimming

• someone goes water skiing

Now the Auckland Council and Iwi work together to

• encourage Maori to create sustainability

• stop Kauri Dieback

• create a Maori plan for Maori practices

What is a Rāhui?

• a ban or tapu placed on a place so that no one goes there for a period of time.

• a place

• name of a hapu

• a river