Short Film: Ko Tātou Te Wai: We are the Water, A Film by Stephanie Guest and Project Kāinga. Department of Science Communication, University of Otago 2024

Tautoro marae community share their mātauranga and what they must do in the face of the challenges within a changing climate, to protect and monitor these precious waters for present and future generations.

Directed by Stephanie Guest, this film explores the multi-generational understanding held by the Tautoro community of Te Taitokerau, regarding their life-giving spring waters of Te Mata, which originate out of a lake in a high volcanic crater cone, named Kereru. Elders and the wider marae community share their mātauranga and what they must do in the face of the challenges within a changing climate, to protect and monitor these precious waters for present and future generations.