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Conservation International Aotearoa has partnered with the Indigenous people of Aotearoa and the Pacific, along with scientists, economists, and investors to create the Hinemoana Halo Ocean Initiative. The initiative will support groups to utilize traditional ocean customs and practices to protect Aotearoa’s coastal waters and high seas (including the EEZ).
Conservation International Aotearoa has partnered with the Indigenous people of Aotearoa and the Pacific, along with scientists, economists, and investors to create the Hinemoana Halo Ocean Initiative. The initiative will support groups to utilize traditional ocean customs and practices to protect Aotearoa’s coastal waters and high seas (including the EEZ).
Hinemoana Halo will provide ocean climate leadership in coordination with Māori and Pacific leaders region wide. The initative will represent Aotearoa’s first indigenous-led voluntary blue carbon regime in partnership with Indigenous tribes and the New Zealand Government.
Our shared goal is to advance a region-wide movement to reconnect with our common ocean heritage and legacy as kaitiaki (guardians) of the moana. This partnership will establish a marine recovery plan that will accelerate the recovery of populations of taonga (scared) species, from whales to sea lions, dolphins, and manta rays, in Aotearoa’s coastal waters.
Hinemoana Halo will promote self-determination and help Iwi/Māori to protect, care, manage and monitor Aotearoa’s coastal waters and high seas in partnership with local communities, using both traditional approaches and current science.
Hinemoana Halo will involve a sustainable financing mechanism that delivers marine protection and provides direct benefits to Indigenous Māori Tribes, from jobs to infrastructure and opportunities. This initiative will promote inter-indigenous economic relations and trade across Aotearoa and the Pacific.
