Food gathering practices at the Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Canterbury Aotearoa/New Zealand
Abstract
The Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai is an important
ecological, cultural, and historical feature of the
Christchurch City landscape. Shag Rock/Rapanui stands
tall at the mouth, a well known Christchurch landmark. The Estuary is situated on the East Coast of
the city, located twelve kilometres from the city centre.
It covers an area of 880 hectares with each tide seeing
around 11 million cubic metres of water flowing in and
out (Christchurch City Council, 2006). The Te Huingi
Manu Wildlife Refuge which includes 240 hectares of
the Bromley Oxidation Ponds and about 100 hectares
of surrounding pastoral
land sits along side the Estuary, and
in recent years the shores surrounding the Estuary have experienced an increasing amount
of urbanisation. The Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai is Canterbury’s largest semi enclosed shallow Estuary (Environment Canterbury, 2007) and has a long history of providing food for the residents of Canterbury.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
food safety; surveys; Avon/Ōtākaro River; Heathcote/Ōpāwaho River; food gathering practices; Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai; seafood collection; river pollution; mahinga kaiFields of Research
0908 Food SciencesDate
2010Type
Report (Commissioned Report)Collections
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