Abstract
Biological and cultural heritage features regularly coexist and overlap within landscapes, creating complex management challenges. Codfish Island (Whenua Hou), Aotearoa New Zealand, exemplifies such a landscape, containing cultural and biological taonga (treasures) of national and international importance. Here, the last breeding colony of the critically endangered Whenua Hou Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) exists within archaeological sites preserving a rich Māori history and the earliest documented European settlement in southern Aotearoa New Zealand. The proximity of the breeding habitat of an endangered species to significant cultural heritage previously led to competing stakeholder interests which limited research and effective management. We present a mutualistic approach to landscape management on Codfish Island, which has resulted in positive outcomes for archaeological research, cultural heritage management, biological research, and conservation management. Collaborations like this are applicable in other heritage rich landscapes. Our mutualistic approach also forms a foundation for future joint monitoring schemes and research, facilitating transparent and informed management of both tangible and intangible components of the landscape.
Rite tonu te nohotahi, te inakinaki o ngā āhua koiora tuku iho, me ngā āhua ahurea tuku iho ki ētahi whenua, e uaua rawa ai ngā wero o te whakahaere i aua whenua. Ka whakatauirahia e Whenua Hou, ki Aotearoa taua momo āhua i ngā taonga ahurea, me ngā taonga koiora e whai mana ana ā-motu, ā-ao o hoki. Ko te pūrei whakamutunga o tēnei momo kūaka, te Kūaka Whenua Hou (Whenua Hou Diving Petrel, Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) e korehāhā haere ana kei Whenua Hou, kei ngā wāhi huakanga e rokiroki ana i ngā kōrero rangatira o mua o te Māori me te nōhanga Pākehā tuatahi ki Aotearoa ki te tonga kua tuhia e ngā tumu kōrero. Nā te pātata o te whaitua oranga o tēnei momo manu e korehāhā haere ana ki tētahi wāhi tapu, tētahi wāhi taonga e pērā ana te tapu, i te tukituki ngā whaipānga, mea rawa ake, kua kore e taea te rangahau, te whakahaere tika i te wāhi nei kia eke ki te taumata e hiahiatia ana e aua whaipānga. Ko tā mātou, he tuku i tētahi ara ngākahu kotahi ki te whakahaere i te whenua ki Whenua Hou, he ara kua whai hua ngākaupai ki te rangahau whaipara tangata, he ara whakahaere ā-ahurea tuku iho he rangahau koiora, arā he whakahaerenga whakauka hoki. Ko ēnei ara mahi ngātahi, ngākau kotahi ki te rangahau, ki te whakahaere kaupapa hoki ka whai hua anō ai ki ērā atu horanuku haumako kua tukuna ihotia. Ko tā mātou aronga ngākau kotahi ka whakatakoto tūāpapa mō ētahi kaupapa ngātahi e pēnei tonu anō ana te āhua aroturuki, aro hoki ai ki te rangahau, ki te whakarite i te ara whakahaere e mārama ana, ā, e mātau ana i ngā āhuatanga tūturu, me ngā āhua waitara o te horanuku e haere ake nei.