Using mātauranga Māori to alert communities to tsunami risks

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Massey University researchers have detailed a Master’s student project that incorporated mātauranga Māori to increase awareness of the tsunami risks faced by an East Coast community. After interviewing and holding workshops with the community, the end result was the creation of interactive sculptural pouwhenua, or land posts, which describe the relationship between Papatūanuku, Rūaumoko, and Tangaroa. Interacting with the pouwhenua reinforces people's awareness that an earthquake can be the warning for tsunami.

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conference: Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

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Funder: Funding and support for the research was provided by GNS Science and the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University, especially David Johnston and Graham Leonard. Additional support was provided by East Coast LAB and Tairawhiti Civil Defence Emergency Management. This project was partially supported by QuakeCoRE, a New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission-funded Centre. This is QuakeCoRE publication number 0667.

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