Next week a group from the Lake Ōmāpere Trust in the Far North will head to Brisbane to present at the World Lake Conference. They were invited based on their plan to return the lake to ecological health.
The small rōpū going includes 93 year old kuia Ani Martin, the brains behind the project, travelling overseas for the first time. Lake Omapere Trustee Marise Stuart talks to Susie.
Lake Ōmāpere was once known as the food basket of Ngāpuhi. These days it’s heavily polluted and mostly devoid of life. Photo: Supplied / Paul Champion, NIWA
