Is a Water Crisis on the Horizon? W/ Dan Hikuroa: May 28, 2025

Could a water crisis be in the pipeline for Aotearoa?

Sewage contaminating Oyster farms in Auckland, as well as more periods of extreme rainfall due to climate change, has highlighted the lack of investment in water infrastructure over the past couple decades.

Dan Hikuroa, an associate professor at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, upholds a traditional Māori view of water as a sacred taonga, as something to be treasured, rather than being framed as a property right and commodity.

To talk about what we should change to protect our water in Aotearoa, Producer Max spoke to Dan Hikuroa.