Diving

Rotorua children are learning from the environment.

They want to restore seas and reclaim their areas taonga.

Free water safety lessons in Southland and Otago are aimed at reducing the drowning rates of Māori while underwater kai gathering.

With Christmas and summer on the horizon, Rotorua-based dive instructor Renee Tapsell (Te Arawa) says more and more whānau will be out on the water diving for kaimoana.

"Far out, some of the places we were jumping from I didn't even want to go near them, I was scared as"