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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #144 Enhancing an Estuary, Restoring a River
Description: In this first episode of the New Year, we are telling a story about renewal. A project in 1950s New Zealand called the Kaituna Cut re-diverted a river, draining wetlands to create pasture.Â
But working against nature can have negative consequences. The process caused the MaketÅ« estuary to silt, and biodiversity to crash.Â
Now, following a multi-decade campaign led by local Maori groups, a re-diversion of the river has begun the process of restoring the land and water to its former health.
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