Environmental Checklist of resources

Environmental aspect

Resources contained

Possible uses by each group

How we can tell today

Moriori

European

Maori

Te Whanga Lagoon

Eels, cockles, mussels, whitebait, flounder, herring, water, sharks teeth

Food source, transport, water.

Place to carve limestone, perhaps of worship, place of meeting of tribes

Food source, method of getting from A-B

Sharks teeth for decoration. Place of leisure

Food source, water,  method of getting from A-B.

Moriori/European/Maori:

Relics such as midden sites, and artefacts.

Sharks teeth. Tradition

European: Photographs

The forest environment itself

Trees, plants, hills, waterways, hollows, lakes, stone outcrops, clearings

Shelter

Grazing, crops, stone

Protection/shelter

Moriori: artefacts, tradition, studies

European: Clearings,  Photographs, pasture, artefacts

Maori: artefacts, traditions,

Plants

Trees, shrubs, grasses,

Medicine, food, firewood,  weapons, tools, building material,

Tree carvings

shelter, firewood,  tools, building materials, study

Medicine, food, shelter, firewood,  weapons, tools, building material

Moriori: Tree carvings, traditions

European: remains of old buildings. Museums, Photographs

Maori: artefacts, traditions

Birdlife:

Pigeon, Taiko, weka, muttonbirds, plovers, albatross

Food, feathers for decoration, bones for tools.

Food, sport, study

Food

Moriori: midden sites, artifacts, traditions,

Europeans: museums,  Photographs

Maori: traditions

Stones

Schist, agyllite, obsidian, basalt, limestone, pumice, sandstone.

Adzes , burial boxes, cutting slashing, skinning, firestones, umu, Grinding adzes, anchors and sinkers,

Selling adzes, study

anchors

Moriori: Artifacts and old stones  traditions workings/sites

Europeans: Photographs Museums

Maori: artefacts

Streams/Rivers

Eel, whitebait, fresh water

Transport, food, drinking,

Transport, Food, drinking

Transport, food, drinking,

Moriori: Traditions,

European: Photographs

Maori:

Off shore Islands

Albatross, mutton birds, gulls, bluebellies, eggs, pigeon, seals

Food, tools,

Food, seals, study

Food

Moriori: artefacts, tradition

European: photgraphs, museums, records

Maori:tradition

Sea

Seals, shark, blue cod, butterfish, hapuka, conga eels, blind eels, whitebait, herring, whales, sea weed, kelp, octopus, starfish, kina, paua, lobster,crab, salt

Food, clothing, transport, tools, decoration

Food, income, transport

Food, income, transport

Moriori: middens,  arefacts, photographs, tradition,

European: history, photographs, museums,

Maori: traditions, recorded history, photgraphs,

Weather

Rain, hail, sleet, snow, wind, sun, night, day, winter, summer, autumn, spring, tides,

Water, warmth, clues to seasons, for birding and fishing.

Water, warmth, growth of crops,

Water, warmth, seasons for crops and birds.

Moriori: artefacts, location of sites. (shelter)

European: North facing sites

Maori: location of pa’s (sheltered)