Professional Engineering Development
Abstract
New Zealand was inhabited by indigenous people before the European sailors, fishermen and sailors started coming to the waters off its coast. The Māoiri culture and the European culture were in conflict from the beginning due to their different understandings of the purpose of earth’s resources. The Waikato River system is important to the Māoiri because of its ancient spiritual meanings as well as its modern practical uses; it is also important to the New Zealand European descendants for its modern uses. The Waikato River has an infrastructure of dams that provide hydroelectric power. A ...
