Recloaking the Bay | Watch Online
- Lian Soh
- Nov 23
- 1 min read
The film Recloaking the Bay is now available to watch online, following its special screening at the Capitol Theatre in Te Puke earlier this month. It is a grounded, local look at how a whole-of-catchment approach is being used to restore the Rotorua lakes. The story follows seven farmers who are working collectively to improve the health of whenua and wai. The documentary shows how practical on-farm actions are lifting water quality across our 13 lakes and coastal estuaries in the Bay of Plenty.
For kaiako, Recloaking the Bay provides rich learning material connected to place-based science, freshwater systems, land use, biodiversity, and the role of communities in environmental change. It also offers a hopeful and realistic example of what long-term regional collaboration can achieve.
The film is supported by Wai Kōkopu, and the team is encouraging people to share the video widely. You can watch it on YouTube and use it as a starting point for classroom learning or local inquiry projects connected to water quality, catchment health, or regenerative approaches to land stewardship.
