April 07, 2022
Foggy thinking not plane solution
Tohunga and tikanga expert Rereata Makiha says a plan to clear fog from Wellington Airport is short sighted.
Christchurch start-up Pyper Vision is developing a spray to absorb moisture from the air.
Heavy fog last week affected more than two hundred flights coming in and out of the capital.
Mr Mahika says kohu or fog acts as an important mediator between Rangi and Papa at this time of year, with an Uenuku, a rainbow being a sign of harmony.
It’s a natural cycle.
“What those scientists should do is predict those repeating cycles and you know kohu is going to come in eh, mitigate that by moving the airport somewhere else or the incoming passengers like they used to do in the past so because we don’t know the effect on the environment if you start doing stupid things like that,” he says.
Rereata Makiha is this year’s KiwiBank Senior New Zealander of the Year for his contributions to mātauranga Māori.