(1/4) Mahinga kai (food gathering) is still practised in the Te Arawa Rotorua Lakes of Aotearoa New Zealand. However, biophysical characteristics and geothermal influences in these lakes result in high concentrations of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Hg and Zn).
This study identified that concentrations of heavy metals vary spatially within Lake Tarawera, with greater concentrations in areas of higher water flow, p
