are only partially metered or not metered at all, which exacerbates the adaptation challenge . Unregulated or absent water supplies accentuate risks to vulnerable groups of people . Maori view water as the essence of all life, which makes any impacts on water a governance and stewardship concern, and increasingly, the subject of legal claims  . Māori understanding of time can also open up new spaces for rethinking freshwater management in a climate change context that does not reinforce or rearticulate multiple environmental injustices .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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