How Does Waikato-Tainui taking on the Government | 1News Work?

Waikato-Tainui is like a team that helps protect and care for special places, and they’re now going up against the Government in a game to make sure those places stay strong and healthy.

Imagine you have a big, beautiful garden, it’s full of flowers, trees, and butterflies. This garden is special because your family has taken care of it for generations. Now, someone wants to build a big road through the middle of it. Your team (Waikato-Tainui) says, “Wait! That will hurt our garden!” So they go up against the Government, like a team who might be building that road, in a kind of game called 1News Work.

In this game, people from both teams talk about how to take care of the garden. They might say things like:

• “We can build the road but we need to plant new trees.”
• “Let’s find a way that works for everyone!”

They’re trying to make sure the garden, and all the special places it stands for, stays beautiful for the future.

It’s a bit like when you and your friend both want to play with the same toy, so you talk about how to share it.