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Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in New Zealand and Australia, and on a wider comparative study of water deities, this paper explores how such beings are resurfacing in the political arena. Representing non-human agency, and promoting the beliefs, values and interests of indigenous communities, ‘traditional’ water beings are gaining a centrally important role in conflicts over water ownership and governance.
