THESIS: He Kākano Ahau: Exploring Everyday Engagement with Rongoā Māori and Well-Being
Rongoā Māori is a holistic healing system based on traditional Māori beliefs and values. Although New Zealanders use rongoā to tend to health and well-being,…
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How do Scientists Understand Myrtle Rust?
Conversations with six myrtle rust experts from Scion, Plant and Food and Beyond Myrtle Rust Commissioned by Centre for Indigenous Psychologies, and He Taonga Kē…
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BRIEF: Toitū te Ngahere
Mobilising for Action’s Toitū te Ngahere (TTN) project partnered with five primary schools, in Auckland and on Aotea Great Barrier Island, to create children’s art…
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What Does The Ideal Forest Biosecurity System Look Like?
This visual graphic was developed for a policy workshop with Auckland Council to outline concerns community had raised about how they would like to be…
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Invasive alien species: denialism, disagreement, definitions, and dialogue
We recently suggested in TREE that recent elements of invasion biology discourse might be categorised as cases of more general science denialism. We did not intend…
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How do we restore New Zealand’s biological heritage by 2050?
If we are to make meaningful and measurable progress in restoring New Zealand’s biological heritage by 2050, a range of fundamental issues need to be…
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The Eco-index research programme: Aotearoa New Zealand’s answer for effective investment in biodiversity restoration
Catherine Kirby is the Communication & Relationships Manager for the Eco-index research programme as well as Programme Manager for the People, Cities & Nature research programme, part of…
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Scientists’ Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems
The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization,…
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Te ara o te moa: Patua te ngangara e kai ana i nga rakau taketake o Aotearoa
He taonga tūturu ngā rākau taketake o Aotearoa. Engari, ka matemate haere ētahi o ngā rākau taonga kei te ngahere, nā te ngāngara e kai…
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Toi Taiao Whakatairanga: Tukanga: Processes of Navigating the Interface between Art Curation/Research, Forest Ecologies and Māori Perspectives
What processes are involved in navigating the interface between mātauranga Māori/Māori knowledge frameworks, Western arts, and science perspectives when working to raise public awareness of…
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Park Rangers and Science-Public Expertise: Science as Care in Biosecurity for Kauri Trees in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Park rangers hold a unique set of knowledge—of science, of publics, of institutional structures, of place, and of self—that should be recognised as valuable. For…
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Mātauranga Māori: shaping marine and freshwater futures
This special issue brings together rich and diverse experiences and opinions on how mātauranga Māori is informing current, and can inform future, research and decision-making…
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Caring for our special places and relationships
This guidance presents a briefing on the research undertaken by Tapsell (2022) which explored the dual issue of care (for each other and for the…
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Transformational Transparency in Supply Chains: Leveraging Technology to Drive Radical Change
Many companies are implementing transparency initiatives to improve environmental and social impacts throughout their supply chains. Meaningful change, however, is elusive, and transparency efforts are…
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Using DNA meta barcoding to assess New Zealand’s terrestrial biodiversity
High throughput DNA sequencing technology has enabled entire biological communities to be characterised from DNA derived from pools of organisms, such as bulk-collected invertebrates, or…
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Opportunities and limitations for DNA metabarcoding in Australasian plant-pathogen biosecurity
Protecting plants from new pathogen incursions requires effective surveillance practices. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding shows considerable promise for detecting invasive organisms in terrestrial and aquatic…
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