Building Social Cohesion Through Just Relationships
Starting at 9m31s is Dr Carwyn Jones’ introduction and lecture on building social cohesion given at the Napier Pilot City Trust – Unity Day 2022.
Governance & Policy
How do we change our political system to best protect our biological heritage?
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Proceedings and conclusions of a workshop on biodiversity data sharing and sovereignty
Highlights from discussions at this workshop.
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Resourcing rangatiratanga as part of constitutional transformation: taking equity and sovereignty seriously
This study explores possibilities for resourcing rangatiratanga, or Indigenous self-determination. We start by illustrating the role of taxation in erasing Indigenous sovereignty to first establish…
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Teach Indigenous knowledge alongside science
Conflict has grown around Indigenous knowledge in education policy. There has been growing acceptance of the value of Indigenous knowledge for promoting ecological resilience, transformational…
Summary
BRIEF: Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network
Across Aotearoa New Zealand, collectives of community groups, iwi, councils, businesses, and others are joining forces to enhance ecosystem regeneration.
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Making the Kāwanatanga Accountable for Te Tiriti: Possible Mechanisms for Fiscal Accountability
Any progress made by Indigenous peoples in advancing accountability within a settler-colony is fragile. At the time of writing, many of the processes that have…
Webinar
Crazy & Ambitious 4: What is a good decision in biosecurity?
Online quick-fire presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: ‘What is a good decision in biosecurity?’, with Melanie Newfield.
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Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Palmerston North
This project has been designed to assist DOC to better understand their challenges and priorities when partnering with Māori, identifying material and resources likely to…
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Te Māra Tautāne
Te Māra Tautāne is a collaborative research project between hapū members of Te Māhurehure in the Rūātoki Valley, and researchers at the Centre for Indigenous…
Media
Co-governance what is it – and what’s driving the debate?
The interpretation and definition of partnership and co-governance under Te Tiriti o Waitangi has been back in the public eye generating claims of division and…
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Wai 262 – Briefing on natural resource governance and policy recommendations
Ko Aotearoa Tēnei: A report into claims concerning New Zealand law & policy affecting Māori culture and identity, Volume 1 & 2. Ko Aotearoa Tenei…
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Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand
In this article, we explore options to enhance native biodiversity conservation within New Zealand pastoral systems. We argue that there is strong synergistic interdependence between…
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Rationale for a minimum 15% ecosystem land cover target
The Eco-index team developed a 2121 National Biodiversity Vision that sets long-term goals to Protect, Restore and Connect native ecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand by…
Policy Briefing
Briefing to the incoming ministers for the Environment and Conservation
This brief was created by the Adaptive Governance and Policy Group (Strategic Outcome 7), BioHeritage National Science Challenge, Ngā Koiora Tuku Iko. This Challenge aims…
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Steps towards authentic Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationships at a local government level
The Review into the Future for Local Government (The Review) is an independent review exploring new approaches to local governance where communities can “prosper and…
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Complementarity of indigenous and western scientific approaches for monitoring forest state
Cross-cultural environmental monitoring systems inform on a broad suite of indicators relevant to both scientific and local communities. In this study, we used forest-plot-based survey…
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