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THESIS: Novel biotechnological controls for social wasp eradication: Exploring religious and spiritual Māori perceptions using a Q-Method and kaupapa Māori methodology

This thesis explores the perceptions religious and/or spiritual Māori have about five biotechnological controls proposed for the eradication of the Vespula germanica (German) and Vespula vulgaris (common) wasp-species in…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Bio-cultural biodiversity monitoring

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Bio-cultural approach to biodiversity monitoring, with Dion Pou, Te Atatu Marae Whanau Committee and Rivercare Te Wai o…
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Tohora rāo ko Kauri

Tohora rāo ko Kauri – he pukapuka tēnei e kōrero ana mō te hononga i waenga i te tohorā me te kauri. Anei ngā kōrero…
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Mātauranga Māori in the Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance of Plant Pathogens – A Literature Review

This report has been commissioned by Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research as part of the research programme ‘Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance (MMFS) of Plant Pathogens’.…
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Oranga Programme – Project Reflections on Outcomes and Impacts

This report outlines the results of reflective conversations with each of the Oranga Programme mātauranga based Project team leads. Specifically, these Projects include: RA1 –…
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Crazy & Ambitious 3 – 2022

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge online conference, Crazy & Ambitious 3. 24 – 27 May 2022. This event…
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Mai i te pū ki te wānanga

Used as both a noun and a verb , the term wānanga can be applied across many contexts. As a noun, wānanga is used to…
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Te Tukumate – The Pathogen

Te Taiao Whakatairanga, a cross-disciplinary research project bringing together arts, science and te ao Māori to raise awareness of threats to the health of our…
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Traditional Māori medicine helps kauri health, long-term monitoring suggests 

Trees impacted by kauri dieback disease are showing signs of recovery thanks to traditional Māori medicine, a practitioner says. Rongoā Māori practitioner Tohe Ashby has…
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Novel biotechnologies for eradicating wasps: seeking Māori studies students’ perspectives with Q method

Aligned with the New Zealand government’s ‘Predator-Free 2050’ target for Aotearoa New Zealand, National Science Challenge: Our biological Heritage supports research into five distinct ‘novel…
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A representation of a Tuawhenua worldview guides environmental conservation

Cultural expressions related to the kererū demonstrated the cultural significance of the bird to Tuawhenua that went well beyond the ecological and intrinsic value of the species. The Tuawhenua worldview…
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Oranga 2022

Oranga is a suite of kaupapa Māori projects that aim to restore the collective health of trees, forests and people. The team will do this…
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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 heahea me ngā toi, te hikohiko: Productive Idiocy, mātauranga Māori and Art-activism Strategies in Aotearoa/New Zealand

This article explores what it can mean to navigate notions of productive idiocy with aspects of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge), through some recent art-as-activism practices…
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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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Indigenous Resource Management Plans: Transporting Non-Indigenous People into the Indigenous World

The paper explores the degree to which Indigenous groups perceive that resource management plans they develop are able to help deliver outcomes they seek through…
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