Kaupapa Māori

Research focussed on uplifting Te Ao Māori, led by Māori researchers.

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Shouldering the burden: social-ecological scale mismatches in wetland ecosystem management in Aotearoa New Zealand

Social-ecological mismatches in scale limit the recovery of ecosystems from environmental degradation, severely impacting the diverse groups who rely on them. Identifying scale mismatches across…
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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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Webinar

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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Report

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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Indigenous Knowledges of forest and biodiversity management: how the watchfulness of Māori complements and contributes to disaster risk reduction

The United Nations Sendai Framework 2015-30 for disaster risk reduction (DRR) reaffirms the role of Indigenous Knowledges (IK) as complementing and contributing to more effective…
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Summary

Protocols for the ethical safe storage of taonga seeds

At the highest level, the focus of seed banking should be on establishing a system which best benefits te taiao. To do this, Māori must…
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Report

Kānuka and whānau of the Whareponga Valley – He taonga kē te ngahere team

Kānuka is a taonga species. Endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, this plant (also known as Kunzea ericoides) is part of the myrtaceae family and is…
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Video

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…
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Media

Striving for recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi motivates Dr Carwyn Jones

Dr Carwyn Jones’ vision is to see Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the law given equal mana. Carwyn who holds a PhD in law and…
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New Directions for Resource Management in New Zealand

Report of the Resource Management Review Panel. June 2020; Tony Randerson et al.
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Webinar

Poutū-te-rangi 2023 Whāki webinar – Eco-index

An open kōrerorero facilitated by Maui Hudson with Catherine Kirby and Corey Ruha from the Eco-index team. Catherine gives background on the projects mahi for…
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Walking, Sensing, Knowing: An Ethnography on Foot Around Forest Biosecurity Interventions in Te-Ika-ā-Māui

Walking has gained prominence in social sciences as a source of inspiration for scholarly narratives and methodological experimentation with embodied ways of knowing. Walking across…
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Elevating and Recognising Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples to Improve Forest Biosecurity

Current forest biosecurity systems and processes employed in many countries are, in large, constructs of Western principles, values and science knowledge that have been introduced…
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Presentation

He Taonga Kē Ngā Kaumātua – Ariana Apiti

He Taonga Kē Ngā Kaumātua: Kaumātua perspectives of te taiao, ngahere and taonga species. Presented by Mobilising for Action researcher Ariana Apiti, as part of…
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Co-Governance and the Case for Shared Decision Making

This article explores some of the key features of co-governance, or shared decision making, between Māori and the Crown. Co-governance models create the conditions for…
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