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Tuākana/Teina Water Warriors Project: A collaborative learning model integrating mātauranga Māori and science

The Water Warriors is a collaborative project between Te Pā o Rākaihautū and Hagley Community College that was established to look after the waterways and…
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The (social) science of Te Whakahononga – Leane Makey

Presented as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake.   To find out more about Te Whakahononga please click the link…
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Evaluation of a traditional Māori harvesting method for sampling kōura (freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons) and toi toi (bully, Gobiomorphus spp.) populations in two New Zealand streams

Representative sampling of crayfish in streams is often impractical, especially in non-wadable habitats, or in areas with soft substrates. Whakaweku are artificial habitats made from…
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So Where to From Here? TTW’s Vision for our Kete

A presentation from Melanie Mark Shadbolt as part of the Te Mana Motuhake o te Kākano: Māori Seed Conservation Hui held online, 16 October 2023.…
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Hōhonu: Deepening Te Ao Māori within Aotearoa New Zealand’s environmental restoration work

I hangaia a Hōhonu hei tautoko i te hunga tiaki taiao. Hōhonu is a new tool to help those working in environmental stewardship, and specifically…
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Centring Indigenous knowledge systems to re-imagine conservation translocations

Now more than ever, creative solutions that bring together diverse ways of knowing and seeing the world are needed to restore and enhance biocultural diversity…
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Ngati Huarere ki Whangapoua: He toro ki te Whangapoua BMA

An ArcGIS storymap created by the Whangapoua Biodiversity Management Area documenting the research mahi delivered through Te Whakahononga Pou and funded by Ngā Rākau Taketake.
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Phytophthora agathidicida: research progress, cultural perspectives and knowledge gaps in the control and management of kauri dieback in New Zealand

Kauri (Agathis australis), which is one of the world’s largest and longest-living conifer species, is under threat from a root and collar dieback disease caused…
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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…
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BRIEF: Me Tū ā-Uru – Together for a flourishing Aotearoa

Embracing Te Tiriti o Waitangi can foster a thriving community where everyone feels they belong. Together, we can create a flourishing Aotearoa that benefits both…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Māori conservation map

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Māori conservation map, with Aroha Mead, Independent Research Director
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Te maunga e tautari mai naa

Te maunga e tautari mai naa – he pukapuka teenei e whakamaanawa ana i ngaa mahi tiaki kiwi na Maia Hauata (Ngāti Apakura, Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti…
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BRIEF: Integrated Surveillance

Te Tiriti-based surveillance for Forest Pathogens This research aimed to elevate mana whenua into the biosecurity and biodiversity management system, lifting mātauranga Māori (indigenous science)…
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Affirming Connections and Growing Kaitiakitanga for Healthy Ngahere

This report documents the visit and collaboration that occurred in March 2024 between Rongomaiwahine and Ngāti Hine, which supported the cultural systems and people that…
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Crazy & Ambitious – 2017

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge inaugural conference, Crazy & Ambitious. 8-10 May 2017, Te Papa Wellington
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Ko au te ngahere: Rongoā Practitioners and Kaitiaki perspectives on the value and meaning of the forest

He Taonga Kē Te Ngahere is about better understanding the meaning and value Māori give to te taiao (the natural environment), ngahere (forest) and taonga…
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