Kaupapa Māori

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How an Indigenous community responded to the incursion and spread of myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) that threatens culturally significant plant species – a case study from New Zealand

The incursion of the myrtle rust disease (Austropuccinia psidii) was officially confirmed on 3 May 2017 at a plant nursery located in Kerikeri, North Island,…

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Contribution of Indigenous Peoples’ understandings and relational frameworks to invasive alien species management

Introduced species that spread and become invasive are recognised as a major threat to global biological diversity, ecosystem resilience and economic stability. Eradication is often…

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Māori perspectives on the uses of DNA data

Wānanga 2: Māori perspectives on the uses of DNA data Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series Facilitators: Dr Alana Alexander, Ngāpuhi: Te…

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Transitioning Environmental Governance: Tikanga Māori and a Political Ethic of Care

This thesis outlines the important roles that tikanga and care ethics have in the governance of our environment. Current governing practices and systems in Aotearoa…

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Te Kura Whakaaro o Tāne

Te Kura Whakaaro o Tāne – he pukapuka tēnei e whakamānawa ana i ngā mahi patu kīrearea a Tame Malcolm (Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao). Kua…

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Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Final Report

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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CHAPTER: Indigenous biosecurity: past, present and future

Environmental management is culturally and economically significant to Indigenous communities, and these communities increasingly recognise biosecurity as vital to maintaining their traditional ecosystems and supporting…

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Te Oati – Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho Mōteatea

Te Oati is a mōteatea that was composed by Waimirirangi Ormsby to reaffirm the vision and mission of the Biological Heritage Science Challenge as committed…

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He taonga kē ngā kaumātua: Kaumātua perspectives of te taiao, ngahere and taonga species

Funded by the Mobilising for Action theme, and led by the Centre for Indigenous Psychologies , this storymap documents themes that emerged from wānanga (purposeful…

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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…

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Ancient Rongoā Māori practices to fight Kauri dieback are part of a broader revival of indigenous traditional practices in NZ

Traditional Rongoā Māori health practitioners claim indigenous treatments are curing Kauri trees of dieback and the Government is investing.

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Towards rangatiratanga in pest management? Māori perspectives and frameworks on novel biotechnologies in conservation

We gathered Māori perspectives on novel biotechnological controls for pest wasps through three distinct studies. Study participants included tertiary students, businesses, and spiritual or religiously…

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Key Māori values strengthen the mapping of forest ecosystems services

Different value-belief systems influence the importance placed upon ecosystem services (ES) and their benefits, in particular cultural ecosystem services. We mapped forest values to interview…

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Hōhā Riha: Pest Insect Control in Māori Tradition

Ongoing Māori connections to natural environments mean that tangata whenua ‘people of the land’ and mātauranga Māori ‘Māori knowledge’ must be key to identifying, designing…

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‘Pūrākau o te Ngahere’: Indigenous Māori Interpretations, Expressions and Connection to Taonga Species and Biosecurity Issues

The utility of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledges) in Aotearoa|New Zealand Forest conservation is not particularly visible in research and policy. Indeed, current forest biosecurity processes…

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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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How an Indigenous community responded to the incursion and spread of myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) that threatens culturally significant plant species – a case study from New Zealand

Contribution of Indigenous Peoples’ understandings and relational frameworks to invasive alien species management

Māori perspectives on the uses of DNA data

Transitioning Environmental Governance: Tikanga Māori and a Political Ethic of Care

Te Kura Whakaaro o Tāne

Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Final Report

CHAPTER: Indigenous biosecurity: past, present and future

Te Oati – Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho Mōteatea

He taonga kē ngā kaumātua: Kaumātua perspectives of te taiao, ngahere and taonga species

Te Māra Tautāne

Ancient Rongoā Māori practices to fight Kauri dieback are part of a broader revival of indigenous traditional practices in NZ

Towards rangatiratanga in pest management? Māori perspectives and frameworks on novel biotechnologies in conservation

Key Māori values strengthen the mapping of forest ecosystems services

Hōhā Riha: Pest Insect Control in Māori Tradition

‘Pūrākau o te Ngahere’: Indigenous Māori Interpretations, Expressions and Connection to Taonga Species and Biosecurity Issues

Steps towards authentic Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationships at a local government level

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