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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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Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance (MMFS) for Plant Pathogens | GRISS Nov 2022
In the past, there has been a disconnect and little collaboration between the people and organisations doing work on the plant pathogens that cause myrtle…
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Mobilising for Action 2022
The ‘Mobilising for Action’ team are researching the human dimensions of ngahere health in Aotearoa, and more specifically the people and communities affected by, or…
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Methodological sensitivities for co-producing knowledge through enduring trustful partnerships
Indigenous ways of caring for the environment have long been marginalised through research methodologies that are blind to a range of ways of knowing the…
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What We Do in Kauri Forests: Exploring the Affective Worlds of ‘High Risk’ Users of Vulnerable Forest Areas in Aotearoa | New Zealand
Public use and anthropogenic activity are recognised sources of damage and threat to vulnerable forest areas in New Zealand, but also globally, through the spread…
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Plant-pathogen management in a native forest ecosystem
Forest ecosystems all over the world are facing a growing threat from plant disease outbreaks. As pollution, climate change, and global pathogen movement intensify, so…
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Oranga and Te Mauri o te Kauri – Melanie Mark-Shadbolt and Valance Smith
Presented by Oranga co-leads and researchers Valance Smith and Melanie Mark-Shadbolt as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake. Find…
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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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Seed Banking our Indigenous Species: What do we know?
A presentation given as part of the Te Mana Motuhake o te Kākano: Māori Seed Conservation Hui held online, 16 October 2023. In this presentation,…
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Addressing Epistemic Injustice: Engaging Children as Environmental Communicators to Support the Long-Term Sustainability of Forest Ecosystems
Closure of a forest for biosecurity purposes led to the marginalisation and disconnection of Year 6 children from a local forest of significance to them…
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Ngatirua – Huarahi Tika
An ArcGIS storymap created by the Ngatirua Biodiversity Management Area documenting the research mahi delivered through Te Whakahononga Pou and funded by Ngā Rākau Taketake.
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Matauranga-guided screening of New Zealand native plants reveals flavonoids from kanuka (Kunzea robusta) with anti-Phytophthora activity
Kauri is an ecologically important and culturally treasured tree species in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is under threat from the pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora agathidicida, which causes…
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