Kauri Ora

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Artistic practice, public awareness, and the ngahere: art–science–Indigenous Māori collaborations for raising awareness of threats to native forests

We build a rationale for a nuanced approach to raising public awareness of ecological threats through interweaving art, science, and Mātauranga Māori (Indigenous Māori knowledge).…

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THESIS: Protecting New Zealand’s Kauri Through Good Practice: Dog Walkers

This Master’s thesis research engaged with dog walkers to examine their experiences and practices within the kauri landscape. The aim of this approach was to…

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Presentation

A round table exploration of Indigenous rights and participation in plant pathology

Marsh A, Parata H, Ashby T. 2023. A round table exploration of Indigenous rights and participation in plant pathology. International Congress of Plant Pathology. 21/08/2023…

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Te Kōhanga Āhuru

An ArcGIS storymap created by the Ngāti Mutanga Biodiversity Management Area documenting the research mahi delivered through Te Whakahononga Pou and funded by Ngā Rākau…

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Report

Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Hamilton | Kirikiriroa

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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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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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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THESIS: Engagement Beyond Inclusion: Reframing Citizen Science in Aotearoa New Zealand

Citizen science challenges the conventional notion of research as an exclusive domain of professional scientists, by fostering collaboration to actively engage members of the public…

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Video

Kauri K9s

Included in Auckland Council’s defences against kauri dieback are trained sniffer dogs. These dogs can accurately detect the microscopic pathogen (phytophthora agathidicida) that causes kauri…

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Media

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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Webinar

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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Publication

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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Publication

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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Artistic practice, public awareness, and the ngahere: art–science–Indigenous Māori collaborations for raising awareness of threats to native forests

THESIS: Protecting New Zealand’s Kauri Through Good Practice: Dog Walkers

A round table exploration of Indigenous rights and participation in plant pathology

Te Kōhanga Āhuru

Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Hamilton | Kirikiriroa

CHAPTER: Indigenous biosecurity: past, present and future

Protocols for the ethical safe storage of taonga seeds

Mai i te pū ki te wānanga

THESIS: Engagement Beyond Inclusion: Reframing Citizen Science in Aotearoa New Zealand

Kauri K9s

Traditional Māori medicine helps kauri health, long-term monitoring suggests

Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance (MMFS) for Plant Pathogens | GRISS Nov 2022

Mobilising for Action 2022

Methodological sensitivities for co-producing knowledge through enduring trustful partnerships

What We Do in Kauri Forests: Exploring the Affective Worlds of ‘High Risk’ Users of Vulnerable Forest Areas in Aotearoa | New Zealand

Plant-pathogen management in a native forest ecosystem

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