Kauri Ora

Research on the health of kauri trees and their forests.

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He Taonga Kē Ngā Kaumātua: Kaumātua Perspectives of te Taiao, Ngahere and Taonga Species

Māori cultural beliefs, values and practices are intimately connected to te taiao, the natural environment. While te taiao is of unique cultural significance, contemporary Māori…
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Te ara o te moa: Patua te ngangara e kai ana i nga rakau taketake o Aotearoa

He taonga tūturu ngā rākau taketake o Aotearoa. Engari, ka matemate haere ētahi o ngā rākau taonga kei te ngahere, nā te ngāngara e kai…
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Toi Taiao Whakatairanga: Tukanga: Processes of Navigating the Interface between Art Curation/Research, Forest Ecologies and Māori Perspectives

What processes are involved in navigating the interface between mātauranga Māori/Māori knowledge frameworks, Western arts, and science perspectives when working to raise public awareness of…
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Park Rangers and Science-Public Expertise: Science as Care in Biosecurity for Kauri Trees in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Park rangers hold a unique set of knowledge—of science, of publics, of institutional structures, of place, and of self—that should be recognised as valuable. For…
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Ngā Rākau Taketake scoping panel report

This report was created by the Ngā Rākau Taketake scoping group and focuses on combatting the plant pathogens that cause kauri dieback and myrtle rust.…
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Capturing forest structure with high density laser scanning – Malte Cordes

Presented as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake.   To find out more about the Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts…
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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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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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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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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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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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