Kauri Ora

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Indigenous Māori of Aotearoa (New Zealand): Environmental Identity, Rather Than Māori Identity Per Se, Has Greatest Influence on Environmental Distress

For the Indigenous Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand, the natural environment has traditionally been an essential source of sustenance, well-being, and identity. Contemporary Māori are…

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Can seed banking assist in conserving the highly endemic New Zealand indigenous flora?

Globally, plant species are facing numerous threats; an issue particularly acute for island floras, which often exhibit high levels of endemism. Ex situ conservation in…

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The threat of a major tree pathogen to forest soil mesofauna food webs and ecosystem functioning

This research focuses on the impact of Phytophthora agathidicida on the soil mesofauna community structure, functional feeding groups and energy fluxes in kauri forests, for kauri…

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Mātauranga Māori framework for surveillance of plant pathogens

Faced with growing biosecurity risks and threats, countries worldwide seek to protect their biodiversity from ecosystem degradation and loss. Biosecurity surveillance of plant pathogens and…

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Tauranga Moana – Mauao

Ngā Pūrākau o Tauranga Moana: Pōhutukawa Moana An ArcGIS storymap created by the Tauranga Moana Biodiversity Management Area documenting the research mahi delivered through Te…

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Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Kerikeri

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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Te Mana Motuhake o te kākano: what seed sovereignty means for us.

Melanie Mark-Shadbolt (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitane, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa, Tūwharetoa, Whakatohea, Te Ātiawa) an indigenous environmental advocate who is a co-founder and trustee…

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Conservation and Restoration 2021

It’s a huge challenge to conserve and restore kauri and native plants vulnerable to myrtle rust for future generations. It requires Te Ao Māori world…

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Te mauri o te Kauri me te ngahere

Ko te Kauri he rākau rongonui, he rākau rangatira puta noa i Te Tai Tokerau. The Kauri (Agatha australis) is a chiefly tree that represents…

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Summary

BRIEF: Toitū te Ngahere

Mobilising for Action’s Toitū te Ngahere (TTN) project partnered with five primary schools, in Auckland and on Aotea Great Barrier Island, to create children’s art…

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What Does The Ideal Forest Biosecurity System Look Like?

This visual graphic was developed for a policy workshop with Auckland Council to outline concerns community had raised about how they would like to be…

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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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Integrated Surveilance 2022

The ‘Integrated Surveillance’ team is elevating the status of the environment into Aotearoa New Zealand’s biosecurity surveillance system. The environment-centric surveillance framework focuses on…

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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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Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Relation to Kauri Dieback: When Place Attachment Is Not Enough

The iconic kauri tree of Aotearoa New Zealand is under increasing threat due to the plant disease kauri dieback, with human activity believed to be…

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The Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) profile of Phytophthora agathidicida and its potential use as diagnostic tool

Phytophthora diseases cause devastation to crops and native ecosystems worldwide. In New Zealand, Phytophthora agathidicida is threatening the survival of kauri, an endemic, culturally and…

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Indigenous Māori of Aotearoa (New Zealand): Environmental Identity, Rather Than Māori Identity Per Se, Has Greatest Influence on Environmental Distress

Can seed banking assist in conserving the highly endemic New Zealand indigenous flora?

The threat of a major tree pathogen to forest soil mesofauna food webs and ecosystem functioning

Mātauranga Māori framework for surveillance of plant pathogens

Tauranga Moana – Mauao

Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Kerikeri

Te Mana Motuhake o te kākano: what seed sovereignty means for us.

Conservation and Restoration 2021

Te mauri o te Kauri me te ngahere

BRIEF: Toitū te Ngahere

What Does The Ideal Forest Biosecurity System Look Like?

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

Integrated Surveilance 2022

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

Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Relation to Kauri Dieback: When Place Attachment Is Not Enough

The Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) profile of Phytophthora agathidicida and its potential use as diagnostic tool

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Strengthening connections through taonga pūoro

Stepping up: Mark Harvey joins co-leadership of Mobilising for Action

Stepping up: Cecilia Arienti-Latham joins Waitangi Wood to co-lead Integrated Surveillance

Stepping down: Natasha Tassell-Matamua moving from co-lead to researcher for Theme 2

Risk of Phytophthora highlighted at dedicated symposium

Risk Assessment and Ecosystem Impacts PhD positions

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