Ecological importance of the Myrtaceae in New Zealand’s natural forests
The Myrtaceae is a woody family that plays an important role in forest ecosystems globally. The recent spread of myrtle rust, caused by a fungal…
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Updating the toolbox in the fight against Phytophthora agathidicida – Marion Wood
Presented as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake. To find our more about the Control, Protect, Cure research theme…
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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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Ngati Huarere ki Whangapoua: He toro ki te Whangapoua BMA
An ArcGIS storymap created by the Whangapoua Biodiversity Management Area documenting the research mahi delivered through Te Whakahononga Pou and funded by Ngā Rākau Taketake.
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National Conversations on Genetic Technologies for Environmental Purposes
To better understand what ‘suitable’ means to the public of Aotearoa New Zealand, we have engaged people in dialogic and deliberative processes to enable them…
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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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Crazy & Ambitious 2 – 2019
A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge conference, Crazy & Ambitious 2. 20 – 21 May 2019, Te Papa Wellington.
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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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BRIEF: Toi Taiao Whakatairanga
Toi Taiao Whakatairanga was a research project looking at how public arts practice can cultivate and grow public awareness of, and positive engagement with, kauri…
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Clashing epistemologies and contrasting injustice: an Aotearoa/ New Zealand case
How, as researchers, do we recognise and address the implicit biases when engaging across multiple knowledge ecologies. In this paper, we consider the way historical…
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Newly-found myrtle rust putting Waitakere Ranges at risk
First, it was kauri dieback, now another disease is putting Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges under threat, myrtle rust has been found there for the first time.…
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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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Mai i te Pū ki te Wānanga: Interpreting Synchronistic Meaning Through a Wānanga Methodology
Making sense of synchronistic meaning between seemingly unrelated events is normalised within a Māori cultural context. However, westernised methodological approaches to exploring such phenomena are…
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Evaluation of droplet-vitrification, vacuum infiltration vitrification and encapsulation-dehydration for cryopreservation of Syzygium maire zygotic embryos
Syzygium maire is a threatened tree species with limited information on long-term storage options for its recalcitrant seed. The objective of this research is to evaluate…
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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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