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  • Mātauranga Māori of naturally occurring toxins in native plants: Potential for Possum Control

    Māori have voiced a range of concerns regarding the aerial application of 1080 bait and expressed the view that alternatives to 1080 are needed. One idea is that there may be toxins already present in plants in New Zealand's ecosystems that could perform well as alternative pest control tools.
     

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    Environment

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  • Mātauranga Māori: Enhancing Māori-medium schooling

    Kia Ārohi Kia Mārama - Scoping Excellence

    What aspects of mātauranga Māori are relevant to Māori-medium schools, for example mātauranga pūtaiao, that promote the wellbeing of the students, the kura, the place and the community?

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    Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori
    Te Reo

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  • Mate Māori - Kōrero Kaumātua

    Project purpose: Mate Māori - Kōrero Kaumātua is a project within Te Puawaitanga o Ngā Tapuwai Kia Ora Tonu - Life and Living in Advanced Age: a Cohort Study in New Zealand (The LILAC Study NZ). The purpose of Mate Māori - Kōrero Kaumātua is to document the knowledge of Mate Māori held by the oldest old Māori (aged 80-90 years).

    Health Te Reo

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  • 2015 Extractive Industry Symposium

    Maui Solomon - Chatham Rock Phosphate Mining Application

  • Events & Launches

    Mauri Piki, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora!

    The 5 October 2011 grounding of the MV Rena on Otaiti was acknowledged as the worst environmental disaster in New Zealand’s history. The grounding and subsequent pollution had significant environmental impacts that were experienced in anthropogenic terms as impacts upon social, economic, and cultural well-being.

  • Mauriora ki ngā Oi – Hauraki traditional knowledge of grey-faced petrels

    In this research project, Hauraki traditional knowledge concerning the harvest of oi (oi, grey-faced petrel, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi) on the Ruamaahua (Aldermen) Islands was recorded and analysed.  The harvest of oi linked Hauraki individuals to culture, ancestors, individual well-being and tribal identity.  It also maintained mana, kaitiaki responsibilities and traditional knowledge systems. Daily catch rates of oi chicks (and number of birders) have declined in some circumstances by as much as 87% between 1950 and 2007.
     

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