The report wants Māori chief science advisors in key government agencies.
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Drones used to help save last 63 Māui dolphins
'We are out of time for status quo conservation approaches, so we are paving a new path' - WWF-NZ chief executive.
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Award-winning Maōri astronomer calls out racism in western science industry
Top science award goes to Professor Rangi Mātāmua (Tūhoe).
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Mātauranga Māori to be used to save wildlife and plants
The government's latest strategy to save New Zealand's wildlife and plants looks to have more of a Māori approach that will ultimately hold mātauranga Māori in the same respect as western science.
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Antarctic science to be grounded in mātauranga Māori
Advisory group Kāhui Māori will be taking a vital role in protecting and guiding the upcoming Antarctic and climate adaptation research.
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Scientists encouraged to be open to mātauranga Māori
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha PhD student Clare Wilkinson says scientists are becoming more open to including Māori knowledge because it is rigorous and it’s based on centuries of observations of living with the land and it is a valid knowledge space.
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Mātauranga Māori takes vital role in protecting Antarctic climate research
Advisory group Kāhui Māori will share its knowledge with the Antarctic Science Platform to help guide the Deep South Challenge: Changing with our Climate programme.
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'Nanogirl' on a mission to help tamariki Māori embrace science
Dr Michelle Dickinson aka Nanogirl is on a mission to bring science into Aotearoa homes.
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Māori maternal health inequity research receives almost $1m in funding
The research, led by Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki through the University of Waikato, will use Māori knowledge and tikanga to empower Māori families. The funding from A Better Start, E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge will be spent over two years.
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Te Tairāwhiti researchers find answer to skin diseases, acne and eczema in Kānuka
The Kānuka tree has always been considered as the poor cousin to Mānuka, but researchers from Hikurangi Bioactives and landowners in Te Tairāwhiti are realising its potential as a means of creating a natural health product and income for whānau.