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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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.
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Infusing Māori myths and legends with science
Massey Universitys’ Pūhoro STEM Academy is using Pūrākau Māori to train tomorrow’s Engineers and Scientists.
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Ngāti Porou student wins NASA internship
Lynley St George has won a 16-week scholarship to intern at NASA's Ames Research Center to work on novel media visualisation; taking data and raw images from space and planets and translating them into different media to be understood.
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Ngāi Tahu Dark Sky Project brings back the night sky
The Dark Sky Project is a world-first fully-immersive astronomy experience free of the light pollution of the modern era. It brings together science and tātai aroraki (Māori astronomy) to tell the stories of the night sky in a profound way.
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A rongoā cure for kauri dieback?
A Northland woman says a recent experiment she conducted to treat kauri dieback has had remarkable results. Lynn Butterworth, a student of Māori medicinal expert Tohe Ashby, tested the possibilities of using to rongoā Māori to treat the tree disease.
