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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NewsMaori Ph. D advocates for new approach to improve Water Quality
A Māori Water Ph. D has called for a complete overhaul on the way that we test Water Quality in Aotearoa.
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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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University of Hawai'i president visits Mauna Kea
University of Hawai’i president David Lassner personally addressed the community at the base of Mauna Kea today. It was the first face-to-face interaction he has had with the group since they first gathered over two weeks ago.
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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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Kauri dieback researcher wins at Matariki Awards
Te Tupu-ā-Rangi Award for Health and Science has been awarded to Dr Amanda Black, who recently moved her research focus to ecosystem resilience in soils investigating disease resistant traits in kauri forests.
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Dreams Without Borders- Aspiring Doctor of Medicine to set sail for London
Tauranga student, Maioha Haimona-Ngawharau, has been awarded the opportunity to travel on a fully funded two-week scholarship to attend the London International Youth Science Forum at the Imperial College in London, England.
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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.
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Iwi research whalebone treatment for kauri dieback
Northland iwi are investigating how whalebone could treat kauri dieback disease. Māori medicinal expert Tohe Ashby is using traditional knowledge to test the possibilities.
