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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NewsMāori 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.
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Maori 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.
