Oneone – soils

Kia ora and welcome to our collection on oneone – soils.

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Ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata.

When the land is well, the people are well.

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This collection supports learning about soils.

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It also has resources useful to support pilot-ready Agricultural and Horticultural Science 1.3 Demonstrate understanding of how soil properties are managed in a primary production system. Note: Pilot-ready Achievement Standards can only be used by registered pilot schools.

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Under the article's title, there's a glossary tab to the right of the resource tab. It lists the glossary words in the article. You can select and download terms that are helpful. The PLD article Using our glossary provides additional information.

What's in this collection?

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The collection is split into the following sections:

• background basics about oneone – soils
• soils and nutrients – nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon cycles; clover and fertilisers
• mātauranga Māori and onoeone
• examples of soil/nutrient management practices
• activities to support learning
• planning and pedagogical information
• useful links.

Background information

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The following articles provide background information about soils.

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Note: the Hub also has articles that provide similar information but have been produced for a younger audience – with shorter sentences and simplified text.

• Soil means life
• What is in soil?
• Soils are all different
• Soil is a habitat

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Mātauranga Māori

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Māori were New Zealand’s first soil scientists and modified soils to promote crop growth.

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The following articles explore some of the methods Māori used to cultivate enormous expanses of land.

Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Soils in te ao Māori resources

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Visit the Manaaki Whenua's SoilsPortal: Soils in te ao Māori.

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It has sections on:

• Te ao Māori history
• Māori names for soils and land
• Māori agriculture
• Te ao Māori: references

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Whenua Māori Visualisation Tool

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Manaaki Whenua also has the Whenua Māori Visualisation Tool.

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This website is intended to help Māori land owners and managers find out more about the physical characteristics, constraints and potential of their whenua.

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Examples of soil/nutrient management practices

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The following articles feature examples of soil and nutrient management practices that improve growing conditions and limit environmental impacts.

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Activities to support learning

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The following activities have notes regarding:

• the underpinning soil properties
• the type of investigation it supports.

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The following PLD articles curate resources on dairy farming and provide information that may be helpful for agricultural and horticultural science teachers.

Useful links – Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research SoilsPortal – Pātaka Oneone

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SoilsPortal – Pātaka Oneone

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This site has short, informative articles on a range of topics including:

• Understanding soils (soil basics)
• Soils in te ao Māori
• Soil functions (land use, water, biodiversity, climate)
• Soil classification
• Soil health and soil quality (pressures and drivers on NZ soils)
• Soil survey
• Soil data

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Useful links – Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research – Pacific Soils Portal

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Pacific Soils Portal

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Information and knowledge on Pacific soils, their health and uses. Features information about soils in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu.

Useful links – Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research – S-map: the digital soil map for New Zealand

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S-Map Online

Registration is free

'First time here’ function is very helpful.

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Use search/location to find your school, suburb or area of interest.

The following functions are helpful:

Layers (left hand part of the screen)

• LINZ parcels - overlay of roads, etc - great for orientation
• Water, transport, text - as above
• NZSC Soil Order

Soil report (right hand part of the screen)

• Soil summary
• Fact sheet
• Individual soil PDFs in English and te reo Māori

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Lots of technical information for those who know how to use it.

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