Lorraine Dixon (who works for the Waahi Whaanui Trust) helped to develop the Ake Ake model – a teaching tool that helps hapū identify their needs, goals and aspirations. Cultural indicators can ...
READ MOREIn October 2011, the Greek container ship MV Rena ran aground on Ōtāiti, also known as the Astrolabe Reef, off the coast of Tauranga. The oil spill resulted in the New Zealand’s worst maritime ...
READ MOREAs New Zealanders looking to the future, we are faced with many opportunities – and challenges. These include improving the health of all our people, advancing our economic growth, protecting our ...
READ MOREAotearoa New Zealand has one of the highest cat ownership rates in the world. Nearly 40% of households have at least one cat – for the most part, we’re fond of our cats. Unfortunately, domestic ...
READ MOREAotearoa New Zealand has a lot of cats! Forest & Bird reports we have: 1,134,000 companion cats 196,000 stray cats millions of feral cats – there’s no data on feral cat abundance but this is ...
READ MOREShould cats be allowed to roam freely? It’s an emotive question with lots of underlying factors. For example, are we talking about cherished cats or feral cats – pets or pests? Does this matter ...
READ MOREBe part of a worldwide movement and use Global Earth Challenge to submit or classify photos to help our planet’s environment and human health. Global Earth Challenge is a citizen science campaign ...
READ MOREThis New Zealand-based citizen science project collects data about butterflies in our gardens, schools, parks and farms – any location in the country or on the outer islands. This annual event – ...
READ MOREFrogID is an Australian app that uses audio of frogs’ unique calls to identify various species and their locations. We can use it in Aotearoa New Zealand to record the location of introduced ...
READ MOREBelow are links to Science Learning Hub resources for primary teachers related to recycling and biodegradability in the Material World strand of the New Zealand Curriculum. Recycling and ...
READ MOREConservation is about our natural environment and the plants, animals and birds that live in our very own backyards, school playgrounds, local parks and reserves. Nature is all around us ...
READ MOREIntroduced plant species – friend or foe? This might depend on who is answering the question. Over 25,000 exotic plants have been introduced to Aotearoa New Zealand. Some of these are highly ...
READ MOREResearcher Lorraine Dixon describes what a cultural indicator is and why they are important to Māori. The depletion of taonga species, for example, is an indicator recognised by Māori that ...
READ MOREThe Ake Ake model is a pictorial mapping of someone’s perspective. Researcher Lorraine Dixon uses the model to encourage iwi to share their views including values and possible issues around ...
READ MORELorraine Dixon talks about the relationship between the river (awa) and the people (iwi). She explains the spiritual aspect of the river and the importance of its connections with future ...
READ MOREHistorical artefacts like moa bones can be dated using a technique that measures the activity of the radioisotope carbon-14 still present in the sample. By comparing this with a modern standard ...
READ MOREThis interactive timeline highlights how students investigating the Oruarangi Stream engaged with the nature of science.
READ MOREDr Candida Savage explains the clues she collects in estuaries and fiords, to understand how changes in land use affect these environments.
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