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Insects and forest ecosystems

Our native forests – ngahere – have complex ecosystems. Within the wider ecosystems are smaller ecosystems, such as the one formed around honeydew. Honeydew is a sweet, sticky substance produced ...

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Resource management – introduction

Resource management identifies the natural environment as a resource that needs to be protected and restored. New Zealand’s native biodiversity is unique. The high percentage of species found ...

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Orokonui Ecosanctuary: a mainland island

After the success of offshore islands in protecting our native species, mainland islands were introduced and have proved to be a successful conservation strategy. The process includes creating an ...

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Ethics in bird conservation

In this activity, students consider the conservation of native birds from a number of different perspectives. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: examine the conservation of ...

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Feral cats and conservation – role-play

Aotearoa 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 ...

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Find-A-Pest

The free Find-A-Pest app makes it easy to report and identify possible pest species. Wherever you are, you can help protect Aotearoa New Zealand’s primary industries and native species in two ...

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Big Butterfly Count

This 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 – ...

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FrogID

FrogID 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 ...

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Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm

In this recorded professional learning session Tame Malcolm (Kaimahi Matua at Te Tira Whakamātaki) and Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub explore kaitiakitanga. Many of us are familiar ...

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Gaming for learning

Games have long been used for developing both skills and knowledge in the education sector. As digital technologies continue to develop, the range of digital learning games also continues to ...

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Ethics and bird conservation – case study

This class case study provides an example of introducing ethical thinking into the classroom to explore a controversial issue in science. It shows how the ethical frameworks in the Ethics ...

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Honeydew: The Food of the Ngahere

Our native forests – ngahere – have complex ecosystems. These ecosystems are under threat from introduced wasp species. In this episode of Project Mātauranga, Associate Professor Jacqueline Beggs ...

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Scale insects

Researcher Rosa Henderson from Landcare Research NZ Ltd introduces the tiny scale insects and talks about their role in the ecosystem.

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Orokonui Ecosanctuary

Mainland sanctuaries, also known as mainland islands, are an important conservation strategy in New Zealand. In this video clip, Associate Professor Alison Cree, from the University of Otago ...

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Weeds that threaten native ecosystems – slideshow

A slideshow of weeds and the adaptations that make them problematic in a New Zealand setting. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the download ...

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Threats to marine habitats

Human actions at sea and on land are putting increasing pressure on the ocean and the species that live there.

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Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm – slideshow

This slideshow, from the webinar Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm, provides additional support for the video tutorial. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and ...

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