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Ahi Pepe and tikanga

Ahi Pepe MothNet is a citizen science project that explores New Zealand’s native moths, their distributions and whether vegetation restoration impacts moth diversity. One aspect of the project is ...

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Dr Kimiora Hēnare

Kimiora Hēnare (Ngāti Hauā, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa) is a cancer researcher who studies the complex biology of tumours in efforts to harness the immune system to fight cancer. This scientist ...

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Professor Eloise Jillings

Professor Eloise Jillings (Ngāti Maru Hauraki) is a veterinarian and educator at Massey University. Her leadership is critical to the education of veterinary students and particularly Māori. This ...

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Caring for earthworms in the classroom

In this activity, students consider some of the ethical issues involved with keeping earthworms (and other animals) captive in a classroom setting. By the end of this activity, students should be ...

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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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Should cats be allowed to roam freely?

Aotearoa 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 ...

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Marine Metre Squared

Marine Metre Squared is a New Zealand citizen science project that supports communities to monitor their local seashore. The project has been designed to provide meaningful, valid environmental ...

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iNaturalist

iNaturalist logs hundreds of thousands of photos of flora, fauna and fungi. There are even sound recordings too. Each is described and geo located. iNaturalist is used by citizens and scientists ...

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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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Māori concepts for animal ethics

In this recorded professional learning session Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart, a pūtaiao education expert from the Auckland University of Technology shares classroom resources exploring how ...

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Butterflies (upper primary) – unit plan

This unit plan is designed for students in years 6–8. When someone mentions the word ‘butterfly’, what image pops into your head? Chances are it’s the monarch or the white butterfly, as these are ...

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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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Why euthanise some moths?

Moths are euthanised in order to create reference collections. Dr Barbara Anderson from Ahi Pepe MothNet, and Dr Robert Hoare from Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research explain the value of ...

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Bringing together mātauranga Māori and science

Victoria Campbell and Tiahuia Kawe-Small from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ōtepoti attribute the success of the Ahi Pepe MothNet project to collaboration and the blending of mātauranga Māori and ...

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Kā Whakanui i te Kaitiakitaka

Ka whakamārama a Tiahuia Kawe-Small i kā tikaka o te Kura e pā ana ki te whakamateka o kā pepe tuna i roto i te mahi pūtaiao. English translation Tiahuia Kawe-Small, Principal of Te Kura Kaupapa ...

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Māori concepts for animal ethics

This interactive provides an introduction to te ao Māori concepts within the context of animal ethics. Click on the labels for information about the concepts. Select here to view the full ...

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Should cats be allowed to roam freely? – graphic ...

Use this interactive graphic organiser to explore your personal views about cats being allowed to roam wherever they wish. Place each statement card where you feel it belongs. There are no right ...

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The benthic zone – slideshow

This short slideshow shows some of the animals found in the Antarctic benthic zone. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the download option.

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