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Erina Watene-Rawiri

Position: River Research Manager (Waikato-Tainui), Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development, Hopuhopu. Field: Freshwater science. Erina is a Waikato-Tainui River Research Manager. Her ...

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Cheri van Schravendijk-Goodman

Position: kairangahau Māori, consultant and trustee Fields: Co-director Swamp Frog and Environmental Tree Consultants Ltd; National Wetland Trust (NZ) Cheri van Schravendijk-Goodman (Te Atihaunui ...

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Norman Hill

Position: Relationship Group Co-ordinator, Genesis Energy. Field: Holistic wellbeing of iwi. Norman Hill (Rāhui Pōkeka iwi) liaises between Genesis Energy (GE) and the iwi of Rāhui Pōkeka ...

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Ake Ake – forever and ever

In this activity, students learn about the Ake Ake model and how it was used with iwi on the Waikato River in the Huntly area. Students then explore changes in their local environment from a ...

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Responding to Rena

In this activity, students consider short-term and long-term responses to an environmental disaster such as the Rena. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: describe what might ...

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Using He reo nō te puehu

He reo nō te puehu – A voice from the dust is a 360-degree browser-based virtual reality experience in which users can visit Lake Moawhitu at different points in time: Pre Human, Māori ...

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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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Global Earth Challenge

Be 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 ...

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Estuaries – a context for learning

With 75% of New Zealanders living within 10 km of the coast, many students will be familiar with estuaries. In scientific terms, estuaries are the interface between the land and the sea – the ...

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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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Adapting SLH activities: changing the topic

It is necessary for teachers to adapt activities that are externally sourced and created by others to optimise their students’ opportunities for learning science. Activities are productive when ...

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The Lake Waahi project

Researcher and project manager Erina Watene-Rawiri describes her plans to reduce the numbers of koi carp in Lake Waahi. The plan follows the design of the koi carp gates that have been installed ...

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Whakapapa and biodiversity

Cheri van Schravendijk-Goodman talks about the similarities between biodiversity and whakapapa from her Māori perspective.

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Rāhui Pōkeka

The Māori name for Huntly is Rāhui Pōkeka. Norman Hill explains how this name came about. During the times of the ancestors, a pōkeka was driven into the ground to signify that a rāhui had been ...

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Waikato Taniwharau

An interactive showing the lower Waikato River. Use the zoom-in feature to find some cultural and geographical connections to the river. Listen to iwi talking about what the river means to them ...

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Environmental forensics

Dr Candida Savage explains the clues she collects in estuaries and fiords, to understand how changes in land use affect these environments. Click on the labels to watch the videos for more ...

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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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