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Dr Te Taka Keegan

Position: Associate Professor, Department of Software Engineering, University of Waikato. Field: Language technologies Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan (Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti ...

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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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The Waka Tapu voyage

Navigator Jack Thatcher commanded the two waka hourua that sailed from Aotearoa (New Zealand) to Rapanui (Easter Island) and back. Te Aurere and its supporting vessel Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, known ...

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How’s your memory?

In this activity, students memorise a number of items from the star compass as wayfinding navigators would have to do. This experience may help students understand how and why wayfinders use the ...

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Constellations in the night sky

In this activity, students learn about star constellations and that various cultures have their own names and legends about them. They will appreciate that identifying constellations and ...

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Navigating by the stars

In this activity, students learn the cardinal points of the compass. They also learn how to use the Sun and star constellations – the Southern Cross and the Pointers – to identify the cardinal ...

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He whetū ki te rangi, he waka ki te moana Māori ...

Join Dr Haki Tuaupiki, senior lecturer at the University of Waikato’s Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao (Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies) as he shares knowledge about indigenous voyaging and ...

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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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Investigating in science

Both science and mātauranga pūtaiao build knowledge and understanding about our world. Often, we start with curiosity about something we’ve noticed and we want to find out more. At other times ...

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Microscopy meets mātauranga Māori

Dr Bronwyn Lowe (University of Otago) worked with Māori weavers to explore the properties of different harakeke varieties. In this clip, Bronwyn explains how the weavers’ traditional knowledge ...

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Exploring harakeke on the SEM

Dr Bronwyn Lowe (University of Otago) describes her use of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to explore harakeke leaves. Bronwyn found that different harakeke varieties have differently ...

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The Ake Ake model

The 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 ...

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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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Ways of investigating in science

Discover a range of scientific approaches – select a label for videos and more information to support your understanding.

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Mātauranga Māori: Fungi as food and medicine

An interactive that shows how early Māori used different fungi for food and medicine.

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