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Māori ancestors possessed a wealth of astronomical knowledge that they referred to as tātai arorangi.

The kiwi is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national icons. It is known as te manu huna a Tāne – ...

In October 2011, the Greek container ship MV Rena ran aground on Ōtāiti, also known as the Astrolabe Reef, off ...

Māori have many traditional uses for harakeke (Phormium tenax) such as the making of traps and fishing nets and the ...

For Māori, taonga are precious as the living embodiment of tūpuna or ancestors, and they need to be handled respectfully. ...

Shellfish numbers have been plentiful for centuries and important kai for Northland Māori, but industrial harvesting and canning had a ...

The haukāinga (local residents) of the Rotorua area – Te Arawa, Tūhourangi and Ngāti Wāhiao – have lived in this ...

Our native forests – ngahere – have complex ecosystems. Within the wider ecosystems are smaller ecosystems, such as the one ...

Rongoā is the Māori term for medicines produced from native flora and fauna. Rongoā are still used extensively today, and ...

Iwi and marine biologists are curious to know whether the New Zealand native sea cucumber can become a valuable export ...

Kauri are a tuakana species in Aotearoa – they are like the older sibling, towering above the ngahere (forests), giving ...

New Zealand is a nation of potato lovers. We love our spuds, and for many of us, they are a ...

Position: Professor University of Canterbury, researcher, company director, consultant, Eco Research Associates Ltd.

Position: Former Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato.

Position: Scientist, AgResearch Lincoln and AgResearch Winchmore.