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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 Māori concepts can inform animal ethics.

These resources written with Dr Sally Birdsall, a primary science teacher educator and academic from University of Auckland demonstrate how Māori concepts, such as whakapapa, can provide a basis for the Three Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) of animal ethics.

Throughout the webinar Georgina unpacks key ideas, providing examples from the research and highlighting possible misconceptions in order to support a deeper understanding.

Great timing as we explore topics for research and ethics.

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Discover articles, interactives, ready-to-use activities and videos profiling kairangahau Māori working in animal research. Electronic versions of the resources in te reo Māori are available for download as PDFs and are specifically designed to support teaching and learning of pūtaiao in Māori medium classrooms.

Māori concepts for animal ethics

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This is an edited recording of the webinar Māori concepts for animal ethics.

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Index

TopicVideo timecode

Introducing the webinar and Dr Georgina Tuari Stewart

00:00

Index

00:18

Animal ethics

01:23

Recent study on public attitudes

04:06

The Three Rs

05:13

Māori ethical concepts

06:51

What’s in the resources?

17:59

Video clips with Māori scientists

19:54

He rauemi hou kei te Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao

20:26

Pātai/Q&A

21:52

SLH links, keep in touch and thanks

34:18

Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa: He Mātauranga, he Matatika

The resource Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa: He Mātauranga, he Matatika is available as downloadable bilingual PDFs:

  • Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa, He Mātauranga, he Matatika | A combined resource of scientist profiles, knowledge of animals, animal ethics and teacher support material

  • Ngā kaikōrero tokoono | Profiles of Māori scientists who work with animals

  • Ngā huatau Māori mō ngā matatika kararehe me ngā pānga ki ngā Wh e Toru | Māori perspectives of animal ethics and the Three R’s

  • Te mātauranga Māori mō ngā kararehe | Māori knowledge of the Animals of Aotearoa

  • Te kupu taka, ngā rauemi mō te akomanga me ngā kupu aratohu mā te Kaiako | Teacher guidance, glossary and crossword activity

Download the te reo Māori student PDFs below:

  • Te mātauranga Māori mō ngā kararehe

  • Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa, He Mātauranga, he Matatika

  • Ngā kaikōrero tokoono

  • Ngā huatau Māori mō ngā matatika kararehe me ngā pānga ki ngā Wh e Toru

Related content

Find all the related resources in one handy place in this collection created to support teaching about animal ethics using a kaupapa Māori approach.

Begin with the introductory articles Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction and Māori knowledge of animals.

View the first webinar in this series Animals of Aotearoa.

Our Ethics and science topic can be found here and includes the recorded webinar Ethical thinking in science.

Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart alongside Associate Professor Sally Birdsall provide insights in this webinar Māori Knowledge in Science Education: He Mana Ōrite, He Awa Whiria.

You can watch Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart discussing the inclusion of mātauranga in secondary settings in the recording: Workshop for teachers: Māori knowledge in NCEA Science.

Useful links

ANZCCART is the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching. The website contains information for animal carers, animal ethics committee members, scientists and schools as well as other interested parties, including booklets on the application of the Three Rs. 

Reference

You can find the original research articles for these webinars here:  

  • Stewart, G. T. (2024). Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries. Anthrozoös, 37(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2254552

  • Stewart, G. T., & Birdsall, S. (2024). Māori Concepts in Animal Ethics: Implications for the Three Rs. Anthrozoös, 38(1) 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2024.2389645  

Acknowledgement

Thank you to Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu, Pare Hauraki), Auckland University of Technology, and Dr Sally Birdsall, University of Auckland.

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Animals of Aotearoa and animal ethics

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Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries and Exploring the Three Rs of Animal Ethics with Māori Ideas were developed with funding from the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) and the Ministry for Primary Industries. The silhouette design was created for this project and is the copyright of Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall.

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