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Aspects of sustainability – teacher resource

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Aspects of sustainability – teacher resource

The New Zealand Curriculum guide for senior secondary schools discusses education for sustainability – learning to think and act in ...

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Agency in the Anthropocene

Young people are facing a future of complex environmental challenges. How can we prepare them to save the world when older generations haven’t? Young people need ...

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Plastic pollution and marine microbes

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Plastic pollution and marine microbes

Plastic and microplastic pollution of oceans is a wicked problem. Using bioinformatics and statistical analysis, scientist Victor Gambarini looked to correlate marine microbes that could degrade ...

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Developing a new plant-based protein

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Developing a new plant-based protein

We all need protein to live and stay healthy. However, many protein sources are becoming an increasingly expensive way to meet our needs – both economically ...

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Te ao Māori concepts within Kiwi Kai

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Te ao Māori concepts within Kiwi Kai

Students can explore te ao Māori concepts in the context of farming and food production through Kiwi Kai virtual farm – an introduction. This virtual farm ...

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Kiwi Kai – key terms

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Kiwi Kai – key terms

Kiwi Kai is a farm simulator that explores the relationships between a healthy environment, healthy kai, healthy people and communities. The goal is manaakihia te taiao, ...

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Unpacking science teaching with Kiwi Kai

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Unpacking science teaching with Kiwi Kai

Kiwi Kai is an online learning tool that provides a fun and engaging way to explore science concepts, sustainability, social decision making and systems thinking through ...

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Kiwi Kai virtual farm – an introduction

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Kiwi Kai virtual farm – an introduction

Kiwi Kai is an engaging online learning tool – this virtual farm allows students to explore the relationships between a healthy environment, healthy kai, healthy people ...

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Ngā ariā o Te Ao Māori kei roto i te kēmu Kiwi Kai

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Ngā ariā o Te Ao Māori kei roto i te kēmu Kiwi Kai

Te ao Māori me te kēmu Kiwi Kai whakataruna ahuwhenua Ko tā ngā tauira, he torotoro i te ao Māori ki roto mai o te horopoki ...

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<i>Our freshwater 2023</i>

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Our freshwater 2023

Ki uta ki tai – from the mountains to the sea – acknowledges the journey that water makes from the atmosphere to the mountains and across ...

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Can customary harvesting of our native species be sustainable?

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Can customary harvesting of our native species be sustainable?

An overhaul of the conservation laws of Aotearoa could allow Māori to resume traditional harvesting practices of some native species. This article was originally titled Can ...

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Seed banks – protecting biodiversity

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Seed banks – protecting biodiversity

Seeds are part of most plant life cycles. Seed-producing plants and the seeds they produce provide resources for humans and other living things. These include food ...

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Waitā – ocean and marine conditions

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Waitā – ocean and marine conditions

Waitā is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected with the oceans and marine conditions and represents the many types of food ...

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Waitī – freshwater environments

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Waitī – freshwater environments

Waitī is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected to freshwater: springs, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and the plants and animals that ...

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Seagull Centre – reducing, reusing and recycling

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Seagull Centre – reducing, reusing and recycling

Many communities around Aotearoa have looked at the challenges of rubbish disposal. In Thames, one community organisation has developed its own response to the challenge. In ...

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Flows of plastic into & out of Aotearoa New Zealand infographic

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Rethinking plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand – the report

We all know that New Zealand – and the world – has a plastic pollution problem. It’s estimated that 4.8–12.7 million metric tonnes of plastic end ...

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Profile view of top part of Dr John Roche in a suit.

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The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor

The world we live in and the society we’re a part of is increasingly underpinned and informed by science and technology. This can include many products ...

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Making bioplastic clips from wine industry waste

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Making bioplastic clips from wine industry waste

We all know that single-use plastics are a problem for our environment, but many single-use products can be convenient and more economic than less-problematic alternatives. So ...

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Structure of landfills

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Structure of landfills

We all throw away rubbish, we all produce waste – items we decide we cannot use any more. This may be anything from food wrappers to ...

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Rivers and Us – introduction

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Rivers and Us – introduction

Rivers and Us is a Waikato Regional Council (WRC) initiative to help educators, students and the community to consider the state of water in their local ...

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Rivers and Us – a context for learning

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Rivers and Us – a context for learning

Rivers and Us is a Waikato Regional Council (WRC) initiative to help teachers, students and communities investigate the water in their local area. It explores how ...

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Urban solutions for water quality

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Urban solutions for water quality

Urban rivers are generally the most polluted waterways in New Zealand. These river catchments include built-up areas with lots of people and industries. The water flows ...

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Dairy farming solutions

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Dairy farming solutions

The Waikato region has the highest number of dairy farms in New Zealand. It also has the largest number of dairy cattle – over 1.2 million ...

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Water quality monitoring

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Water quality monitoring

Maintaining good water quality is important for healthy ecosystems and healthy humans. There are several national, regional and local government agencies that look after water quality: ...

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Rethinking plastics

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Rethinking plastics

The late 19th and early 20th centuries shared some of the same environmental issues that also concern us today: air and water pollution, power generation from ...

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