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In this recorded professional learning session, Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall provide insights into the Māori knowledge of animals classroom resources. This suite...

Māori knowledge of animals is vast. This article is an introduction to Māori knowledge of a selected sample of animal species indigenous to Aotearoa. Mātauranga Māori...

Join Greta Dromgool and guest Giselle Clarkson in this recorded professional learning session which introduces the practice of observology. Giselle Clarkson is a New Zealand author...

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...

Discover more about the red admiral butterfly, winner of the 2024 Bug of the Year, and how we can help the butterflies of Aotearoa New Zealand....

Citizen scientists of Aotearoa, can you help track New Zealand’s native and introduced waeroa (mosquito) species to help get a better understanding of which species live...

Did you know that elephants’ ears can be used to identify individuals living in the wild? Join this citizen science project to help recognise individual elephants...

Kia whai mātauranga tātou mō ō tātou rākau mā te reo Māori. Learn about our trees in te reo Māori! In this recorded professional learning session,...

Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for its quirky native birds. Ngā manu, their unique adaptations and the threats they face are common classroom topics. But what...

Exciting news for all fans of lizards (mokomoko) a new species has just been rediscovered. This article has been republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons...

New Zealand Algae Innovations Ltd currently operates the only spirulina farm in New Zealand. Under the brand name Tahi Spirulina, it sells a range of spirulina...

He aha te take o ngā rau o te rākau? Ko te take matua o ngā rau ko te ahotakakame. Mā te ahotakakame te tupu e...

Kua ruia atu te kākano – kātahi ka aha? Mēnā ka tau te kākano ki tētahi wāhi arotau, ka tinaku, ā, ka pihi he tipu hou....

He aha te take o ngā pua? Mā te whakaputa uri tōrua e whai uri ai te nuinga o ngā momo rākau. Nā reira, me whakaputa...

Me pēwhea tātou e whakarōpū i ngā rauropi koiora? How should we classify biological organisms? He pūnaha whakarōpū ❘ Taxonomic classification Kingdom | Mātāmuatanga Phylum |...

Nā te manaakitanga a Matua Mokoro Gillett, a te tumuaki o Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha, tēnei mahi i tutuki. The purpose of this learning...

This article provides an introduction to the topic as delivered to students at Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha and provides an example unit plan. He...

Come and visit Aotearoa New Zealand’s underwater world in this online citizen science project. Discover, count and identify unique fish species that live within our marine...

What are extremophilic microorganisms? Let’s start by looking closer at microorganisms. All the organisms we know about on Earth are either cellular (by far the majority)...

Myrtle rust is a serious biosecurity threat, and help is needed to monitor its spread. This citizen science project aims to gather information on the location,...

This Connected article by Priscilla Wehi and Hemi Whaanga explores how early Māori named and grouped the plants and animals they found around them. Discover what...

Dolphins are often seen around the coast of Aotearoa New Zealand, but only two species – Hector’s and Māui – are endemic. Similarities and differences It...

In this webinar, join Greta Dromgool as she introduces Tom Saunders and Chrissie Painting – two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s amazing entomologists. Delve into the fascinating...

This unit plan shows how teacher Dianne Christenson used the online citizen science (OCS) project The Plastic Tide as part of a year 2–4 unit to...