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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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...

Antarctic adventure, discovery and science

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

Position: Scientist, AgResearch Lincoln and AgResearch Winchmore.