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.
Māori concepts for animal ethics
This is an edited recording of the webinar Māori concepts for animal ethics.
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.
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Related content
Explore the resources starting with the introductory article Māori knowledge of animals.
See our collection created to support teaching about the animals of Aotearoa.
The article Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction brings together resources that explore animal ethics with a kaupapa Māori approach.
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.
Te tapa ingoa is a Connected article that explores how early Māori named and grouped the plants and animals they found around them.
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 , 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.
Animals of Aotearoa and animal ethics
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.
