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Project Matauranga Fungi
Season 1 , Episode 13Rebekah Fuller has spent years researching matauranga Maori. Today shes using this knowledge and Western science to develop new ways to protect kumara from fungal infections. (FINAL) -
Project Matauranga Maraeroa C Inc.
Season 1 , Episode 1Science and Maori knowledge combine in Maraeroa C Incorporations Ginseng growing trial. -
Project Matauranga Rena disaster
Season 2 , Episode 12Dr Kepa Morgan of Ngati Pikiao has developed a scientific method to measure the effect of the Rena disaster from a cultural perspective. We look at the worst environmental maritime disaster in our... -
Project Matauranga Pare
Season 2 , Episode 13In the 1980s a Pare in Auckland Museum’s carving collection fell and shattered. We follow its painstaking rebuild in a project that brought together conservationists from Auckland museum and carvers Bernard Makoare and Lyonel Grant. -
Project Matauranga Native bugs
Season 2 , Episode 3Dr Jacquline Beggs shows us the life that resides below the forest floor. Native bugs sustain all life and are under threat from introduced wasps. Dr Beggs walks us through attempts to control them. -
Project Matauranga Kokiri Centre
Season 1 , Episode 11In Raglan, waste water disposal at the Kokiri Centre is vital issue for Tainui-a-whiro. Using western science and matauranga theyve developed an eco-friendly system. -
Project Matauranga Migratory Puzzle
Season 1 , Episode 12Professor Michael Walker harnesses both western science and matauranga Maori in his thinking and may just have made a breakthrough that provides answers to the bird and fish migratory puzzle. -
Project Matauranga Whareuku
Season 1 , Episode 5The whareuku, or earth house, is a research project overseen by Dr Kepa Morgan that looks to develop low-cost rammed earth housing. -
Project Matauranga Kopeopeo Canal
Season 1 , Episode 7Toxicity caused by forestry in Whakatane has had an enormous impact on the environment. Matauranga Maori, western science and numerous agencies joinforces to address the affected Kopeopeo Canal. -
Project Matauranga Taonga
Season 1 , Episode 10Te Rarawa and Auckland Museum are discovering how cutting-edge 3D imaging technology, can see taonga returned to the iwi while allowing the museum to exhibit a three dimensional replica. -
Project Matauranga Okahu Bay
Season 1 , Episode 8The okahu Bay Restoration Project, run by Ngati Whatua ki orakei utilises matauranga Maori and science to help establish the toxicity of the bay and to enable the iwi to find restoration solutions. -
Project Matauranga Urewera forests
Season 1 , Episode 9Using their intimate knowledge of the Urewera forests, Tuhoe are working with scientists to re-establish populations of Rimu trees devastated by milling. -
Project Matauranga Te Arawa lakes
Season 1 , Episode 3Freshwater scientists are utilising Maori knowledge to assess population abundance and structure of koura in lakes. We look at traditional Te Arawa methods for harvesting lake koura. -
Project Matauranga
Season 2 , Episode 2At Te Urewera National Park, huge efforts are being made to protect kiwi. The Lake Waikaremoana Hapū Restoration Trust has been reviving the kiwi population there and methods are being adopted around country. -
Project Matauranga Whakarewarewa Geothermal Field
Season 2 , Episode 4Village members of Whakarewarewa Geothermal Field have teamed up with GNS Science to introduce measures to limit access to the geothermal field, in an attempt to preserve the precious resource for future generations. -
Project Matauranga Toheroa
Season 2 , Episode 5Toheroa, a shellfish, was a staple of our diets and one of our first exports. However, overharvesting saw a total ban put in place. We look at the effort to rejuvenate the Toheroa population. -
Project Matauranga Sea Cucumber
Season 2 , Episode 6The sea cucumber has never been a part of our diet, but in China it’s considered a delicacy. We investigate Whakatōhea scientist Kimberley Maxwell’s attempt to cultivate these unusual sea creatures for the export market. -
Project Matauranga Psyllid
Season 2 , Episode 7The psyllid pest costs our commercial potato industry millions in lost export earnings. The Taewa Resistance Research Project hopes to find resistance to the psyllid pest, which is costing the commercial potato industry millions in lost export earnings. -
Project Matauranga The Society of Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions
Season 2 , Episode 8Pre-European Māori incorporated a vast amount of astronomical knowledge into their lives, but much has been lost. The Society of Maori Astronomy Research and Traditions is inspiring the next generation to look to the stars. -
Project Matauranga Maine Sponge
Season 2 , Episode 9In 1991 a new species of marine sponge was collected that contained a previously unknown chemical with potent biological properties. -
Project Matauranga Kauri Dieback
Season 2 , Episode 10The iconic Kauri is under threat from Kauri Dieback, a disease that could decimate the iconic forests of the north and push this giant of the ngahere to the brink of extinction. -
Project Matauranga Nga Waihotanga Iho
Season 2 , Episode 11Estuaries integrate and accumulate the effects of activities on the land. Nga Waihotanga Iho, the estuarine monitoring toolkit for iwi, has been developed to empower tangata whenua with tools to... -
Project Matauranga
Season 2 , Episode 1Rangi Te Kanawa, a textile conservator at Te Papa Museum, is developing new innovative conversation methods to prevent the rapid deterioration of precious dyed harakeke garments. (PREMIERE) -
Project Matauranga Kuia bird
Season 1 , Episode 4Traditional harvesting of the kuia bird ended in the 1960s due to a decline in numbers. Ngati Awa hope to re-establish this customary practice by employing sustainable scientific methods. -
Project Matauranga Te Ropu Taiao o Utakura
Season 1 , Episode 2Te Ropu Taiao o Utakura utilise science and Maori knowledge to restore, protect and enhance the freshwater environment and fisheries of the Utakura river. -
Project Matauranga Wild kai
Season 1 , Episode 6Te Arawa Lakes Trust is researching the potential health risks of contaminants and heavy metals in wild kai from the Te Arawa area due to geothermal activity.
