How can a Matauranga Māori lens help keep our rivers healthy?
Mar 9, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Science & Technology
By Paul Panckhurst Researchers have articulated a way to look at and look after our fresh waterways founded on Matauranga Māori. When floodwaters pounded the Bay of Plenty township of Matatā with boulders and logs to devastating effect in 2005, three marae went...
How bad is the state of New Zealand's rivers?
May 4, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Troy Baisden The latest environmental report on New Zealand's lakes and rivers reiterates bleak news about the state of freshwater ecosystems, and warns that climate change will exacerbate existing threats. Almost all New Zealand rivers running through urban and...
What technologies can help clean up rivers? 🔊
Mar 25, 2020 | Business & Economics, Referee, Science & Technology
New Zealand has a dirty rivers problem. In 2017, two-thirds of the country's rivers were deemed too polluted to swim in. Given this, research is being carried out to find ways in which the country can attempt to clean up its rivers. Ngārie Scartozzi is a student...
Why are we killing our rivers? ▶
Apr 24, 2018 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
Dr. Daniel Hikuroa from Māori and Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland talks about his big question, "Why are we killing our rivers?" Hikuroa's research addresses fundamental foundations and applications of knowledge, particularly with respect to...