Project Matauranga

Sunday 06 January 2013, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

Science and Maori knowledge combine in Maraeroa C Incorporation’s ginseng growing trial. Creating a substrata crop within a pine forest creates a new revenue stream and reinvigorates the earth.

Tuesday 6 November 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

Rebekah Fuller has spent years researching matauranga around traditional uses of fungi. Today she’s using this knowledge and Western science to develop new ways to protect kumara from fungal infections.

Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

In Raglan, waste water disposal at the Kokiri Centre is vital issue for Tainui-a-whiro. Using western science and matauranga they’ve developed an eco-friendly system.

Tuesday 16 October 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

Te Rarawa and Auckland Museum are discovering how cutting-edge 3D imaging technology, can see taonga returned to the iwi for long periods of time while allowing the museum to exhibit a three dimensional replica.

Tuesday 09 October 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

In the Urewera forest, Tuhoe are attempting to reinstate podocarps such as Rimu, after their devastation through milling. This is an initiative between the iwi and scientists from Manaaki Whenua.

Tuesday 2 October 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

The Okahu Bay Restoration Project being undertaken by Ngati Whatua ki Orakei is utilising matauranga Maori and scientific analysis to help establish the toxicity of the bay and to enable the iwi to find restoration solutions.

Tuesday 25 September 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

Toxicity caused by forestry in Whakatane has had an enormous impact on the environment. Matauranga Maori, western science and numerous agencies have joined forces to address the affected Kopeopeo Canal.

Tuesday 18 September 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

Te 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.

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

Traditional 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.

Tuesday 04 September 2012, 8.00 pm on Maori Television

Traditional 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.