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Knowledge comes in all forms, but indigenous knowledge heralds from thousands of years of wisdom passed through the stories of our ancestors. This knowledge is just as relevant today, as we navigate the environmental challenges of our world.
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BioHeritage Adaptive Governance and Policy Instruments Launch

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Bioheritage Adaptive Governance and Policy Biosecurity Instruments Launch On March 31, 2021, TTW CEO Melanie Mark Shadbolt, who is also the Kaihautū Ngātahi for the Bioheritage National Science Challenge, presented at the Wellington launch of Biodiversity Instruments Report.  The Bioheritage National Science Challenge and the Adaptive Governance & Policy Team (S07) commissioned Climate Innovation Lab…

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TTW to hold online SEED WĀNANGA

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UPCOMING TTW EVENT: JOIN THE KŌRERO ‘THE FUTURE OF SEEDS’ In December 2017, 23 kaitiaki were trained in seed conservation techniques by the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, Kew UK, the Australian Seed Bank Partnership, and Te Tira Whakamātaki (TTW).  From 2017-2019 TTW purchased and distributed nine seed drum kits valued at around $5,000 each. These, and…

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SEED-BANKING DRUM KIT DELIVERED

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SEED-BANKING DRUM KIT DELIVERED On 5 February 2021, Te Tira Whakamātaki delivered a seed-banking drum kit to Ngā Tirairaka o Ngāti Hine Trust. A seed-banking drum kit is a special and valuable kit that enables whānau to collect, dry and store seeds from local taonga plants using the latest science equipment. The kits are easy to…

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EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS VOICES: A publication by Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt (TTW Research Assistant) in partnership with our Kāhui member James (Tahae) Doherty

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Empowering Indigenous Voices: A publication by Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt (TTW Research Assistant) in partnership with our Kāhui member James (Tahae) Doherty TTW’s newest Research Assistant, Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt co-authored his second published paper recently entitled ‘Empowering the Indigenous voice in a graphical representation of Aotearoa’s bio-cultural heritage (flora and fauna)‘.  Co-authors included many of the TTW team…

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Te Tira Whakamātaki6 days ago
TTW Newsletter – https://mailchi.mp/ttw.nz/ttw-newsletter-5521601 It’s been another busy month with a trip up north and more great kōrero on driving policy change.
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#WEBINAR | Inspiring Communities | ‘Building Community Through Kai Security’ Wednesday 12 May – 10.00 – 11.00am. From community gardens to urban farming, developing system-wide approaches is now a mainstream conversation. Join the panel to discuss how they are using the strengths of people and place to develop and drive big-picture and long term change, and how it requires significant personal and systems shifts to be successful in this. Go here for more information. https://bit.ly/3vzkWRu
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Building Community Through Kai Security.
Join our panel speakers as they share the creative and collective solutions they are using that build on the strengths of people and place to develop and dri…
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Some awesome work happening in our communities 💚 Ka pai Te Reo o Te Uru. #indigenoussolutions #betterworld
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Pūrongo 17 | TUPU-Ā-NUKU O TE KĀHUI MARU

Ko te iwi o Taranaki a Ngāti Maru kua whakatupua he whanaungatanga me Te Papa Atawhai.

Hei whakatupu i te nuku roa o te taiao o Ngāti Maru te pūtake. Ā, mā te whakatupu i te kāhui taiohi, otirā i te kāhui whai mahi kia pua mai ngā pūmanawa o te kaitiakitanga i a rātou.

Ko te kawa o tēnei kaupapa o Tupu-ā-nuku, he whakapūioio, he whakangungu i te hunga whai mahi ki ngā pūkenga tautiaki i te taiao o Ngāti Maru.

Nō reirā, nau mai e ngā hua i haere mai rā koe
I a tupua a nuku, i a tupua a rangi

Kia tupu a Maru ki te ao kōkiri whakamua

Kei te uri a Ngāti Maru a Te Aroha Broughton Pue te hōhonutanga ake o tēnei kaupapa…………

Te Kāhui Maru Trust has secured funding to establish an environmental workforce development programme called Tupu-ā-Nuku. This development of this programme has been a collaboration between Te Kāhui Maru and the Department of Conservation. It is funded by the Provincial Growth Fund and the Ministry of Social Development. The Tupu-ā-nuku Environmental Workforce Development program supports Taranaki youth with pre-employment training and assistance transitioning into work, self-employment or further education in the conservation or forestry sectors. The COVID-19 situation has put many rangatahi at risk of losing jobs or education opportunities.

Tupu-ā-nuku includes extensive wrap-around pastoral care and support to transition from school or unemployment into training and then onto work within the conservation and forestry sectors.

Our Taranaki Reporter Te Aroha Broughton-Pue has this story…………

Manu Tīeri: Te Aroha Broughton-Pue
Manu Amo Reo: Rauru Broughton
Kaiwāwāhi Matua: Sacha Keating
Kaiwhakahaere: Tipene O’Brien
Kaiwhakaputa: Tamzyn Pue

🔹▪️He rau aweawe nō Te Māngai Pāho i tere ai te manu nei.
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#ICYMI | The NZ Herald’s CANVAS magazine delves into the world of intriguing New Zealanders, asking them what they consider to be their personal taonga / treasure. This month, TTW’s CEO Melanie Mark-Shadbolt appeared in the 17th April edition. Speaking of her extensive resources in her home library as her personal taonga, Melanie says: “The loss of te reo has been really significant in the diversity of language around our plants. At Te Tira Whakamātaki, we believe some of the solutions to our biggest challenges are already encoded in our lexicon. When you start to break it down, you start to see that coding and knowledge in the way our ancestors describe plants or talk about birds. For me, that’s what books represent – holding on to that knowledge to ensure we don’t lose it, and so we can reconnect to our culture and what it means to be tangata whenua, people of the land.” https://bit.ly/3edaae5
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#REMINDER: TTW CEO Melanie Mark-Shadbolt is keynote speaker at this years B3 conference (Wellington, 17 & 18 May). Melanie will discuss the connection between Māori & biosecurity, and the challenges that lay ahead for B3 communities. To find out more and to register: https://bit.ly/3q7JJJu.
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TTW’S CEO Melanie Mark-Shadbolt is one of the keynote speakers at this years SERA Conference. Held once every two years, SERA provides an interactive forum for physical, biological, and social scientists, practitioners, indigenous ranger groups and traditional owners, engineers, resource managers, planners, and policy makers to share their knowledge, experiences and research concerning terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystem restoration on both national and international levels. Learn more about the #SERA2021 conference programme, click here: https://bit.ly/3nFMAK1 #indigenoussolutions #betterworld
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The Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia
[Meet Our Speakers] Melanie Mark-Shadbolt

Join us in Darwin for SERA 2021 May 10-13. Connect with industry leaders.
SERA2021 provides an interactive forum for physical, biological, and social scientists, practitioners, indigenous ranger groups and traditional owners, engineers, resource managers, planners, and policy makers to share their knowledge, experiences and research concerning terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystem restoration on both national and international levels. SERA conferences are held once every two years.
Conference theme
The conference will showcase the foundation, tools and latest research on restoration projects, with a program that includes a combination of keynote, symposium, oral and poster presentations, spanning an array of themes from principles and practice, biomes, impact and specialist disciplines.
Presentations that highlight the use of traditional knowledge in restoration are strongly encouraged as is the attendance of indigenous ranger groups and those working on applying traditional knowledge to restoration
projects.
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