DNADRV Project: Collecting bug splatters for science

Ceana Priest

September 7, 2025

Far from being just road grime, bug splatters on licence plates are unlocking clues about...

Secrets of Papatūānuku: Earth’s hidden stories uncovered

Sneha Pillai

November 27, 2024

In younger years we may have learnt the Earth is divided into three layers –...

Environmentalist | Stephanie Dijkstra

Sneha Pillai

October 29, 2024

Stephanie is a Māori environmental scientist specialising in intergenerational outcomes and the interweaving of mātauranga...

Conservation Biologist | John Perrott

Sneha Pillai

September 27, 2024

A mātauranga Scientist/communicator and Associate Professor/Research Ecologist at the AUT School of Science, specialising in...

Micrometeorologist | Christian Stiegler

Sneha Pillai

August 23, 2024

A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scientist with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA),...

Tiakitanga | PLD Resources

NZASE

August 4, 2024

Tiakitanga article and Student resource to complement teacher PLD.

Tiakitanga in science education: guiding environmental stewardship with Māori perspectives

Mike Stone

August 4, 2024

Many schools use the term kaitiakitanga to mean caring for our environment as a responsible...

Creating a science space in the classroom: Fostering curiosity and inquiry

Heather Goodey

June 30, 2024

The awesome thing about science is that students are innately curious about the world around...

Repo/wetlands: Exploring the ecological and cultural significance

Mike Stone

August 13, 2023

Wetlands, areas of soggy ground with standing water, were seen as undesirable by Pākehā settlers...

Freshwater Ecologist | Yvonne Taura

NZASE

July 9, 2023

Yvonne Taura is a Māori ecologist at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, specializing in kaupapa...

Environmental DNA: Unlocking biodiversity with DNA traces

Mike Stone

July 7, 2022

NZASE Science Communicator Mike Stone explains environmental DNA, including tools schools have used with their...

How chemistry helps us: Everyday chemistry in action

Mike Stone

July 7, 2022

In this resource for students, NZASE Science Communicator Mike Stone summarises the many ways in...

Geothermal Engineer | Nona Hohepa-Taute (Māori scientist poster)

Sneha Pillai

May 25, 2021

Nona Hohepa-Taute is a civil and environmental engineer who has been building Māori values and...

Environmental Scientist | James Ataria

NZASE

July 1, 2019

Dr. James Ataria (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa) is an ecotoxicologist whose work integrates Māori...