Using the body as a measuring tool

Bodies as measuring tools: Māori and ancient civilisations

Ceana Priest

August 30, 2025

Long before rulers, tape measures and the metric system, people relied on the most accessible...

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...

Pounamu: taonga, identity and geology

Sneha Pillai

October 29, 2024

Pounamu is highly valued as a symbol of national identity and a taonga to Māori....

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...

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...

Māori textiles and dyes as a context for teaching science

Heather Goodey

June 30, 2024

Charmaine Russell, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi, was looking for opportunities to weave together...

A Teacher’s Journey of Integrating Mātauranga Māori in an Authentic Way

Heather Goodey

May 20, 2024

Charmaine Russell, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi, shares her insights for those trying to...

Volcanologist | Kate Mauriohooho

Sneha Pillai

May 20, 2024

Kate Mauriohooho is a volcanologist who studies supereruptions and large silicic caldera systems.

Physicist | Ocean Mercier (Māori scientist poster)

Sneha Pillai

March 29, 2024

Physicist Ocean Mercier studies the basic properties and laws about solids and liquids, and uses...

Science teaching and learning at the interface with mātauranga Māori

NZASE

November 26, 2023

Stephen Ross, Pākehā, summarises his study which explored how the interface of mātauranga Māori and...

Observing meteors: A practical guide for students

Mike Stone

October 22, 2023

Since the end of June, 2023, Western Heights High School (WHHS) in Rotorua has been...

Taonga species kaitiakitanga: Guardianship and conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Mere Manning

October 22, 2023

Mere Manning (Kahungunu ki te Wairoa) is an Earth and Space Science teacher at Taradale...

Engineer | Mahonri Owen

NZASE

October 22, 2023

Engineer Dr Mahonri Owen is a Māori researcher from Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), whose work in brain-controlled...

Bioinformatician | Alana Alexander (Māori scientist poster)

Sneha Pillai

September 17, 2023

Alana Alexander is a marine evolutionary biologist who studies how sea creatures evolve and change.

Organic Chemist | Nic Bason

NZASE

September 17, 2023

Organic chemist Nic Bason (Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa) develops innovative molecules to enhance...

Bioinformatician | Alana Alexander

NZASE

September 17, 2023

Dr. Alana Alexander (Ngāpuhi: Te Hikutu; Pākehā) is a bioinformatician at the University of Otago,...

Quantum Physicist | Jacob Ngaha

NZASE

August 13, 2023

Dr. Jacob Ngaha, of Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, and Ngāti Kahu descent, is Aotearoa New Zealand’s...

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...