[Address to Ministry of Research, Science and Technology hui — Whaia te Ara Putaiao o Aotearoa — Wellington] The Government is committed to transforming New Zealand’s economy. We have a vision for a ...

The male and female ancestors of today's Maori people of New Zealand originated from different parts of the world, molecular biologists have said. Their claims, made by Masters student Adele Whyte, ...

A scholarship programme for young Maori science students is part of a growing understanding that science and technology are important to all areas of New Zealand's knowledge economy, Research, Science ...

An iwi trust is helping young people explore the wonders of science and how, as Maori, they are connected. Matakokiri is a science and technology wananga based on matauranga Maori for ages 7-15.

Fury has erupted after academics in New Zealand were threatened with expulsion from the Royal Society for criticising plans that would see Maori knowledge added to the school curriculum. Current and ...

The New Zealand Institute of Plant & Food Research Maori state holder and relationship manager Alby Marsh. Photo/Supplied. Rotorua is this week hosting a conference that aims to help Maori and science ...

When Hori Parata talks to a dead whale on a New Zealand beach, he welcomes it home. “It is returning to where it was born,” he says. The earliest whales walked on land—evolutionary biologists learned ...

A team of archeologists in New Zealand is exploring an early Maori site on Moturua island in the Bay of Islands that they think may have been home to some of the first Polynesian settlers in New ...

As a weed choked a New Zealand lake, a tribe found a surprising solution in a centuries-old tool, adding to a pitched debate over how Indigenous knowledge can complement conventional science. By Pete ...

The letter drew fire from many quarters. The Vice Chancellor of Auckland University, the Tertiary Education Union and the Royal Society Te Apārangi all piled on. The professors were accused of causing ...

Landcare Research ecologist Dr Priscilla Wehi and GNS Science senior scientist Dr Karyne Rogers are collaborating to analyse old kuri hairs and bones in a bid to discover why the Maori dog died out.

The male and female ancestors of today’s Maori people of New Zealand originated from different parts of the world, molecular biologists have said. Their claims, made by Masters student Adele Whyte, ...