VIDEO: Oranga - Kaurilands 2021

Oranga

June 2021

Akariro Films. 2021. Conservation and Restoration - Video for Kaurilands Summit 2021. YouTube BioHeritage Challenge.

ABSTRACT

Māori worldviews are essential for establishing priorities and allowing the co-production of knowledge in response to threats to taonga rākau (treasured tree) species.

In the fight against kauri dieback and myrtle rust, Māori have been seeking solutions that call on their knowledge systems and understandings of the physical and meta-physical elements of the universe. This includes solutions embedded in the spiritual dimensions of this knowledge, that are vital to the protection and enhancement of the natural environment. These are often overlooked, or at worst subjugated, by conventional environmental management practices and the science knowledge that underpins its decision-making.

This video directed by Ngāriki Ngatae (Akaririo Films) was screened at the online Kaurilands Summit 2021.

This research programme is funded by Ngā Rākau Taketake, which is administered by New Zealand's Biological Heritage National Science Challenge | Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho.