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Thomas K. 2023. Kauri Park School - Art in schools for forest health Container Art Project 2023.

Kauri Park School Container Art project is an exploration into how art making, in particular graphic drawing and graffiti art, can be used to express and encourage children’s learning on ngahere ora (forest health) specific to the pathogens kauri dieback (Phytophthora agathidicida) and myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) two pathogen species affecting native forests in Aotearoa New Zealand. This project followed on from the Mobilising for Action research project Toitū te Ngahere - Art in schools for forest health, that occurred in 2022. This project facilitated a child led enquiry into ngahere health. It followed the subsequent interest of teachers and students in the closure of their local Kauri Park Reserve as a result of kauri dieback.