Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 23, 2017 17:16:24 GMT 12
SCIENTIST ADOPTS MĀORI CONCEPTS TO SAVE PENGUINS
A leading penguin expert says seeing the environment through the eyes of Māori is something more conservationists in Aotearoa need to do.
Professor John Cockrem from Massey University is using his newfound knowledge of kaitiakitanga to protect the little blue penguin or kororā.
He said there are distinct differences in how Māori and Pākehā traditionally view the environment.
"I'm not Māori but my understanding is that it arises from the Māori world view of people being descended from Papatūānuku - people are related to animals and to plants and to the earth.
Mr Cockrem has just received a two-year Vision Mātauranga grant and said he would use the fund to install nest boxes and sound systems to help bring kororā back to the Ngāti Toa community.......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/333641/scientist-adopts-maori-concepts-to-save-penguins
A leading penguin expert says seeing the environment through the eyes of Māori is something more conservationists in Aotearoa need to do.
Professor John Cockrem from Massey University is using his newfound knowledge of kaitiakitanga to protect the little blue penguin or kororā.
He said there are distinct differences in how Māori and Pākehā traditionally view the environment.
"I'm not Māori but my understanding is that it arises from the Māori world view of people being descended from Papatūānuku - people are related to animals and to plants and to the earth.
Mr Cockrem has just received a two-year Vision Mātauranga grant and said he would use the fund to install nest boxes and sound systems to help bring kororā back to the Ngāti Toa community.......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/333641/scientist-adopts-maori-concepts-to-save-penguins