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He paroha na te Wahine e ora ai te Taiao It’s with heart felt weaving, as with the finely woven mat of a woman, the environment is nurtured and made well Matariki Ahunganui Symposium 2014 – Yvonne Taura MSc

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He paroha na te Wahine

e ora ai te Taiao It’s with heart felt weaving, as with the finely woven mat of a woman, the environment is nurtured and made well

Matariki Ahunganui Symposium 2014 – Yvonne Taura MSc

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Setting the Scene

•  Why I decided to pursue a career in science

•  What steps I took to achieve that •  Who supported me on the way? •  What am I doing now and what I hope to

be doing in the future?

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Kaitiakitanga

Maunga Manaakitanga

Moana

Whakawhanaungatanga

Awa

Reporepo

Atua

Wairua

Taniwha Papatūānuku & Ranginui

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Masters of Biological Sciences

•  Manage my own project •  Plan technical & practical project •  Set up & design experiments •  Network & engage in discussions •  Fieldwork •  Analyse data •  Write a thesis

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Research Funding •  Rose Hellaby Postgraduate Scholarship •  Te Runanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust TEG •  Tauwhao Te Ngare Trust TEG •  Poripori Farm A Trust TEG •  Ngāti Tūwharetoa-Genesis Energy

Committee •  Tūwharetoa Maori Trust Board Scholarship •  Tumate Mahuta Memorial Scholarship •  Golden Plover Wetland Research Award •  Tongariro Natural History Society Award

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What am I doing now? •  Cultural Indicators for Wetland Health •  Mātauranga Māori of Waikato-Tainui •  Tribal knowledge, cultural values &

aspirations of the tribe •  Waikato-Tainui & Manaaki Whenua

engage in research together •  Mātauranga Māori – management of

natural resources •  Support a tribal member in science

research

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He paroha na te Wahine

e ora ai te Taiao It’s with heart felt weaving, as with the finely woven mat of a woman, the environment is nurtured and made well