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Distribution and concentration of the phytotoxin tutin in tutu (Coriaria arborea) - Implications for use as a vertebrate pesticide
(2012)
Efforts to develop new chemical tools for vertebrate pest control in Aotearoa/New Zealand now include tangata whenua in investigations of natural resources that are found in “our backyard”. Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti ...
Applied ecology and Matauranga Maori: naturally coupled in the natural world?
(2012)
We explore frontiers of knowledge by posing a new paradigm for the relationship between what are often considered to be two distinct bodies of knowledge: Applied ecology and matauranga Maori (Maori knowledge). There is ...
Whakamanahia Te mātauranga o te Māori: Empowering Māori knowledge to support Aotearoa’s aquatic biological heritage
(Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2018)
As Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with developing solutions to complex issues surrounding its unique freshwater and marine biological heritage, there is a growing recognition that mātauranga Māori can be ‘unlocked’ and used ...
Uptake and persistence of 1080 in plants of cultural importance
(Lincoln University. Soil, Plant & Ecological Sciences Division, 2004)
Research was undertaken for the Animal Health Board under Contract R-80620 "Iwi research on 1080 in plants of cultural importance" to Lincoln University, to determine the field uptake and persistence of 1080 in plants of ...
Uptake of 1080 by watercress and puha – culturally important plants used for food
(2009-05)
This research was aimed at examining the uptake and persistence of 1080 in two plants of
cultural importance, puha, (Sonchus spp.) and watercress (Nasturtium
microphyllum/officinale). The work was carried out between ...
Investigation of tutin, a naturally-occurring plant toxin, as a novel, culturally-acceptable rodenticide in New Zealand
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2019)
He nui nga mātauranga a te Māori (Ngai Tūhoe) e pā ana ki nga momo hua tāokeoke (Toxins) etaea ana te whakarite hei rauemi tāwai i ngā riha kīrearea, pērā anō ki nga whiu takarangi o te tāoke 1080. I whakamātauhia e matou ...
Vertebrate pesticide risk assessment by indigenous communities in New Zealand
(Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Society of Zoological Sciences, Institute of Zoology, and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010-03)
In New Zealand, the vertebrate pesticide sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) is aerially applied in baits for control of the brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792). Maori, the indigenous people of New ...
Overcoming barriers to Maori inclusion in the appropriate use of 1080 : final report
(2006-05-31)
Sodium monofluoroacetate (Compound 1080) is used in New Zealand for the control of
introduced pests, including possums and rabbits. This is the final report of a research programme aimed at empowering Maori to access ...
Sodium fluoroacetate (compound 1080) uptake by Puha, a culturally-important food plant
(Lincoln University. Bio-Protection & Ecology Division, 2009-01)
Sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) is a key tool in the control of possums, and the most extensively used vertebrate pesticide in New Zealand (Livingstone 1994; Morgan 1994a, b; Thomas 1994; Gillies and Pierce 1999; ...
Creating and publicising a web-based database of 1080 and taonga species information: final report
(2007-06)
The research was aimed at producing a web-based database of information on 1080 impacts on non-target species, identified as important by Maori. The research reported here was carried out between August 2006 and June 2007, ...