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  • Māori environmental knowledge

    The results of NIWA’s research into aspects of traditional environmental knowledge according to the Ngāti Pare tribe of Coromandel and Te Whānau-a-Apanui of the eastern Bay of Plenty.

  • Māori values and native forest (ngahere)

    From the Landcare Research site, this factsheet gives information about Māori and their relationship with the forest (PDF, 2.12 MB).

  • Traditional ecological knowledge and ethnobotany

    This chapter is from a report on mātauranga Māori (traditional Māori knowledge) prepared as part of the indigenous flora and fauna claim before the Waitangi Tribunal (PDF, 85 KB).

More suggestions and sources

    • Best, Elsdon. The forest lore of the Māori. Wellington: Te Papa, 2005 (originally published 1942).

    • Crowe, Andrew. Which native tree?: a simple guide to the identification of New Zealand native trees. Auckland: Penguin, 1999.

    • Crowe, Andrew. Which native fern?: a simple guide to the identification of New Zealand native ferns. Auckland: Viking, 2001.

    • Crowe, Andrew. Which native forest plant?: a simple guide to the identification of New Zealand native forest shrubs, climbers and flowers. Auckland: Viking, 1994.

    • Riley, Murdoch. Māori healing and herbal: New Zealand ethnobotanical sourcebook. Paraparaumu: Viking Sevenseas NZ, 1994.

    • Salmond, John T. New Zealand native trees. Auckland: Reed, 1994.



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