Indigenous Biosecurity: Māori Responses to Kauri Dieback and Myrtle Rust in Aotearoa New Zealand

Lambert, Simon J.; Waipara, Nick; Black, Amanda; Mark-Shadbolt, Melanie; Wood, Waitangi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76956-1_5

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“…Mātauranga Māori embeds values and culture in a holistic ecological perspective. There is a central role for ecosystem factors such as healthy soils, associated micro‐ and macroflora, and seasonal observations, in the mātauranga Māori approach to sustainable management and forest health (Chetham & Shortland, ; Hikuroa, ; Lambert et al , ). Mātauranga Māori thus encompasses a broad systems perspective to forest health and has potential to identify critical factors that could reduce the impacts of kauri dieback and increase health and resilience of forest ecosystems.…”

Section: Kauri – An Ancient Tree Species Under Threatmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A key kauri forest region is Waipoua within the Te Roroa tribal area. Waipoua is home to the famous Tāne Mahuta (‘God of The Forest’), NZ's largest kauri tree with a height of >50 m and girth of just over 14 m as of April 2019 (I. Horner, Plant and Food Research NZ, personal communication; Lambert et al , ).…”

Section: Societal Impacts Of Kauri Diebackmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To Māori, kauri trees are a treasure of immeasurable and irreplaceable value and are often referred to in speech, dance, song and proverbs (Lambert et al , ). Under customary lore, kauri trees have chiefly status and are considered as ancestors.…”

Section: Societal Impacts Of Kauri Diebackmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Under customary lore, kauri trees have chiefly status and are considered as ancestors. Many Māori feel ancestral obligations to be active guardians of these trees: Ko te Kauri Ko Au , Ko te Au ko Kauri (‘I am the kauri, the kauri is me’), meaning the health of kauri forests and the health of the tribe are inextricably linked (Nuttall et al , ; Lambert et al , ). For Māori, death of the forest is an existential threat.…”

Section: Societal Impacts Of Kauri Diebackmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Phytophthora agathidicida: research progress, cultural perspectives and knowledge gaps in the control and management of kauri dieback in New Zealand

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Kauri (Agathis australis), which is one of the world's largest and longest‐living conifer species, is under threat from a root and collar dieback disease caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora agathidicida. The noted incidence of kauri dieback has increased in the past decade, and even trees >1000 years old are not immune. This disease has profound effects on both forest ecosystems and human society, particularly indigenous Māori, for whom kauri is a taonga or treasure of immense significance. This review brings together existing scientific knowledge about the pathogen and the devastating disease it causes, as well as highlighting important knowledge gaps and potential approaches for disease management. The life cycle of P. agathidicida is similar to those of other soilborne Phytophthora pathogens, with roles for vegetative hyphae, zoospores and oospores in the disease. However, there is comparatively little known about many aspects of the biology of P. agathidicida, such as its host range and disease latency, or about the impact on the disease of abiotic and biotic factors such as soil health and co‐occurring Phytophthora species. This review discusses current and emerging tools and strategies for surveillance, diagnostics and management, including a consideration of genomic resources, and the role these play in understanding the pathogen and how it causes this deadly disease. Key aspects of indigenous Māori knowledge, which include rich ecological and historical knowledge of kauri forests and a holistic approach to forest health, are highlighted.

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Section: Kauri – An Ancient Tree Species Under Threatmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Societal Impacts Of Kauri Diebackmentioning

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Section: Societal Impacts Of Kauri Diebackmentioning

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“…Indeed, Biosecurity 2025 (Biosecurity NZ 2018) recognises the unique knowledge and perspective of New Zealand's indigenous people, and the need for them to actively participate at all levels of the system (MPI 2016). Such a role for Māori is increasingly recognised in biosecurity literature (Teulon et al 2015, Allen et al 2018, Lambert et al 2018, Black et al 2019. Their increasing role is reflected in the activities of Te Tira Whakamātaki (The Māori Biosecurity Network) (Te Tira Whākamataki nd) and the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge (BHNSC nd).…”

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Establishing a base for understanding the threat of the brown marmorated stink bug to plants of value to Māori / E whakarite ana he tūāpapa e mārama ai i ngā kino o te ngārara pīhau parauri ki ngā tipu e whai hua ki te Māori

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The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Halyomorpha halys (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) is an invasive pest in North America and Europe that damages many plant species and invades human dwellings. It is regularly intercepted at Aotearoa/New Zealand’s borders but is not yet known to have established. Māori are partners in New Zealand’s biosecurity community and an understanding of the potential impact of any invasive alien species to their interests is essential. The known impacts of BMSB in published literature were reviewed with a focus on Māori plant taonga (valued or treasured plant species) in: (1) Māori commercial enterprises; (2) mara kai (food gardens); and (3) the natural estate. Many fruit and some vegetable species are likely to be affected by BMSB in commercial and non-commercial Māori horticulture but the impact of BMSB on indigenous/native and other taonga plant species in mara kai and the native estate is difficult to evaluate. BMSB poses a serious economic threat to some crop species of commercial value to Māori, as well as threat to some native taonga species. A kaupapa Māori approach examining unpublished mātauranga (knowledge) would considerably broaden this understanding. He ngārara raupatu kaha nei i te tini o ngā tipu, te urutomo noa i te hunga tangata te ngārara nei. Ka kaha haukotingia te ngārara nei e te mana ārai o Aotearoa heoi anō, kāore anō kia whakawhenua i a ia. E mahi tahi ana a Māori rāua ko te hapori marukoiora, anō hoki e mārama ana i te mōrearea o ngā tipu tauiwi - e whai pānga kia rātou. Te Tukanga. I arotake i ngā tuhinga e hāngai ana ki ngā kopuratanga e mōhio nei - e Māori ai te titiro o roto: (1) ngā pākihi Māori (2) ngā māra kai (3) te taiao anō hoki. Te Whakautu. He maha hoki ngā huawhenua me ngā huarākau ka pāngia e te BMSB o roto i ngā pākihi, i ngā ahuone Māori heoi anō, te taea te whakatau i ngā pānga o te BMSB ki te iwi taketake me ōna taonga o roto i ngā māra kai. Te Whakakapinga. Kei tino raru ētahi tipu e whai pānga ki te Māori, ngā tipu taketake anō hoki i te BMSB. Mā te tirohanga Māori e whakawhānui i ngā mōhiotanga.

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Methodological sensitivities for co-producing knowledge through enduring trustful partnerships

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Indigenous ways of caring for the environment have long been marginalised through research methodologies that are blind to a range of ways of knowing the world. Co-production of knowledge across Indigenous knowledge systems and Western scientific approaches is receiving attention both internationally and within the science system in Aotearoa New Zealand. Addressing power asymmetries as part of the co-production process is also slowly gaining recognition. Those involved in knowledge co-production initiatives must support learning about different world views, ways of knowing and accounting for the environment, while also enabling learning of the many biases and assumptions built into methodologies. This deliberation is needed, so non-Indigenous researchers can form enduring trustworthy partnerships and contribute to co-production initiatives. Presented here are insights shared by a cohort of environment research practitioners who have been deliberating on co-production occurring across knowledge systems in Aotearoa New Zealand. Originating from analysis of interviews undertaken about relationships recreational groups have with Te Urewera (forested hill country in the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand), this paper depicts a layered reflection on how non-Māori (primarily but not exclusively) across Aotearoa New Zealand are learning to be manuhiri (those being welcomed on arrival to a place by the Indigenous people of that place). As a contribution to this collective learning, a set of methodological sensitivities are proposed as support for research amidst changing relationships with places. Doing so we aim to contribute to reflexive and decolonising encounters with Indigenous approaches to environmental care.

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Indigenous Biosecurity: Māori Responses to Kauri Dieback and Myrtle Rust in Aotearoa New Zealand

Cited by 36 publications

References 19 publications

Phytophthora agathidicida: research progress, cultural perspectives and knowledge gaps in the control and management of kauri dieback in New Zealand

Phytophthora agathidicida: research progress, cultural perspectives and knowledge gaps in the control and management of kauri dieback in New Zealand

Establishing a base for understanding the threat of the brown marmorated stink bug to plants of value to Māori / E whakarite ana he tūāpapa e mārama ai i ngā kino o te ngārara pīhau parauri ki ngā tipu e whai hua ki te Māori

Methodological sensitivities for co-producing knowledge through enduring trustful partnerships

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