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Ngā Waihotanga Iho: Self-determination through Indigenous environmental education in New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2021

Giles Dodson Open the ORCID record for Giles Dodson [Opens in a new window]  and
Mikaera Miru
Giles Dodson*
Affiliation:
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Mikaera Miru
Affiliation:
Te Uri O Hau Settlement Trust, Whāngarei, New Zealand
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*Corresponding author. Email: g.dodson@massey.ac.nz
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Abstract

This paper discusses the use of an estuary monitoring toolkit Ngā Waihotanga Iho as a central part of a Māori-centred education project undertaken by Kaipara hapū (sub-tribe), Te Uri O Hau, in Northland, New Zealand. The toolkit was designed by New Zealand’s National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). In this project, Te Uri O Hau collaborated with NIWA and regional high schools in order to use this toolkit as a mechanism for kaitikaitanga (environmental guardianship) and Indigenous-led environmental education. This paper demonstrates that approaches such as this can be powerful vehicles for Indigenous self-determination as Māori actively undertake tribal development and environmental guardianship, and strengthen the place of Indigenous knowledge, priorities and approaches within an evolving ‘post-colonial’ education system.

Keywords

environmental educationIndigenous knowledgeself-determinationpartnershipcommunityscience
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Research/Practice Articles
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , November 2021 , pp. 254 - 265
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