Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Morgan, Ed R.
• Perry, Nigel B.
• Chagné, David

Titel

Science at the intersection of cultures - Māori, Pākehā and mānuka

Ist Teil von

• New Zealand journal of crop and horticultural science, 2019-10, Vol.47 (4), p.225-232

Ort / Verlag

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This special issue of New Zealand Journal of Crop & Horticultural Science includes papers describing some current research activities in mānuka. The research projects were planned and undertaken with various degree of Māori involvement. Here we give a perspective as three of the senior authors, and discuss science at the intersection of Māori and Pākehā cultures, focusing on mānuka. The underlying conclusion is that the processes for accessing plant material, engaging with Māori on the use of this material in science, and the ownership and dissemination of resulting data, have not often been appropriate and there should be a greater degree of inclusion of Māori in research involving taonga species. There is increasing recognition amongst non-Māori scientists within the Aotearoa New Zealand science community that research involving taonga species must follow the country's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, and be led by Māori cultural values, concepts and practices. On this basis future research involving taonga species should include co-design and co-management of research projects, analysis of the risks and benefits, and prior discussion and agreement on the use and implications of any new knowledge generated.