Te Ao Tūturu - The natural world
Sites
Ko te Taiao me ngā Hua o te Ao Tūroa @ Te Puna Web Directory- Tūhonotaka ki kā rōpū whakariterite me kā kōrero whakatau o Aotearoa.
- Conservation and Māori
- The Department of Conservation works with iwi and hapō in almost all aspects of its work. Pou Kura Taiao in each conservancy stay in close contact with Māori communities.
- Kaitiaki.org
- The site for kaitiaki māori. working on behalf of whanau, hapu and iwi, particularly on environment and resource management issues.
- Māori customary use of native birds plants and other traditional materials
- From the New Zealand Conservation Authority
- Māori Land Use Resource Options Kit
- Starter information from which Maori land owners can make well-informed decisions about how best to develop their land.
- Māori Plant Use Database Ngā Tipu Whakoranga
- Information on traditional uses by Māori of New Zealand native plants. From Landcare research.
- Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc.
- Te Ao Turoa
- Education resource from Auckland Museum detailing traditional Māori approaches to Natural history. The Natural World of the Maori: Papatuanuku, Ranginui, their children and our natural world. Includes whakapapa of various species of native flora and fauna. Years 1 -13. PDF
- Traditional Māori Fisheries
- The sea and its fishing grounds were as important to early Māori as the land. The sea was not only a major source of food, but was of customary value as well. This site provides cultural information important to Tangata Whenua concerning food from the sea
