Cafe Scientifique Tga - DOC: Matariki, Tupu-ā-rangi and Advocacy Science

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• Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7pm

The 2022 theme for the Tauranga Moana Matariki event calendar is Tupuãrangi – Heavenly treasures (food from above such as birds, fruit from trees etc).

Transcribing of Kōkako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni) Dialect

Nataalia Lunson will be sharing her 2016 pre graduate presentation that led her into working for the Department of Conservation as a community ranger. Her study involved He waiata o ngā kōkako o kaharoa, transcribing of Kōkako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni) dialect at Kaharoa into performance notation. It is an enquiry study on valuing the relationship between cultural anthropology and ornithology. Based on the unique call of Kokako, it touches on the interpretation of birdcalls into music notation and indigenous practices for the purposes of conservation advocacy.

‘Ngahere’ - a look into the future of indigenous forests with climate change

Darren van Hoof (Ngāti Whare, Tūhoe) works in the Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay rohe for Forest and Bird and is looking for ways to connect those from all backgrounds looking to restore te taiao. His background is in education and conservation and he has combined these two passions in his mahi and volunteering. Darren grew up in Rotorua and now lives in Papamoa.