Dr. Koia is leading a study to investigate the potential of rongoā rākau extracts to treat Type 2 diabetes incorporating traditional Kaupapa Māori methodologies with biomedical and molecular cell research. Her investigations will help develop safe natural supplementary products for diabetes management, as well as preserving and protecting the mataurangā Māori of the rongoā rākau involved for current and future generations.
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Māori impacted by the recent Cyclone Gabrielle are facing difficult decisions over relocating community structures and marae. Although some funding is available, insurance is a luxury few can afford,
Scary stories from Halifax where wildfires ('unprecedented') have taken up to 10 homes and threaten many more. Evacuations continue and meanwhile on the Prairies Albertans go to the polls today with
Settler colonial resilience is built on Indigenous vulnerabilities. In Aotearoa New Zealand we see Pakeha farmers divided over responses to global heating but the anti-climate change crowd are the mos