Indigenous Science

Learn about Indigenous perspectives in science. Browse publications from Waikato's TKRI on Māori and Indigenous approaches to scientific inquiry.

Competing interests: digital health and indigenous data sovereignty. Cordes, A., Bak, M., Lyndon, M., Hudson, M., Fiske, A., Celi, L.A., McLennan, S. npj Digit. Med. 7, 178 (2024). doi:10.1038/s41746-024-01171-z

Earth Science Data Repositories: Implementing the CARE Principles. O’Brien, M, Duerr, R, Taitingfong, R, Martinez, A, Vera, L, Jennings, L L, Downs, R R, Antognoli, E, Brink, T T, Halmai, N B, Carroll, S R, David-Chavez, D, Hudson, M, and Buttigieg, P L 2024 Data Science Journal, 23: 37, pp. 1–29 doi:10.5334/dsj-2024-037

Journeying towards best practice data management in biodiversity genomics. Forsdick, N., Wold, J., Angelo, A., Bissey, F., Hart, J., Head, M, Liggins, L., Senanayake, D. and Steeves, T. (2023). Authorea September 2023. doi:10.22541/au.168328087.77582585/v3

Indigenous peoples and local communities as partners in the sequencing of global eukaryotic biodiversity. Mc Cartney, A. M., Head, M. A., Tsosie, K. S., Sterner, B., Glass, J. R., Paez, S., . . . Hudson, M. (2023). npj Biodiversity, 2(1). nature.com/articles/s44185-023-00013-7

Benefit sharing: Why inclusive provenance metadata matter. Golan J., Riddle K., Hudson M., Anderson J., Kusabs N. and Coltman T. (2022) Frontiers in Genetics 13:1014044.

Community healthcare workers were left feeling isolated and under-appreciated during the pandemic. Holroyd, E., Deckert, A., Fehoko, E. S., Tunufai, L., Laws, M., Aooleton, N., . . . Tmka, S. (2022). 

Community healthcare workers' experiences during and after COVID‐19 lockdown: A qualitative study from Aotearoa New Zealand. Holroyd, E., Long, N. J., Appleton, N. S., Davies, S. G., Deckert, A., Fehoko, E., . . . Tunufa’i, L. (2022). Health & Social Care in the Community. doi:10.1111/hsc.13720

Cultures in the laboratory: mapping similarities and differences between Māori and non-Māori in engaging with gene-editing technologies in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Kathlene, L., Munshi, D., Kurian, P. abd Morrison, S. (2022) Humanit Soc Sci Commun 9, 100. doi:10.1057/s41599-022-01104-9

The future of molecular ecology in Aotearoa New Zealand: an early career perspective. Liggins, L., Arranz, V., Braid, H. E., Carmelet-Rescan, D., Elleouet, J., Egorova, E., . . . Stewart, L. C. (2022). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. doi:10.1080/03036758.2022.2097709

Pathways and obstacles to social recovery following the elimination of SARS-CoV-2 from Aotearoa New Zealand: a qualitative cross-sectional study. Long, N. J., Appleton, N. S., Davies, S. G., Deckert, A., Fehoko, E., Holroyd, E., . . . Tunufa'i, L. (2022). Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 44(4), e548-e556. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdab394

The Research Imagination During COVID-19: Rethinking Norms of Group Size and Authorship in Anthropological and Anthropology-Adjacent Collaborations. Long, N. J., Hunter, A., Appleton, N. S., Davies, S. G., Deckert, A., Sterling, R., . . . Trnka, S. (2022) Anthropological Forum, 32(4), 351-370. doi:10.1080/00664677.2023.2169250

‘The most difficult time of my life’ or ‘COVID’s gift to me’? Differential experiences of COVID-19 funerary restrictions in Aotearoa New Zealand. Long, N. J., Tunufa’i, L., Aikman, P. J., Appleton, N. S., Davies, S. G., Deckert, A., . . . Sterling, R. (2022) Mortality. doi:10.1080/13576275.2022.2049527

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities as partners in the sequencing of all eukaryotic life for the future of life. McCartney, A., Tsosie, K. S., Sterner, B., Glass, J. R., Paez, S., Geary, J., . . . Head, M. (2022).  doi:10.1038/s44185-023-00013-7

Seen but unheard: navigating turbulent waters as Māori and Pacific postgraduate students in STEM. McAllister, T., Naepi, S., Walker, L., Gillon, A., Clark, P., Lambert, E., . . . Alipia, T. (2022). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(S1), 116-134. doi:10.1080/03036758.2022.2097710

Indigenous environmental defenders in Aotearoa New Zealand: Ihumātao and Ōroua River. Mika, J., Dell, K., Elers, C., Dutta, M., & Tong, Q. (2022). AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 18(2), 277-289. doi:10.1177/11771801221083164

Multidisciplinary community-engaged learning pilot project with a New Zealand indigenous community: Opportunities and lessons learnt (PDF). Muller, S., Yeo, A., Paruru, D., Kusabs, N., & Hinze, A. (2022). In K. E. Zegwaard, & K. Hoskyn (Eds.), Refereed Proceedings of the 24th Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand Conference (pp. 19-25). Auckland, NZ. ISBN: 978-0-473-66637-8

Ethical, legal, and social issues in the Earth BioGenome Project. Sherkow, J. S., Barker, K. B., Braverman, I., Cook-Deegan, R., Durbin, R., Easter, C. L., . . . Greely, H. T. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(4). doi:10.1073/pnas.2115859119

Impact of Gender Analysis as A Framework for Intersex. Sterling, R. (2022). Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal, 19(5). doi:10.19080/PBSIJ.2022.19.556021

Mātauranga Māori and decision-making in the context of the Te  Arawa Lakes (PDF). Conroy, E., Donovan-Pereira, N., Douglas, N., Hudson, M., Kusabs, I., Morgan, K., Ruha, C. (2021). 

The Biocultural Labels Initiative: Supporting Indigenous rights in data derived from genetic resources. Anderson J., Hudson M. (2020) Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4: e59230. doi:10.3897/biss.4.59230

Indigenous Genomic Databases: Pragmatic Considerations and Cultural Contexts. Caron NR, Chongo M, Hudson M, Arbour L, Wasserman WW, Robertson S, Correard S and Wilcox P (2020) Frontiers in Public Health 8:111. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00111

Rights, interests and expectations: Indigenous perspectives on unrestricted access to genomic data. Hudson, M., Garrison, N.A., Sterling, R., Caron, N., Fox, K., Yraccheta, J., Anderson, J., Wilcox, P., Arbour, L., Brown, A., Taualii, M., Kukutai, T., Haring, R., Te Aika, B., Baynam, G.S., Cearden, P., Chagne, D., Malhi, R.S., Garba, I., Tifflin, N., Bolnick, D., Stott, M., Rolleston, A.K., Ballantyne, L.L., Lovett, R., David-Chavez, D., Martinez, A., Sporle, A., Walter, M., Reading, J. & Carroll, S. (2020). Nat Rev Genet 21, 377–384. doi:10.1038/s41576-020-0228-x

Narrativity in Becoming Sex/Gender. Sterling, R. (2022). IntechOpen. doi:10.5772/intechopen.104247