Book chapters

This chapter aligns with UN SDG 4 and 10 and the Māori’s continuous struggle to teach and center their own history despite having their pasts displaced in the education system by British history which dismissed local Indigenous pasts as unreliable myths and “pre-history.” Māori have resisted this “mis-education” for more than a century, fighting to reclaim the past on their own terms. This essay reflects on the enduring struggle that eventually led to the reset, and ongoing skepticism, of the National History curriculum in Aotearoa for all schools from 2023.

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by using radar remote sensing to measure terrestrial water budget elements such as precipitation, soil moisture, and surface water levels.

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing information about 22q11.2DS as a model for understanding rare and frequent congenital anomalies and medical conditions, which could provide the chance to better understand these distinct conditions while affording opportunities for translational strategies across the lifespan for both patients with 22q11.2DS and individuals with these associated features in the general population.

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by discussing the role of transparency regarding livestock animal welfare in consumer attitudes toward livestock production practices.