Science strength in collaboration video transcript
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A title screen using a semi-transparent overlay on top of the front of Scion, a large building with three triangular wooden archways and large green and orange painted windows. In turquoise font it reads: ‘Dr Nancy Garrity: Science strength in collaboration’. Underneath is the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge logo.
Nancy sits inside and speaks to the camera in front of a glass panel with the green diamond pattern of Scion on the outside. On the bottom right corner of the screen, it reads ‘Dr Nancy Garrity, Project leader & Pou Pūtahitanga Manger Ao Māori-Science Interface, ESR’. Under a dividing line it says ‘Ngāti Makirangi, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Hine’. She wears glasses with her hair pulled back in a bun.
We switch to a shot of her as she walks on the side path over a concrete bridge with two other women. There are two tall Pouwhenua (carved wooden posts) on either side of the road of the bridge. Around the bridge is lush vegetation, mostly cabbage trees. The camera zooms in as they walk and then the footage switches to a birds-eye view of them as they walk in an open field to a bench and they all sit together.
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Dr. Nancy Garrity:
I spent 12 years as a researcher. I have a background in materials and process engineering, and I have a PhD in polymer chemistry, but in no way, would I consider myself an expert of Mātauranga, which is why I've gathered the experts around me. It's a very different framework, of working compared to the Western science, but having Mātauranga practitioners on board and just seeing how open they are.
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One of the women, wearing a fascinator (looks like a flower crown) and leather jacket, talks to the camera in front of flax plants. The bottom right corner of the screen reads ‘Anastasia Rickard: Research Mātauranga Māori partner’ and underneath ‘Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Tainui’ The next shot is of trees and vegetation, likely a park. The camera slowly moves down behind flax leaves.
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Anastasia Rickard:
And because they're quite knowledgeable and Mātauranga Māori, my grandfather in carving and my grandmother in weaving, I've been able to learn a lot off of them over the years, and I do feel like I've got a well-rounded understanding of Mātauranga Māori.
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Nancy speaks to the camera in front of the same glass panel as before.
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Dr. Nancy Garrity:
It's having the right collaborators. So more often than not a lot of our Western sciences will go to the first collaborator. We lumped in together as the brown face and the potential signature for a proposal.
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The other woman of the trio now speaks to the camera. There are some flax plants in the background. Her hair is short and spiky, grey on the sides and bright red on top. The right lower corner reads ‘Leilani Rickard- Research mātauranga Māori partner’ and below ‘Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Tuhourangi, Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Whakaue’.
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Leilani Rickard:
So then I first met Nancy through Anastasia and so we formed a relationship since then. And I think it's very exciting to think that we can collaborate.
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There is a close-up shot of long leaves and then a birds-eye view of a river with a path next to it and plenty of native New Zealand vegetation around. The camera pans to the left away from the river, we see more open space with clumps of trees and plants. Nancy now talks to the camera again before switching back to another view of a small open field with trees and plants around the outside. The camera moves back and a semi-transparent overlay covers the screen.
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Dr. Nancy Garrity:
With the right people to support me, not necessarily the closest people. Katarina Tawiri, who is based in Manaaki Whenua. And she was the provider of all our tī kōuka resources, but we also have Tai Ahu, who's our legal consultant, but he provides the Mātauranga around IP.
We have the facilities and the technical expertise from Scion. We've been able to build a great team around that. And so without a doubt, I don't even have to second guess it; they've got my back. They know exactly what they're doing.
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Three logos appear. On top is one for the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge, and under it, side by side from left to right is one for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and then one for Callaghan Innovation with the subheading New Zealand’s Innovation Agency. The logos disappear revealing a web address in a turquoise font that reads stfichallenge.govt.nz. Below, the phrase “He hiringa hangarau, he oranga tangata” is written in bold font, with “Innovation in technology for the benefit of people” written below that in plain font.