title: The Indigenous Exchange Forum: transitions in mine closure

authors: Holcombe, Sarah

abstract: “The Indigenous Exchange Forum: transitions in mine closure” was held on 2–3 November 2021 over Zoom, hosted by the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) in the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), at The University of Queensland.
The Forum aimed to affirm, connect, and elevate the voices of First Nations leaders and interested community members impacted by mining and mine closure. In doing so, we hoped to begin to build an international network across these Indigenous communities, to enable the sharing of experiences, struggles, and sentiments in relation to mine site transition and mine-related impacts on their lands.
The intent was to recognise each other’s unique cultural position and the impact of mining and mine closure through lessons learned: first with each other and then with industry.
The Forum had a strong foundation of reciprocity. The objective was:
•To provide an independent and culturally safe space to facilitate the connectionbetween First Nations peoples, whose customary lands have been impacted bymining.
•To position First Nations voices individually and collectively in a shared learningjourney full of experiences and lessons learned through online network exchange.
•To facilitate knowledge exchange and elevate the connectivity between Canadian,Australian, and Aotearoa (New Zealand) First Nations regarding impacts, issues, andinnovative ideas and practices in response to mine site transitions and mine closure.

text: The Indigenous Exchange Forum: transitions in mine closure “The Indigenous Exchange Forum: transitions in mine closure” was held on 2–3 November 2021 over Zoom, hosted by the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) in the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), at The University of Queensland.
The Forum aimed to affirm, connect, and elevate the voices of First Nations leaders and interested community members impacted by mining and mine closure. In doing so, we hoped to begin to build an international network across these Indigenous communities, to enable the sharing of experiences, struggles, and sentiments in relation to mine site transition and mine-related impacts on their lands.
The intent was to recognise each other’s unique cultural position and the impact of mining and mine closure through lessons learned: first with each other and then with industry.
The Forum had a strong foundation of reciprocity. The objective was:
•To provide an independent and culturally safe space to facilitate the connectionbetween First Nations peoples, whose customary lands have been impacted bymining.
•To position First Nations voices individually and collectively in a shared learningjourney full of experiences and lessons learned through online network exchange.
•To facilitate knowledge exchange and elevate the connectivity between Canadian,Australian, and Aotearoa (New Zealand) First Nations regarding impacts, issues, andinnovative ideas and practices in response to mine site transitions and mine closure.

year: 2022

title: Health information research privacy standards should include Māori perspectives on privacy

authors: Ragupathy, Rajan

subjects: computer science

abstract: Secondary research using health records and other personal health data (henceforth referred to as health information research) is a valuable tool for tackling New Zealand’s health and social challenges. It requires however suitable privacy standards to maintain public confi dence and social license. The privacy protocols used by New Zealand district health boards have been described in this journal, as have additional safeguards that could be adopted to prevent privacy breaches.¹,²

text: Health information research privacy standards should include Māori perspectives on privacy Secondary research using health records and other personal health data (henceforth referred to as health information research) is a valuable tool for tackling New Zealand’s health and social challenges. It requires however suitable privacy standards to maintain public confi dence and social license. The privacy protocols used by New Zealand district health boards have been described in this journal, as have additional safeguards that could be adopted to prevent privacy breaches.¹,²

year: 2019

title: Zooplankton Communities, and TLI and Lake Health Assessments, of Selected Lakes in the Wellington region

authors: Duggan, Ian C.

subjects: Lake Health Assessments

abstract: Zooplankton were collected from ten lakes in the Wellington Region in 2022, with a further three historic samples collected from 2019 (including one unique lake). These were used to explore community composition of these lakes, as well as trends in rotifer inferred TLI assessments, the proportions of native versus non-native zooplankton, and crustaceans versus rotifers. Based on these results, lakes can be ranked in the following order, from lowest to highest rotifer inferred TLI values; Lake Ngarara (1.8; oligotrophic), Lake Waitawa (3.9), Barton’s Lagoon (3.9; both mesotrophic), Turner’s Lagoon (4.0), Boggy Pond, (4.2), Waimanu Lagoon (4.5; all eutrophic), Lake Pounui (5.0), Lake Kohangatera (5.1), Matthew’s Lagoon (5.3; all supertrophic), Lake Waiorongomai (8.0) and Lake Nganoke (8.3; both hypertrophic). The Matthew’s Lagoon (both 5.3) and Lake Waitawa results (3.3 and 4.5) were averages of samples from two years. Nevertheless, these results should be treated with caution, due to being calculated from single samples, or samples from different years, rather than the recommended multiple samples collected over different seasons. Most of the lakes were devoid of non-native species. Nevertheless, Lakes Pounui and Waitawa both had populations of the introduced Daphnia galeata, which is native to northern hemisphere temperate regions (i.e., Holarctic), while Lake Waitawa also possessed a population of the Australian copepod Boeckella minuta. The latter record is interesting in that it is otherwise only known from constructed waters in New Zealand, including the Karori Reservoirs and Waikato Hydroelectricity Lakes. As such, this is the first record of this species established in a natural lake in New Zealand. The zooplankton community of Lake Pounui (98.7%), Lake Waitawa in 2019 (89.9%), Lake Waitawa in 2022 (76.7%) and Boggy Pond (73.1%) were heavily crustacean dominated, while Lake Kohangatera (5.9% crustaceans), Matthews Lagoon (23.5%), Lake Ngarara (27.9%), Lake Waiorongomai (28.6%), Barton’s Lagoon (30.5%), Lake Nganoke (32.6%) and Turner’s Lagoon (34.7%) were heavily rotifer dominated. Matthew’s Lagoon (52.1%) and Waimanu Lagoon (40.4%) had similar proportions of crustacean and rotifer zooplankton. The size distributions of zooplankton in Lakes Pounui and Waitawa are likely influenced by the crustacean invaders in these lakes. Different degrees of top-down control by zooplanktivorous fish, removing larger crustacean zooplankton, may influence the variability among the remaining waterbodies, though longer-term data and knowledge of fish communities is required to better determine this. Besides B. minuta, the waterbodies sampled included some unusual species. A Brachionus rotifer, with affinities to B. caudatus, was recoded from Lake Kohangatera and Boggy Pond; this seemingly represents an undescribed species. The typically estuarine copepod Gladioferens pectinatus and saline rotifer Brachionus plicatilis were recorded in Waimanu Lagoon, reflecting a probable marine influence in this lagoon. Gladioferens pectinatus was also recorded in Matthews Lagoon, representing a rare occurrence for this species in a freshwater lake.

text: Zooplankton Communities, and TLI and Lake Health Assessments, of Selected Lakes in the Wellington region Zooplankton were collected from ten lakes in the Wellington Region in 2022, with a further three historic samples collected from 2019 (including one unique lake). These were used to explore community composition of these lakes, as well as trends in rotifer inferred TLI assessments, the proportions of native versus non-native zooplankton, and crustaceans versus rotifers. Based on these results, lakes can be ranked in the following order, from lowest to highest rotifer inferred TLI values; Lake Ngarara (1.8; oligotrophic), Lake Waitawa (3.9), Barton’s Lagoon (3.9; both mesotrophic), Turner’s Lagoon (4.0), Boggy Pond, (4.2), Waimanu Lagoon (4.5; all eutrophic), Lake Pounui (5.0), Lake Kohangatera (5.1), Matthew’s Lagoon (5.3; all supertrophic), Lake Waiorongomai (8.0) and Lake Nganoke (8.3; both hypertrophic). The Matthew’s Lagoon (both 5.3) and Lake Waitawa results (3.3 and 4.5) were averages of samples from two years. Nevertheless, these results should be treated with caution, due to being calculated from single samples, or samples from different years, rather than the recommended multiple samples collected over different seasons. Most of the lakes were devoid of non-native species. Nevertheless, Lakes Pounui and Waitawa both had populations of the introduced Daphnia galeata, which is native to northern hemisphere temperate regions (i.e., Holarctic), while Lake Waitawa also possessed a population of the Australian copepod Boeckella minuta. The latter record is interesting in that it is otherwise only known from constructed waters in New Zealand, including the Karori Reservoirs and Waikato Hydroelectricity Lakes. As such, this is the first record of this species established in a natural lake in New Zealand. The zooplankton community of Lake Pounui (98.7%), Lake Waitawa in 2019 (89.9%), Lake Waitawa in 2022 (76.7%) and Boggy Pond (73.1%) were heavily crustacean dominated, while Lake Kohangatera (5.9% crustaceans), Matthews Lagoon (23.5%), Lake Ngarara (27.9%), Lake Waiorongomai (28.6%), Barton’s Lagoon (30.5%), Lake Nganoke (32.6%) and Turner’s Lagoon (34.7%) were heavily rotifer dominated. Matthew’s Lagoon (52.1%) and Waimanu Lagoon (40.4%) had similar proportions of crustacean and rotifer zooplankton. The size distributions of zooplankton in Lakes Pounui and Waitawa are likely influenced by the crustacean invaders in these lakes. Different degrees of top-down control by zooplanktivorous fish, removing larger crustacean zooplankton, may influence the variability among the remaining waterbodies, though longer-term data and knowledge of fish communities is required to better determine this. Besides B. minuta, the waterbodies sampled included some unusual species. A Brachionus rotifer, with affinities to B. caudatus, was recoded from Lake Kohangatera and Boggy Pond; this seemingly represents an undescribed species. The typically estuarine copepod Gladioferens pectinatus and saline rotifer Brachionus plicatilis were recorded in Waimanu Lagoon, reflecting a probable marine influence in this lagoon. Gladioferens pectinatus was also recorded in Matthews Lagoon, representing a rare occurrence for this species in a freshwater lake.

year: 2022