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Growing a Forest of Native Planting and People Simultaneously This app lets people record their planting with a photo of themselves so that others viewing the plantings see not only a forest of trees, but using augmented reality, also see the forest of people involved.

Wireframe + High-Fidelity Prototyping Focused on User Journey The app has been developed to not only provide information on walks, history and biodiversity, but to also engage visitors into playing their part in local restoration projects, including uploading their sighting of native birds such as the weka.

Re-imagining a Wild Lake Around 600 years ago, Pūkaki was a wild, untamed lake, with the surrounding lands sustaining a rich abundance of native habitat and wildlife… Tussock – Growing Island of Life Tussock are an integral part of Mackenzie Country. While from a distance they might look like simple, tall and brown grasses, each …

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Identifying Key Opportunities for Engaging Visitors into their Conservation Journey Five key opportunities are identified as a result of desktop study and on-site observations. Together these help inform information requirements and the key sites to best engage visitors with. Assessing current information requirements and delivery Current ways of delivering information along SH73, in the visitor …

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How do we see New Zealand and its environment? New Zealand’ is commonly perceived as series of islands in the South Pacific; isolated, oasis-like, covered in forest; and physically ‘separated’ from the rest of the world by the Pacific Ocean. Research undertaken by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation has revealed that our perception of ‘quintessentially …

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