About Manaaki Whenua
Anei ā Manaaki Whenu
Manaaki Whenua is New Zealand’s
foremost environmental research organisation specialising in sustainable
management of land resources to benefit primary production, conservation
and communities. Key issues are:
- halting the decline of New Zealand's biodiversity
- addressing our worst environmental pest problems
- maintaining the quality of our soils and land resources
- mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
- improving the sustainability of our cities and of businesses.
Ko Manaaki Whenua te mātāmua
o ngā whakahaere rangahau i te taiao. Ko tāna tino mahi
he titiro ki te whakahaere mimiti kore i ngā rauemi whenua,
e whai hua ai ngā mahi ahuwhenua, ngā mahi tiaki taiao,
me ngā hapori iti. Ko ētahi o ngā tino take e whai
ake nei:
- He aukati i te heke o te mauri ora o ngā koiora katoa o Aotearoa
- Te whakatikatika i ngā tino pōraru riha taiao kei mua i ātātou
- Te pupuri i te pai o ngā oneone me ngā rawa whenua o Aotearoa
- Te arai ārai i te pānga o ngā puhanga hau kōtuhi
- Te whakapiki i te noho mimiti-kore o ō tātou tāone nui me ō tātou umanga.
Our work is strongly aligned to the relevant national strategies (e.g., the Biodiversity Strategy 2000), and all of our research is relevant to the Sustainable Development Strategy, which is being formulated for government and public and private enterprises.
E hangai ana ā mātou mahi katoa ki ngā kaupapa āte Kāwanatanga (ina koa, te Biodiversity Strategy 2000) ā, ki te Sustainable Development Strategy hoki.
Manaaki Whenua is one of nine independent Crown Research Institutes
(CRIs) established in 1992 from a reorganisation of Government-funded
research. We are a government-owned, tax-paying company with over
400 staff at nine locations throughout New Zealand. Turnover in
2001/02 was $42.7 million, with much of this from government agencies.
Our subsidiary, Sirtrack Ltd, manufactures wildlife tracking equipment—about
80% of which is exported. Sirtrack has a staff of 14 and turnover
of $2.1 million.
Ko
Manaaki Whenua tētahi o ngā whakahaere rangahau o te Karauna,
e iwa matou, i whakaturia i te tau 1992. He kamupene mātou
na te Kāwanatanga, ā, neke atu i te 400 ā mātou
kaimahi. E iwa ā mātou wāhi mahi puta noa i Aotearoa.
42.7 miriona tāra ngā moni i pau i ā mātou i
te tau 2001 / 02, ko te nuinga no ngā tari o te Kāwanatanga.
He kamupene apiti anō tā mātou, ko Sirtrak te ingoa.
Ko tā ratou mahi he hanga taputapu kia tarea ai te whaiwhai
haere i ngā kararehe o te ngahere. Tata ki te 80% o ā
ratou taputapu ka hokona ki tawahi. Tekau mā wha ngā kaimahi
ā Sirtrak. 2.1 miriona tāra ngā moni ka pau i ā
ratou ia tau.
Most of our research supports more than one strategy, and all of our research is relevant to the Sustainable Development Strategy, which is in the early stages of development.
Ko te nuinga o a mat ou mahi e pa ana ki te Sustainable Development Strategy.
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