News & events
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Jul 19
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New research confirms warming climate bad for forest birds
15 Jul 19 by Felicity Rookes
Read moreNew Zealand will need to make major advances in large-scale predator management to stop and reverse forest bird declines.
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Jul 19
5
Read moreOne of New Zealand’s longest running citizen science projects, the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey, has taken off again this week.
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Jun 19
19
Very big books about very small plants
19 Jun 19
Read moreThis week sees the publication by Missouri Botanical Garden Press of the second and third volumes of a landmark collection of books known as a flora, representing all we know about a small but very significant aspect of New Zealand’s plant biodiversity – liverworts and hornworts.
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May 19
20
TechWeek 2019
20 May 19
Read moreWe have several events included in this year's Techweek NZ: A festival of innovation that's good for the world
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May 19
10
Read moreNew Zealand is losing 192 million tonnes of soil each year due to erosion. That’s the equivalent of more than 7 million dump trucks. According to the Ministry for the Environment’s Environment Aotearoa 2019 report, almost half (44%) of this loss is from pastoral land. This erosion has been accelerated by the loss of native vegetation but is primarily caused by significant weather events where heavy rain causes slips, slumps and stream-bank collapse that sends massive amounts of fertile soil and sediment into waterways, streams and rivers.
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Apr 19
2
New Zealand Colony Loss Survey shows ongoing trend in overall honey bee colony loss
2 Apr 19 by Pike Brown
Read moreA report on the New Zealand Colony Loss Survey for 2018 has been released highlighting an increase in colony losses in most regions throughout New Zealand, with the Upper North Island having the highest colony loss rates.
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Mar 19
27
Read moreThe BEST Symposium was held in Wellington on 1 May 2019. The management of New Zealand's natural resources continues…
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Mar 19
26
Read moreA new programme involving the National NZ Flax Collection is taking place at a Christchurch school as a way of reconnecting raranga (the art of weaving) with young Māori, their whānau and their community.
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Feb 19
22
Predator-Free Taranaki
22 Feb 19
Read moreHow do invasive mustelids move around the landscape? Scientists from Manaaki Whenua's Wildlife Ecology and Management Team are investigating.
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Feb 19
20
Embedding mātauraunga Māori into the deep south – a new Māori whakairo to be carved in Antarctica
20 Feb 19
Read moreAntarctica will shortly receive one of the first traditional Māori carvings to have been carved and completed on the ice. A pair of Māori carvers headed south to Antarctica on Waitangi Day to spend two weeks completing and installing the two whakawae (door frames) and a pare (lintel) they are carving for Scott Base.