News & events

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Jul 16
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New Money a Game-Changer for New Zealand’s Biodiversity
25 Jul 16 by Andrea Byrom
“The significant new investment in pest eradication, announced at Zealandia in Wellington today by Prime Minister John Key, could be a game-changer. And a game-changer is just what our biodiversity desperately needs,” says Dr Andrea Byrom, Director of the National Science Challenge for NZ’s Biological Heritage, and an expert in pest ecology.
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Jul 16
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Wasp Biocontrol Update 7
21 Jul 16 by Ronny Groenteman
In the last update we told you that the wasp biocontrol project is at a turning point. Well, we have just heard from the Sustainable Farming Fund that our request for variation has been approved, so it is time to tell you what happens next, and why.
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Jul 16
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First complete flora “milestone” for Cook Islands
4 Jul 16 by Ilse Breitwieser
A book outlining, for the first time ever, the complete flora of the Cook Islands has come to fruition.
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Jul 16
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Where have all the silvereyes gone?
1 Jul 16 by Eric Spurr
There’s a record low of silvereyes in gardens across the country this winter, according to preliminary results from the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey.
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Jun 16
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Wasp Biocontrol Update 6
27 Jun 16 by Ronny Groenteman
The past few weeks have brought much excitement to the project.
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Jun 16
22
One million birds and counting
22 Jun 16 by Catriona MacLeod
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey.
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May 16
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Landcare Research's Soils Portal has just got better
26 May 16 by Jim Payne
The Soils Portal is your launch pad to soils information collected and managed by Landcare Research.
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May 16
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Study finds seabird to have a distinct New Zealand whakapapa
11 May 16 by Jamie Wood
The grey-faced petrel will be well-known to many as the North Island muttonbird (or oi, kuia or tītī to North Island iwi).
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Apr 16
20
Link seminar series
20 Apr 16 by Christine Harper
February 2014. Linda Lilburne and Sam Carrick
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Apr 16
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Wilding Pines - Duane Peltzer
16 Apr 16