News & events
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Jan 12
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Seeking public help to find paper wasps
16 Jan 12 by Darren Ward
Read moreScientists are seeking public help to learn more about the spread of an unwanted pest.
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Dec 11
20
Read moreNew research shows the huge increase in ´lifestyle blocks´ across New Zealand and raises wider questions over our attitude to the slow but ongoing loss of valuable, high quality and productive land.
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Dec 11
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Read moreA recent report that Argentine ant populations are dying out is doubtful, and potentially misleading, according to scientists from Landcare Research.
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Dec 11
6
Learn about New Zealand’s Environments – new online mapping web site
6 Dec 11 by David Medyckyj-Scott
Read moreFollowing on from the successful launch earlier this year of the S–Map Online web mapping web site, researchers from Landcare Research have today unveiled a new and free online mapping tool which will make it easier for businesses, government, researchers and the public to better understand the natural environments that underpin New Zealand’s economy and society.
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Oct 11
6
Read moreLandcare Research is today celebrating the success of two scientists who are the recipients of significant grants from the Marsden Fund.
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Sep 11
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Read moreResearchers have unveiled a new online tool to make it easier and more effective for land managers, business, scientists and the public to better understand the soils that underpin New Zealand’s economy, land use and ecology.
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Aug 11
23
New Zealand Virtual Herbarium launched
23 Aug 11 by Aaron Wilton
Read moreThe New Zealand Virtual Herbarium has been launched by the New Zealand National Herbarium Network and provides free internet access to over 700,000 records held by 11 botanical collections from Auckland to Dunedin.
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May 11
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Read moreThe explosion in community driven communication initiatives following February’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch has been highlighted through research by Crown Research Institute, Landcare Research
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Dec 10
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Read moreNew research indicates that the speed of early forest clearance following human colonisation of the South Island of New Zealand was much faster and more intense than previously thought.
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Nov 10
11
Children, Bees and the Trees for Bees project
11 Nov 10 by Linda Newstrom-Lloyd
Read moreBees are the unsung heroes of the New Zealand economy and their hard work is about to come under closer scrutiny as part of a three year project to help New Zealand prevent the types of alarming losses that are happening overseas to honey bee colonies.