LinkOnline Webinar Series » Manaaki Whenua

Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research LinkOnline is a series of short webinars and for environmental policy-makers. These sessions provide an informal way for our scientists to deliver key research outcomes or share the science challenges with a broad-based policy audience across New Zealand.

How to join

For instructions on how to join a webinar session see: How to join a LinkOnline webinar [PDF].

Previous seminars

The Link Seminar Series has been running since 2011. Older presentations (2011-2019) are available on our Link Seminars webpage.

Recent webinars can be viewed below, or the complete playlist is available on our YouTube channel.

Trade offs in reducing nitrogen losses and maintaining soil carbon on dairy farm

Presenters: David Whitehead, Hirini Matunga and Scott Graham, October 2021

Earthquake Resilience in the Primary Sector

Presenters: Nick Cradock-Henry and Mohsen Yazdanian, September 2021

Take a Moment to Arohia te Taiao …notice, discover, nurture, enjoy, celebrate…

Presenters: Gradon Diprose, Angela Brandt and Alison Greenaway, September 2021

pdf Take a Moment to Arohia te Taiao Presentation pdf File, 1.5 MB
pdf Take a Moment to Arohia te Taiao Q&A pdf File, 279 KB

Improving NZ’s water quality – what is it worth?

Presenters: Dr Patrick Walsh, Dr Maksym Polyakov and Dr Suzie Greenhalgh, August 2021

pdf Improving NZ's water quality what is it worth? Q&A pdf File, 199 KB
pdf Improving NZ's water quality what is it worth? Presentation pdf File, 2.4 MB

How DNA Research can help Kiwi Survive

Presenter: Danielle Middleton, July 2021

pdf How DNA Research can help Kiwi Survive Presentation pdf File, 1.3 MB

Tokoeka Kiwi - A story about a species

Presenter: Paul Scofield (Canterbury Museum), July 2021

pdf Tokoeka Kiwi - A story about a species Presentation pdf File, 2.3 MB

2021 Release of the Aotearoa - New Zealand Strategy for Emerging Contaminants

Presenter: Graham Sevicke-Jones & Dr James Ataria, June 2021

pdf 2021 Release of the Aotearoa - New Zealand Strategy for Emerging Contaminants Presentation pdf File, 1.1 MB
pdf 2021 Release of the Aotearoa New Zealand Strategy for Emerging Contaminants Q&A pdf File, 197 KB

Delivering cost effective biodiversity outcomes at landscape scale

Presenter: Dean Anderson, June 2021

pdf Delivering cost effective biodiversity outcomes at landscape scale Presentation pdf File, 1.4 MB
pdf Delivering cost effective biodiversity outcomes at landscape scale Q&A pdf File, 272 KB

Eradicating The Last 5% - Catching the Uncatchable Rogue

Presenters: Graham Hickling & Patrick Garvey, May 2021

pdf Eradicating the Last 5% Presentation pdf File, 2.7 MB
pdf Eradicating the Last 5% Q&A pdf File, 359 KB

Climate change policy lessons from an agricultural focused agent based model

Presenter: Fraser Morgan, April 2021

pdf Climate change policy lessons from an agricultural focused agent based model Presentation pdf File, 2.3 MB
pdf Climate change policy lessons from an agricultural focused agent based model Q&A pdf File, 199 KB

Wasp Busting Biocontrol - New agents to be released

Presenter: Bob Brown, March 2021

pdf Wasp Busting Biocontrol - New agents to be released March 2021 pdf File, 3.1 MB
pdf Wasp Busting Biocontrol Q&A pdf File, 185 KB

Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland, a cultural wetland handbook

Presenters: Yvonne Taura, Bev Clarkson & Mahuru Wilcox, February 2021

pdf Te Reo o Te Repo _The Voice of the Wetland_presentation pdf File, 6.5 MB

Soil research advances in Aotearoa 2020

Presenters: Sam Carrick & Bryan Stevenson, December 2020

pdf Soil research advances in Aotearoa 2020_Q&A pdf File, 298 KB
pdf Soil research advances in Aotearoa 2020_Presentation pdf File, 3.8 MB

Attitudes and beliefs about the use of aerial 1080 in New Zealand

Presenter: Geoff Kaine, November 2020

pdf Attitudes about the aerial use of 1080 - Geoff Kane November 2020 pdf File, 1.3 MB
pdf Attitudes and beliefs about the aerial use of 1080 in NZ Q&A pdf File, 195 KB

Taking a well-being approach to soil health

Presenters: Bryan Stevenson and Dean Stronge, October 2020

pdf Taking a wellbeing approach to soil health-Q&A pdf File, 342 KB
pdf Taking a wellbeing approach to soil health presentation pdf File, 2.3 MB

Predicting Refuges from Myrtle Rust

Presenter: James McCarthy, October 2020

pdf Myrtle Rust Refugia - James McCarthy October 2020 pdf File, 6.3 MB
pdf Predicting Refuges from Myrtle Rust Q&A pdf File, 196 KB

Climate Smart Landscapes

Presenter: Sandra Lavorel, October 2020

pdf Climate Smart Landscapes - Sandra Lavorel October 2020 pdf File, 4.1 MB
pdf Climate Smart Landscapes Q&A pdf File, 207 KB

High Flyers - Advanced Remote Sensing Aotearoa

Presenter: John Dymond, September 2020

pdf High Flyers - Advanced remote sensing Q&A pdf File, 200 KB

Well-being Indicators for New Zealand’s People and Nature

Presenter: Anne-Gaelle Ausseil & Alison Collins, August 2020

pdf Well-Being Indicators Anne-Gaelle and Alison August 2020 pdf File, 1.1 MB
pdf Well-being Indicators Q&A pdf File, 216 KB

Digging Deeper - Improved Soil Water Retention Information in S-map

Presenter: Sam Carrick & Linda Lilburne, August 2020

pdf Digging Deeper: Improved Soil Water Retention Information in S map Q&A pdf File, 199 KB
pdf Digging Deeper: S-map. Sam Carrick and Linda Lilburne 18 Aug 2020 pdf File, 1.2 MB

New Zealand's Worst Weed

Presenter: Duane Peltzer & Rowan Sprague, July 2020

pdf New Zealands Worst Weed Problem. Duane Peltzer & Rowan Sprague, July 2020. pdf File, 5 MB
pdf New Zealands Worst Weed Problem: Q & A pdf File, 203 KB

Regenerative Agriculture in New Zealand

Presenter: Gwen Grelet & Sam Lang, July 2020

pdf Regenerative Agriculture in New Zealand.Gwen Grelet & Sam Lang, July 2020. pdf File, 8.8 MB
pdf Regenerative Agriculture in New Zealand. Q & A pdf File, 203 KB

Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation Supporting the COVID-19 response in NZ

Presenter: Rachelle Binny, Audrey Lustig, July 2020

pdf Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation Supporting the COVID-19 response in NZ. Rachelle Binny and Audrey Lustig, July 2020. pdf File, 2.6 MB
pdf Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation Supporting the COVID-19 response in NZ. Q & A pdf File, 195 KB

Looking to the past with a view to the future: Applying conservation palaeobiology in New Zealand

Presenter: Jamie Wood, June 2020

pdf Looking to the past with a view to the future: Applying conservation palaeobiology in New Zealand. Jamie Wood, June 2020. pdf File, 18 MB
pdf Looking to the past with a view to the future: Applying conservation palaeobiology in New Zealand. Q & A pdf File, 190 KB

Tweet, tweet ... making our birds count! The journey so far and coming up... the 2020 survey

Presenter: Gradon Diprose, Angela Brandt & Nicolette Dellow, June 2020

Holistic governance: from the mountains to the sea

Presenter: Alison Greenaway and Lara Taylor, June 2020

pdf Holistic governance: from the mountains to the sea. Alison Greenaway and Lara Taylor, June2020. pdf File, 1.4 MB
pdf Holistic governance: from the mountains to the sea. Q & A pdf File, 332 KB

The answer is in the soil: S-map 101

Presenter: Linda Lilburne and Sam Carrick, June 2020

pdf The answer is in the soil: S-map 101. Linda Lilburne and Sam Carrick, June 2020 pdf File, 5 MB
pdf The answer is in the soil: S-map 101: Q & A pdf File, 167 KB

Seeing the forest and the trees through the Survey of Rural Decision Makers

Presenter: Pike Brown, May 2020

pdf Seeing the forest and the trees through the Survey of Rural Decision Makers: Q &A pdf File, 200 KB

How New Zealand's landscape is changing – introducing the new LCDB v 5.0

Presenter: David Pairman, May 2020

pdf How New Zealand's landscape is changing – introducing the new LCDB v 5.0. David Pairman, May 2020 pdf File, 6.5 MB
pdf How New Zealand's landscape is changing – introducing the new LCDB v 5.0:Q & A pdf File, 224 KB

Targeting vulnerability to multiple hazards in pandemic recovery

Presenter: Patrick Walsh, Nick Cradock-Henry, and Suzie Greenhalgh

pdf Mitigating cascading & compounding hazards in the time of pandemic. Patrick Walsh, Nick Cradock-Henry, and Suzie Greenhalgh, April 2020 pdf File, 3.2 MB
pdf Policy Brief 25: Mitigating cascading and compounding hazards in the time of pandemic pdf File, 2.3 MB
pdf Targeting Vulnerability to Multiple Hazards in Pandemic Recovery: Q & A pdf File, 201 KB

Climate change impacts on land use suitability, February 2020

pdf Climate change impacts on land use suitability. Anne-Gaelle Ausseil and Deep South research team, February 2020. pdf File, 2.8 MB

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Christine Harper

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Science & Knowledge Translation