LinkOnline » 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.

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

Key contact

Christine Harper

Strategic Stakeholder Relationships Manager

Māori Development