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  1. Manaaki Whenua appoints new CEO James Stevenson-Wallace

    James Stevenson-Wallace has been appointed by the Board of Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research as the organisation’s new Chief Executive Officer.

  2. Ngā whetū o Matariki – The stars of Matariki

    In Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) each of the whetū (stars) of Matariki is associated with a different domain of the natural world. Many of the nine stars also link to the important research and values undertaken by Manaaki Whenua.

  3. The 2022 New Zealand Garden Bird Survey starts soon. Can we count on you?

    The New Zealand Garden Bird Survey is an annual citizen science project led by scientists at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, one of New Zealand’s Crown Research Institutes, for the past 16 years.

  4. Natural enemy for invasive African tulip tree arrives in the Kingdom of Tonga

    Despite ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions to the Kingdom of Tonga, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (MWLR) this week shipped off a courier package containing African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) cuttings infested with gall mites (Colomerus spathodeae) to collaborators in Tonga

  5. Building Te Ao Māori thinking into science knowledge systems

    Indigenous knowledge systems and approaches hold a significant share in the well-being of the planet. Researchers say if we are to achieve our vision for Aotearoa New Zealand to improve the health of te taiao (the environment) and our people, we need to change the way people interact with the enviro...

  6. What’s been going on with the birds in your garden?

    2021 New Zealand Garden Bird Survey results. The State of New Zealand Garden Birds 2021 | Te āhua o ngā manu o te kāri i Aotearoa, a report released today by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, shows the latest results from New Zealand’s longest-running citizen science project – the New Zealand Gar...

  7. Using science to communicate the benefits of wilding conifer control

    Manaaki Whenua ecologist Norm Mason, with the support of the New Zealand Wilding Conifer Group, ran a series of workshops in the southern South Island to test a web-based tool for delivering forecasts of future wilding conifer control costs and ecosystem impacts.

  8. Cook Islands travel bubble a welcome opening for weed-busting beetles

    A consignment of African tulip tree flea beetles has resumed its interrupted journey to Rarotonga and the beetles have started on their weed-busting work.

  9. Coupled systems key to successful climate change outcomes

    Treating climate, biodiversity and human society as coupled systems will be key to successfully mitigate the effects of climate change.

  10. New research highlights the work of Māori in Antarctica

    Over the last 200 years, Antarctic narratives have been of those carried out by predominantly European male explorers. However, a research project led by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu researchers looked into the connection of Māori with Antarctica to better document a...