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Māori frameworks needed to recloak the whenua
17 May 2023
Noho tahanga a Papatūānuku kia whakakororwai i ai ia
Papatūānuku [The earth mother] lays bare; we must recloak her
– Keita Ngata (Ngāti Porou)
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Ancient diets revealed by kākāpō scats
4 April 2023
Researchers have just published the most comprehensive analysis of prehistoric kākāpō diet ever performed.
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Historic newspaper articles shine new light on the near-extinction of kākāpo
31 March 2023
Kākāpō, the world’s only flightless parrot, once ranged throughout the forests of Aotearoa New Zealand. However, early European observers noted the bird population declining rapidly within their own lifetimes and speculated this was due to packs of feral European dogs and other mammal predators.
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Concern for pōhutukawa grows following widespread myrtle rust infection
22 March 2023
Myrtle rust infections have been found on pōhutukawa trees in Auckland at unprecedented levels this summer. This season is also the first the disease has been reported on Auckland’s iconic Rangitoto Island.
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Myrtle rust
What’s going on with the birds in your garden?
9 March 2023
The State of New Zealand Garden Birds | Te āhua o ngā manu o te kāri i Aotearoa 2022, 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 Garden Bird Survey.
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Can mosaics of trees help to reach Aotearoa’s carbon targets?
20 February 2023
Increasing carbon stocks in woody vegetation will be a major contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand reaching its zero-carbon emissions target by 2050. Plantation forestry has previously been promoted as the best way to achieve large-scale carbon sequestration, but a new MBIE Endeavour research program...
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Interactive urban tree mapping in Wellington
20 February 2023
“Bridging the gap between remote sensing and tree modelling with data science" – an exciting collaboration between New Zealand and Singapore – has achieved an important milestone with the launch of an interactive urban tree map of New Zealand’s capital city.
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New soil research priorities for Antarctica
20 February 2023
Most of Antarctica is covered in a thick layer of ice, but its ice-free regions, representing less than 0.5% of the continent, are scientifically very significant and have surprisingly diverse soils.
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Enhancing soils, water, and land
Antarctica
An integrative approach to silvopastoral system designs
20 February 2023
Poplars and willows can provide a practical solution for slope stability, but is this the only benefit of low-density tree-pasture systems on farms?
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Erosion
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S-map reaches 10 million hectares mapped
20 February 2023
S-map has reached the halfway mark for mapping the farmable land area of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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S-map
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