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2022 News

  1. How will pathogen communities change as climate warms?

    Using next-generation sequencing to try and understand what drives kānuka health.

  2. Towards local-parallel scenarios for climate change adaptation

    We live in an already complex world, to which climate change is rapidly adding an extra layer of complexity. Communities and societies are increasingly having to adapt to climate change, but the unpredictability of change makes it very difficult to plan for future responses at any scale.

  3. A data centre for environmental research

    A new website powered by high-performance computing and increased data storage and analytics capability now provides easy access to important national environmental data for science, government, local bodies, industry, business, iwi and Māori, and the public.

  4. New look for Biota of New Zealand

    Manaaki Whenua’s taxonomic information has a new collaborative home. Until now NZFlora, NZFungi, NZFungi2 and NZInverts, which between them provide taxonomic and nomenclature data for terrestrial invertebrates, fungi and bacteria, and plants, have existed as four separate websites.

  5. Developing land-use decision-making frameworks in partnership with Māori essential

    A recent study involving Manaaki Whenua Kaihautū Māori Dr Nikki Harcourt and Senior Researcher Dr Melissa Robson-Williams, has found it is essential to co-develop land-use decision-making frameworks in genuine partnership with Māori if they are to be of any use.

  6. Ecosystem services: landscape appreciation and social media

    Ecosystem services – defined as the benefits people obtain from natural environments and healthy ecosystems – are broadly categorised into four main groups: regulating services such as air purification and pollination; provisioning services such as food, energy, and medicinal resources; supporting s...

  7. Celebrating our achievements

    In April 2022, Dr Bev Clarkson was awarded the Loder Cup by the Minister of Conservation, Minister Kiritapu Allan, at the Department of Conservation offices in Hamilton.

  8. Changing our SOCS: Could increases in soil carbon offset farm-scale emissions in Aotearoa?

    He Waka Eke Noa is the primary food and fibre sector’s climate action partnership, working with farmers and with iwi and Māori partners to implement a framework by 2025 to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and build the agriculture sector’s resilience to climate change.  

  9. 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.

  10. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research and Predator Free Rakiura collaborating on a world-first predator eradication project

    A significant partnership agreement has been signed between Manaaki Whenua and Predator Free Rakiura to work together towards ridding Rakiura/Stewart Island of all major predators - possums, rats, feral cats and hedgehogs.