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2025 News

  1. Celebrating our achievements

    Celebrating the achievements of our staff

  2. Endings and new beginnings: a story of Manaaki Whenua

    On 1 July 2025, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research became part of the new Bioeconomy Science Institute alongside AgResearch, Plant & Food Research, and Scion. This ended a chapter in the remarkable story of science in New Zealand, which began in 1992 with the formation of the Crown Research Institut...

  3. New look for New Zealand’s bioeconomy research

    The Bioeconomy Science Institute, Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest research organisation, launched its new look today.

  4. Spare a thought for parasites: a 1000-year study of kākāpō poo

    In a new study of fossilised and frozen kākāpō poo, researchers from Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research have, for the first time, been able to show what happens to parasites when their host – almost – goes extinct.

  5. New research institute to advance the bioeconomy

    Today marks a new era for innovation to boost the bioeconomy as New Zealand’s largest research institute is launched.

  6. The 19th NZ Garden Bird Survey starts on Saturday 28 June

    Thousands of New Zealanders have their pencils sharpened and at the ready for the start of the 19th New Zealand Garden Bird Survey | Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa on Saturday 28 June.

  7. Chief Executive appointed for new Bioeconomy Science Institute

    Mark Piper has been appointed as the inaugural Chief Executive of the new amalgamated Crown Research Institute (CRI), the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science (Bioeconomy Science Institute).

  8. How have our garden birds been tracking since 2014?

    Things are looking up for the tauhou (silvereye), according to the results from the 2024 State of New Zealand Garden Birds | Te Āhua o ngā Manu o te Kāri Aotearoa report, which has just been released. The national declines for the species that were reported in previous years have tapered off and the...

  9. Herding cats – the science of deterrence

    Aotearoa New Zealand has among the highest per capita ownership of domestic cats in the world, with an estimated 1.2 million nationwide. Some 41% of households own at least one cat.

  10. Here, there and everywhere: Vanuatu welcomes the beetles

    Another milestone for Pacific weed biocontrol was passed in November 2024, with Vanuatu receiving the pico beetle to tackle the spread of the invasive weed prickly solanum, known as pico weed in Vanuatu.