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  1. Zooming out for a better view of the freshwater policy landscape

    It’s not easy being a policy-maker. The world has more humans on it than it has ever had, we are hitting environmental limits and thresholds, systems are complex, and system changes have effects that are difficult to predict.

  2. Living with nature for a sustainable future

    Cyclones Gabrielle and Hale remind us we live in a country where natural hazards are part of our lives.

  3. Poipoia Kia Rere interns take flight

    This summer we have eight Poipoia Kia Rere interns being supported by Manaaki Whenua supervisors across the motu, working in a range of disciplines with a Kaupapa Māori and Mātauranga Māori approach.

  4. Cultural exchange to Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation

    Despite the distances separating Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada, a team of Māori researchers, teachers, kaitiaki and rangatahi found more similarities than differences in a two-week cultural exchange to a remote indigenous community in Canada.

  5. Ten million hectares of Aotearoa now S-mapped

    S-map has reached a major milestone: 10 million hectares of Aotearoa have now been mapped under S-map’s soil survey programme, which is around 37% of the whole land area of the country

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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...