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  1. New Bioeconomy Science Institute to be formed 

    New consolidated Crown Research Institutes announcement.

  2. Updates to the New Zealand Soil Classification and the New Zealand Soil Description Handbook

    We are excited to announce that draft updates to our two core field standards for soils work are now available for review.

  3. Changes to the New Zealand science sector

    On 23 January 2025 the Government announced plans for the future of the New Zealand science system, including the creation of new Public Research Organisations.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  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. 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.