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  1. 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).

  2. Celebrating our achievements

    The annual Science New Zealand Awards celebrate the people whose research and innovation makes real-world differences. The theme of this year’s awards was ‘Impacts for Aotearoa New Zealand’, recognising the research driving innovation and tangible outcomes that benefit New Zealanders.

  3. New Bioeconomy Science Institute to be formed 

    New consolidated Crown Research Institutes announcement.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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