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  1. Soil health and resilience – Oneone ora tangata ora

    The ongoing capacity of soil ecosystems to maintain the services they provide is fundamental to our economic, cultural, social, and environmental well-being.

  2. It’s rare to be common, and common to be rare

    A key feature of life’s diversity is that some species are common but many more are rare.

  3. More Birds in the Bush: A Progress Report

    With global biodiversity in freefall, research to prevent the decline of New Zealand’s unique bird species on the mainland– the kiwi, kererū, kea, kōkako and others – is nationally critical. In response, Manaaki Whenua is leading an MBIE Endeavour research programme to discover the most important in...

  4. How ancient DNA can help restore our biodiversity

    Like other remote archipelagos, New Zealand’s flora and fauna had many endemic species – found nowhere else – before human arrival.

  5. International recognition for New Zealand’s endangered fungi

    Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (www.iucnredlist.org) is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity and the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungus a...

  6. Putting te reo into taxonomy

    Writing in a recent issue of the New Zealand Journal of Ecology, Manaaki Whenua researchers Thomas Buckley, Andrew Veale, Holden Hohaia, Kiri Reihana, and Katarina Tawiri, in collaboration with external researchers, review the use of te reo Māori and ta re Moriori (spoken by Moriori on Rekohu – Chat...

  7. New Zealand’s truffle-like fungi: Ghosts of mutualisms past

    New Zealand’s truffle-like fungi: Ghosts of mutualisms past

  8. Repo research gets the green light

    A new year-long research project focusing on repo (wetland) education, awareness and kaitiakitanga has been funded and is underway.

  9. Could these traditional fungi be a food of the future?

    Fungi have long been a popular and important food source across the globe – but could the fungal kingdom meet the ever-growing modern demand for non-animal-based proteins and foods?

  10. The Honey Landscape

    Scientists at Manaaki Whenua have teamed up with Māori agribusiness to learn more about mānuka DNA variation, beehive stocking rates and honeybee food resources in a 5-year project that sets out to best maximise the opportunity presented by high-value mānuka honey production.