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Building biosecurity capability in the Pacific
22 November 2022
Over the past year, and despite ongoing Covid-19 travel restrictions, researchers in Manaaki Whenua’s Weed Biocontrol group have been able to extend their expertise overseas, working with teams in eight Pacific nations as part of the collaborative Managing Invasive Species for Climate Change Adaptat...
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International development
Weed biocontrol
Pūtaiao
A world-first predator eradication project begins on Rakiura/Stewart Island
21 November 2022
On 5 July 2022, Manaaki Whenua and Te Puka Rakiura Trust signed a significant research partnership agreement worth a joint $2.8 million over 4 years to work together towards ridding Rakiura/Stewart Island of all major predators - possums, rats, feral cats and hedgehogs.
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Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
An update on our myrtle rust research
21 November 2022
Three years into the Beyond Myrtle Rust research programme, Manaaki Whenua researchers are moving into a key phase. Studies to understand the ecosystem impact of the disease have produced a substantial body of data, and researchers are now heading to the genetic laboratory, and to analysis and repor...
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Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Myrtle rust
The right tree in the right place? A major economic tree species poses major ecological threats
21 November 2022
Radiata pine is native to North America, where it is narrowly distributed along the Californian coast, but is one of the most widely planted tree species in the southern hemisphere. It had naturalised in New Zealand by 1904.
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Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Controlling wilding conifers: are people willing to pay?
21 November 2022
Wilding conifers currently affect around 7% of New Zealand land and, despite ongoing management efforts, this area has been expanding over several decades. Without management change, wilding conifers could invade around 20% of the country within 20 years.
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Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Successful āwheto research spurs further collaboration projects with Māori
21 November 2022
The successful conclusion of an ecological analysis of āwheto in a native forest (ngāhere) block belonging to the Te Awahohonu Forest Trust (TAFT) in the Hawke’s Bay has opened the door for other similar initiatives with Māori landowners.
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
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Mātauranga Māori
Bee realistic: the latest Colony Loss Survey results
21 November 2022
New Zealand beekeepers are among the world’s most engaged when it comes to surveying the state of their hives.
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Sustainable society & policy
Advocating for a Tiriti-based dual governance and management system for Waimāori (fresh water)
21 November 2022
It’s time to stop tinkering around the edges of water use policy and legislation and address the fundamental issues, says Kairangahau Māori Lara Taylor (Ngāti Tahu Ngāti Whaoa, Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu) from Manaaki Whenua’s Landscape Policy and Governance team.
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Mātauranga Māori
Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Northland ngāhere mapped to help kaitiakitanga efforts
21 November 2022
Russell Forest on the east coast of Te Tai Tokerau/Northland is a diverse native ngāhere (forest). Researchers say it is an important example of a warm temperate rainforest in the region as it contains kauri, taraire, tawa, and totara along with threatened bird species, including the North Island br...
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Pūtaiao
Mātauranga Māori
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Meet the ancestors: tracing the lineage of extinct plants using ancient DNA techniques
21 November 2022
A passing comment over morning tea one day solved a decades-long problem for Manaaki Whenua researcher Dr Peter Heenan.
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Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
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