Media releases
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A trio of Brazilian beetles have been released in Northland to tackle a weed threatening a “biodiversity hotspot”.
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Buzz over wasp excavation
18 Feb 16
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Coming face-to-face with thousands of aggressive wasps is just a typical day at work for New Zealand researcher Dr Bob Brown.
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War on weeds nets $44 million windfall
16 Feb 16
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A tiny insect’s huge appetite is saving New Zealand dairy farmers $44 million a year.
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Tests will soon begin to ensure a mite, that looks a promising biocontrol agent against wasps, isn’t a threat to bees.
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Weevils to wage war on weed
26 Jan 16
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Hundreds of Chilean weevils will be released over the coming weeks to control the widespread weed Darwin’s barberry.
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Flax collection helping save young lives
23 Dec 15
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One of New Zealand’s nationally significant plant collections is being used to help save babies’ lives.
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App aids conserving native orchids
16 Dec 15
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An app to identify native orchids could help save some of the more rare and endangered species from being picked like a common daisy.
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Bright ideas brimming at hackathon
20 Nov 15
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Three strangers have developed a web app to help landowners know how suitable their property is for bees.
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Hackers with a cause
6 Nov 15
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Hackers will converge at a mystery location in Wellington this weekend. But there won’t be anything illegal going on.
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Landcare Research welcomes Environment Aotearoa 2015 – the third national state of environment report released today by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Statistics New Zealand.