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Update 3: A school visit. On 10 March 2017 Phil Novis visited Russley School, Christchurch, to talk to Year 7 and 8 students about Antarctica, including the current project.
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Landcare Research’s reputation as the leading provider of survey services that gather solid scientifically proven data has been further enhanced with the release of the 2016 Colony Loss Survey of beekeepers.
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Update 2: Meet the strains. Continental Antarctica is home to a huge variety of organisms. Eight of these are being studied in culture as part of our project. Some of these are plants, some are bacteria, and some have traditionally been treated as both. There are also two species of fungi.
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Update 1: How modern DNA-based methods can be used to infer the environmental preferences of Antarctic terrestrial species.
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Landcare Research has appointed Holden Hohaia as its new general manager for Māori Development.
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Christmas closure
15 Dec 16
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Landcare Research offices are closed from 12:30 p.m. Friday, 23rd December 2016 - Tuesday, 3rd January 2017.
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Wasp biocontrol update 9
1 Nov 16
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It’s been a couple of weeks now since Bob returned from the UK with chilly bins full of wasp combs, and excitement is building up.
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Wasp biocontrol update 8
15 Sep 16
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The current update is all about patience and waiting!
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New recruits for war on weeds
26 Aug 16
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A community effort is needed to stop the spread of weeds in New Zealand, say scientists.