News & events
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Sep 16
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Wasp biocontrol update 8
15 Sep 16 by Ronny Groenteman
Read moreThe current update is all about patience and waiting!
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Sep 16
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Read moreFacilitating innovation in the agricultural sector is crucial if the industry is to meet the challenge of safeguarding New Zealand’s global competitiveness in the future.
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Sep 16
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Read moreA Landcare Research scientist has been granted funding to conduct further research into the commercial potential of an alga harvested from the wild. Dr Phil Novis says the "clinically proven health benefits" of the alga mean that it offers an alternative to the health supplement fish oil.
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Aug 16
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New recruits for war on weeds
26 Aug 16 by Murray Dawson
Read moreA community effort is needed to stop the spread of weeds in New Zealand, say scientists.
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Aug 16
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Delivering a blow to Cook Islands weeds
16 Aug 16 by Quentin Paynter
Read moreLandcare Research scientists are assisting the war on weeds not only in New Zealand but also its Pacific neighbour, the Cook Islands.
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Aug 16
15
Farmers seek biocontrol for smelly weed
15 Aug 16 by Ronny Groenteman
Read moreA high country sheep farmer is leading the fight against a putrid-smelling weed that reduces lucerne yields, wool quality and taints meat.
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Aug 16
2
Fighting wasps with wasps
2 Aug 16 by Bob Brown and Ronny Groenteman
Read moreA parasitic wasp is the latest weapon scientists are investigating in the war against wasps.
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Jul 16
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New Money a Game-Changer for New Zealand’s Biodiversity
25 Jul 16 by Andrea Byrom
Read more“The significant new investment in pest eradication, announced at Zealandia in Wellington today by Prime Minister John Key, could be a game-changer. And a game-changer is just what our biodiversity desperately needs,” says Dr Andrea Byrom, Director of the National Science Challenge for NZ’s Biological Heritage, and an expert in pest ecology.
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Jul 16
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Wasp Biocontrol Update 7
21 Jul 16 by Ronny Groenteman
Read moreIn the last update we told you that the wasp biocontrol project is at a turning point. Well, we have just heard from the Sustainable Farming Fund that our request for variation has been approved, so it is time to tell you what happens next, and why.
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Jul 16
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First complete flora “milestone” for Cook Islands
4 Jul 16 by Ilse Breitwieser
Read moreA book outlining, for the first time ever, the complete flora of the Cook Islands has come to fruition.