News & events
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May 19
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Read moreNew Zealand is losing 192 million tonnes of soil each year due to erosion. That’s the equivalent of more than 7 million dump trucks. According to the Ministry for the Environment’s Environment Aotearoa 2019 report, almost half (44%) of this loss is from pastoral land. This erosion has been accelerated by the loss of native vegetation but is primarily caused by significant weather events where heavy rain causes slips, slumps and stream-bank collapse that sends massive amounts of fertile soil and sediment into waterways, streams and rivers.
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Apr 19
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New Zealand Colony Loss Survey shows ongoing trend in overall honey bee colony loss
2 Apr 19 by Pike Brown
Read moreA report on the New Zealand Colony Loss Survey for 2018 has been released highlighting an increase in colony losses in most regions throughout New Zealand, with the Upper North Island having the highest colony loss rates.
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Mar 19
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Read moreThe BEST Symposium was held in Wellington on 1 May 2019. The management of New Zealand's natural resources continues…
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Mar 19
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Read moreA new programme involving the National NZ Flax Collection is taking place at a Christchurch school as a way of reconnecting raranga (the art of weaving) with young Māori, their whānau and their community.
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Feb 19
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Predator-Free Taranaki
22 Feb 19
Read moreHow do invasive mustelids move around the landscape? Scientists from Manaaki Whenua's Wildlife Ecology and Management Team are investigating.
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Feb 19
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Embedding mātauraunga Māori into the deep south – a new Māori whakairo to be carved in Antarctica
20 Feb 19
Read moreAntarctica will shortly receive one of the first traditional Māori carvings to have been carved and completed on the ice. A pair of Māori carvers headed south to Antarctica on Waitangi Day to spend two weeks completing and installing the two whakawae (door frames) and a pare (lintel) they are carving for Scott Base.
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Feb 19
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Read moreScientists and Māori agribusiness team up to learn about mānuka DNA variation, beehive stocking rates, and honey bee food resources.
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Jan 19
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Read moreWe are delighted to announce that Graham Sevicke-Jones will be joining the Senior Leadership Team at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research in the role of General Manager Science & Knowledge Translation.
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Nov 18
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Read moreA study of ancient rodent nests from the Atacama Desert in northern Chile has provided the first insights into how organisms responsible for causing diseases in plants responded to past climate change.
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Nov 18
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Read moreManaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Waikato Regional Council will be working closer together on science programmes in the future.