News & events
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Jun 18
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Read moreBirds are signaling major changes in our environment and a new report shows some of NZ’s birds are sounding the alarm.
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Jun 18
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Read moreFollowing extensive overseas research, the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV) RHDV1-K5 was released by councils at more than 150 sites across New Zealand as a long-term biocontrol for pest rabbit management.
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May 18
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Update 6: Testing predicted responses of Antarctic plants and microbes to environmental change
17 May 18 by Phil Novis
Read moreTesting predicted responses of Antarctic plants and microbes to environmental change. It is time now to consider how we will conduct laboratory experiments to determine the environmental tolerances of the eight species of Antarctic terrestrial species.
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May 18
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Read moreNational icons are in place for many other life forms, so with fungi being the second largest kingdom of life in New Zealand they’re overdue some additional national profile.
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May 18
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Protecting our history with harakeke - the National New Zealand Flax Collection
8 May 18 by Katarina Tawiri
Read moreManaaki Whenua is kaitiaki (guardian) of the National New Zealand Flax Collection. The collection is made up of over 300 plants. The five main collections include weaving varieties, ornamental garden plants, historical plants from the early flax industry, plants taken to offshore islands by both Māori and Pākehā, and a collection of plants representing what grows in the wild.
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May 18
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Our history with kauri dieback
2 May 18
Read moreAotearoa’s magnificent kauri tree was almost wiped out in the early 1900s due to settler deforestation, and now the giants of our forests face a new threat – kauri dieback.
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Apr 18
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Jewelled geckos released in Otago
10 Apr 18
Read moreThe Central Otago Ecological Trust recently released Jewelled geckos into a 14-ha predator-proof fence near Alexandra. This species has been extinct from Central Otago for many decades, so this translocation represents a significant step in restoring lost lizard communities in this region.
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Mar 18
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Read moreDogs in the Rotorua area could see their dermatitis clear up with the world’s first field release of a Brazilian fungal biocontrol agent aimed at combating the invasive weed tradescantia.
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Feb 18
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Ahi Pepe | MothNet heads north
28 Feb 18
Read moreStudents and teachers from at least nine kura kaupapa schools across New Zealand gathered at Pūtiki Marae in Whānganui last week for Ahi Pepe | MothNet’s first North Island camp.
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Feb 18
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New species identified at NZ’s first wetland Bioblitz
25 Feb 18 by Suzette Howe
Read moreSchool students have discovered new bacterial species in Aotearoa’s first wetland BioBlitz.