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News and updates about our research, outreach and engagement
Posted on 30 November 2020
How ‘forests’ can help marine spatial planning
New guidance for marine managers explains how Gradient Forest models – a new ‘classification tree’ technique that predicts species composition in marine environments – can help predict biodiversity hotspots in marine areas where there is little to no available data....
MorePosted on 09 November 2020
Project leader Jason Mika wins Massey teaching award
Ka mau te wehi, congratulations to Jason Mika for being awarded the 2020 Richard Buchanan Teaching Excellence Award.
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Posted on 21 September 2020
Job vacancy: Challenge Manager
If you’ve got amazing project management skills and are looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to a critical environmental science challenge facing the nation, then we’ve got a job...
MorePosted on 11 September 2020
Benthic animals ride out innovative lab experiment
Dog cockles and sponges are widely distributed around our coasts, where they are important in structuring communities and ecosystems.
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Posted on 31 August 2020
Beth Tupara-Katene joins engagement team
We are delighted to announce that Beth, who is also our Tangaroa Lead, has joined the engagement team as an Engagement Specialist – Māori.
MorePosted on 06 July 2020
Website: tell us what you think
You may have noticed that our website has a fresh new look with gorgeous imagery of our marine world. More importantly, it makes our mahi much easier to explore.
MorePosted on 16 June 2020
Interview with Josie Crawshaw
Dr Josie Crawshaw is an Environmental Scientist at Bay of Plenty Regional Council, with a focus on marine ecology.
MorePosted on 15 June 2020
Leading our Vision Mātauranga
We work closely with Māori capturing their needs and aspirations for marine management in Aotearoa.
MorePosted on 22 May 2020
90 submissions for our Innovation Fund
We received 90 expressions of interest for our Innovation Fund, from 10 universities; 29 separate businesses/industry organisation; 11 Māori businesses, researchers and iwi trusts; 4 Crown Research Institutes; and from...
MorePosted on 14 May 2020
Haere mai to our new Chair
We are delighted to welcome our new Chair, Tania Te Rangingangana Simpson, who brings a wealth of knowledge that is directly relevant to our research into bringing together tikanga and...
MorePosted on 03 April 2020
Blue economy core research concepts open for review
The Challenge Leadership Team has developed core research project concepts for Theme 2: Creating value from a blue economy.
MorePosted on 11 March 2020
Ngā mihi maioha, Sir Rob
Te tai ra, Te tai ra Te tai ra e pari ana ki hea E pari ana ki te kauheke tangata Ka rongo te ao Kua rongo te po E te rangatira Kua riro atu koe...
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