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Posted on Wednesday 31 March 2021

Media coverage in March 2021

In the media
2 minute read
School kids to go on virtual field trip to learn about seaweed

RNZ Midday Report – Julie Hall was interviewed about the LEARNZ trip, and potential of seaweed as a new blue economy sector (3min).

Four women artists tackling the environmental and body issues of the everyday

ABC Radio National – Host of The Art Show Namila Benson interviewed Gabby O'Connor about her sci-art research The Unseen and how it is tackling how to communicate the risk of climate change through public art, with the help of scientists (53 mins).

//060 Kura Paul-Burke

NUKU (podcast) – Founder and creator of NUKU Quiane Matata-Sipu interviewed Kura Paul-Burke about the benefits of combining mātauranga Māori with Western science and Kura's research into restoring the mussel beds in Ōhiwa Harbour (Episode 60, 1 hour).

Making creative communities

Stuff – Feature article about Gabby O'Connor's sci-art exhibition The Unseen at The Engine Room, Wellington.

Protecting Hawke's Bay's marine ecology

BayBuzz – Part of a feature series on marine ecology in Hawke's Bay, this article highlights our Hawke's Bay regional study and features Conrad Pilditch, theme leader of Degradation and recovery, on the impacts of sedimentation on marine ecosystems (March/April edition).

 

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