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Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2023

Media Coverage March 2023

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The wahine professor who is making waves in marine science

Stuff – A star above and below the water. Challenge Project Lead Kura Paul-Burke shows how mātauranga Māori and environmental science weave together to restore biodiversity.

Skin cream could save New Zealand's mussel population 

1 news – A skin cream made from starfish collagen could save our mussels as well as our skin.

Skin cream farmed from starfish could save Ōhiwa Harbour mussels

RNZ – Collagen from Ōhiwa Harbour starfish plays double duty strengthening mussel populations as well as people's skin. 

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Awhi Mai Awhi Atu: Enacting a kaitiakitanga-based approach to EBM
This project combines mātauranga Māori, science and local kaitiakitanga to better understand the culturally and socially important species in Ōhiwa Harbour.
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