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Posted on 01 April 2022
Media coverage in March 2022
‘We have a full pharmacopoeia of plants’: Q&A with Māori researcher Nicola MacdonaldMongabay – Project Co-leader for Kohunga Kutai, Nicola MacDonald, shares how researchers are using Western science and mātauranga Māori to create…
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Posted on 18 February 2022
Education resource: Restoring kuku beds
The team behind the Awhi Mai Awhi Atu project are bringing together mātauranga Māori and western science to help understand the degrading harbour and aid the recovery of the once abundant…
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Posted on 11 February 2022
Te Au o Te Moana – Voice of the Ocean: Clare Bradley
Clare Bradley leads a sustainable whānau owned rimurimu/seaweed business.
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Posted on 31 December 2021
Media coverage in December 2021
Scheme aims to establish commercial seaweed farming sector Stuff – A new five-million-dollar seaweed farming pilot programme in the Hauraki gulf draws insights from our Seaweed sector review.
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Posted on 01 December 2021
Media coverage in November 2021
Breakfast this morning (no longer available) Building a seaweed sector project leader Serean Adams (Cawthron Institute) talked to John Campbell on Breakfast this morning to share how 900 native seaweed species can remove nutrients, increase biodiversity and protect shorelines in…
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Posted on 05 November 2021
Registration open for Te Au o Te Moana | Conference 2022
We are delighted to announce that registration is open for Te Au o Te Moana – The Voice of the Ocean, our Conference 2022.
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Posted on 01 November 2021
Seafood Magazine: Seaweed could be a game changer
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - October 2021:A prosperous rimurimu/seaweed sector has massive potential to improve the health and well-being of Aotearoa New Zealand, new research shows.
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Posted on 01 November 2021
Six rimurimu/seaweed species could put Aotearoa New Zealand on the map
Rimurimu/seaweed should be a natural contributor to Aotearoa New Zealand’s blue economy because there is a wealth of diversity of species growing along our coastlines.
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Posted on 31 October 2021
Media coverage in October 2021
The massive potential of the seaweed sectorSeafoodNZ magazine/October 2021 – Article (p38–39) about the Building a seaweed sector project and our recent report reviewing the sector.
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Posted on 14 September 2021
Seaweed biodiversity study underway on Marlborough Sounds marine farms
Early one morning in August, before the latest lockdown, a couple of seaweed scientists visited marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds to collect seaweed samples.
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Posted on 01 September 2021
Seafood Magazine: Creating a sustainable mussel spat supply with mātauranga Māori
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - June 2021:Indigenous knowledge and expertise are at the forefront of creating more sustainable pathways for the largest and most valuable aquaculture industry…
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Posted on 16 August 2021
Developing a rimurimu/seaweed sector would hugely benefit Aotearoa New Zealand
A prosperous rimurimu/seaweed sector has massive potential to improve the health and well-being of Aotearoa New Zealand, our research shows.
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