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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 science and mātauranga Māori to create a…
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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 01 January 2022
Seafood Magazine: Harvesting bioactives from seastars to save kuku/mussel beds
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - December 2021:An over-abundance of pātangaroa (11-armed seastars) is causing a dramatic decline in populations of kuku/kutai (mussels), pipi and cockles in coastal…
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Posted on 14 December 2021
Covid-19, integrity and ‘blue washing’ – marine ecotourism operators share their thoughts and concerns for the future
As the nation gears up to explore their own backyard this summer, the country’s tourism industry is firmly focused on developing more sustainable ways to host domestic and international visitors.
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Posted on 30 November 2021
Marine ecotourism is supporting tourism industry to build back better
As the first official day of summer kicks off tomorrow and the nation gears up to explore their own backyard, the country’s tourism industry is firmly focused on developing more…
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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 05 July 2021
Sustainable Seas at NZMSS Conference 2021
We're delighted to be sponsors of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference 2021, starting this week.
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Posted on 29 June 2021
IVF for flounder holds the key to a fledgling aquaculture industry
This article is republished from University of Waikato under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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Posted on 22 June 2021
Expert comment: Revitalising the Gulf
Today the Government has released the Revitalising the Gulf, a strategy to restore the health and mauri of the Hauraki Gulf.
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Posted on 07 May 2021
Tauranga schoolkids helping create a giant rope artwork about marine science
From 10–14 May, daily workshops will be held with 450 local students from 7 Tauranga schools looking at the tides, kai moana species and historical land reclamation in the Tauranga…
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Posted on 31 March 2021
Media coverage in March 2021
School kids to go on virtual field trip to learn about seaweedRNZ Midday Report – Julie Hall was interviewed about the LEARNZ trip, and potential of seaweed as a new…
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Posted on 02 March 2021
New giant collaborative artwork reveals our connection to the marine world
Combining art with science is a powerful way of communicating complex concepts in the marine environment, from climate change to ocean acidification to ki uta ki tai (mountains-to-sea connection).
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