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News and updates about our research, outreach and engagement
Posted on 14 September 2020
Early signs of success at mussel ‘restoration stations’
Commercial mussel lines are great at catching mussel spat, but are predominantly made of plastic.
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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.
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Posted 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.
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Posted on 15 June 2020
Leading our Vision Mātauranga
We work closely with Māori capturing their needs and aspirations for marine management in Aotearoa.
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Posted 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…
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Posted on 13 May 2020
Innovation Fund is open for blue economy initiatives
We invite NZ-based researchers, industry, stakeholders and Māori to submit expressions of Interest (EoIs) for research projects that will contribute directly to building a ‘blue economy’ in Aotearoa.
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Posted on 09 March 2020
1,800+ schoolchildren (virtually) explored marine science for Seaweek
Last week (3–5 March), schoolchildren from across New Zealand travelled with LEARNZ and the Sustainable Seas Challenge to discover what's threatening mussels/kuku or kūtai, a taonga species, in Ōhiwa Harbour,…
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Posted on 28 February 2020
Blue economy: core research topics
Following a productive co-development workshop this month with central and regional government, marine industry, Māori and iwi representatives, and research organisations, we have identified 4 topics for our blue economy core…
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Posted on 08 November 2019
Examples of EBM in Aotearoa
A new map shows the locations of initiatives across Aotearoa New Zealand that incorporate three or more of the seven EBM principles we have developed with Māori and stakeholders.
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Posted on 31 October 2019
Media coverage in October 2019
BreakfastTVNZ (no link available)Director Julie Hall was interviewed about the report Our Marine Environment 2019 A call to arms on New Zealanders’ abuse of the oceanThe SpinoffThis article about the MfE report Our Marine Environment 2019 included…
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Posted on 25 October 2019
Symposium gives voice to the ocean
In early October Te Paepae o Tangaora Oceans Symposium was held in Te Tairāwhiti (Gisborne).
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Posted on 17 October 2019
Media statement: Today's marine environment report from MfE and StatsNZ
Julie Hall, Director: "It is deeply concerning that the state of our marine environment has not improved in the last three years.
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