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News and updates about our research, outreach and engagement
Posted on 21 November 2017
Tipping Points team receives sustainability award
The NZ Coastal Society Conference’s Sustainability Award promotes sustainable coastal leadership and action in New Zealand, with the greenstone mere representing the winner’s mana and kaitiakitanga.
MorePosted on 07 November 2017
Smart aquaculture
A new aquaculture project from the Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) National Science Challenge to develop technologies for sustainable, more productive, marine farming aligns well with our mission.
MorePosted on 20 September 2017
Eureka! Is ocean farming the future?
Jonathan Chan, from Auckland Grammar School, has won the Eureka Award Gold Scholarship sponsored by NIWA for the most innovative and creative science, technology and/or engineering solution that addresses issues…
MorePosted on 12 September 2017
Workshop to develop EBM tools
In August, we held a follow up workshop in Nelson for regional stakeholders and iwi.
MorePosted on 07 September 2017
Coastal tipping points talk at EDS conference
Prof Simon Thrush gave an invited presentation about our national estuaries experiment, and opportunities for management and governance agencies to address sudden unexpected changes in marine ecosystems.
MorePosted on 30 August 2017
Cumulative effects project kicks off
Managing the cumulative effects from natural events and human activities is one of the most urgent and complex problems facing our coastal and marine ecosystems.
MorePosted on 18 August 2017
New expertise for leadership team
We are pleased to announce that Conrad Pilditch and Janet Stephenson have joined the Science Leadership Team, bringing both continuity and new blood.
MorePosted on 03 August 2017
Seafood industry conference
Three of our researchers presented at the conference’s Technical Day (2 August). The day was attended by around 80 representatives from industry, government agencies, researchers, and experts.
MorePosted on 26 July 2017
Lessons learned from Canada
A recently published paper in AlterNative identifies 5 elements to consider when developing ecosystem-based management (EBM) for Aotearoa. Our project investigating indigenous approaches to EBM completed in early 2017.
MorePosted on 18 July 2017
Tipping Points hosts interdisciplinary workshop
15 PhD students and postdocs from across New Zealand came together to discuss estuarine science and share ideas, as they developed sampling plans for the national Tipping Points experiment.
MorePosted on 05 July 2017
Plenary at AMSA 2017
Director Julie Hall gave the plenary address on 4 July at the Australian Marine Sciences Association conference in Darwin.
MorePosted on 04 July 2017
Sediment and seabed species
Experiments have begun investigating the effect of sedimentation from human activities on offshore seabed species.
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