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Cape to City looks for thriving ecosystems amid mānuka plantations

Cape to City looks for thriving ecosystems amid mānuka plantations

A Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research study has found that native invertebrate communities can survive in fragmented mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) plantations, persevering alongside, and eventually superseding their introduced counterparts as the planted mānuka ages and is restored.

What’s in a name?
Demystifying lilly pilly hedges

What’s in a name?
Demystifying lilly pilly hedges

Every winter, Beyond Myrtle Rust asks gardeners to prune their lilly pilly hedges to help prevent the spread of myrtle rust, a deadly plant disease caused by the fungus Austropuccinia psidii. New growth encouraged by pruning is less likely to be infected by A. psidii in winter. 

Relational values provide common ground and expose multi-level constraints to cross-cultural wetland management

Relational values provide common ground and expose multi-level constraints to cross-cultural wetland management

The Challenge is pleased to be able to support Corinne Bataille in her ongoing commitment to working with tangata tiaki and growing valuable social-ecological research capacity in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kaurilands Summit 2021

Kaurilands Summit 2021

Over 120 attendees representing community groups, iwi, research organisations, councils and government agencies came together online for the inaugural Kauriland Summit in June 2021. The Summit was split into three distinctive sections to reflect the BioHeritage’s priority areas: Whakamana, Tiaki and Whakahou (Empower, Protect and Restore). Each of the seven Ngā Rākau Taketake research themes were […]

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