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Kauri Rescue going strong after new lease on life
Initially supported by the BioHeritage Challenge, Kauri Rescue was set up to help treat kauri dieback on private property during 2017 and 2018. During that time they had over 500…
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Research Impact Award from University of Auckland for BioHeritage programme
Empowering community creativity and engagement has been recognised in BioHeritage’s Ngā Rākau Taketake (Saving our Iconic Trees) Mobilising for Action (MFA) programme with two co-leads being honoured with a Team…
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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.
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Predicting pests before they arrive
A new tool that predicts which pest insects are likely to invade New Zealand will help us get prepared to fight them before they arrive.
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Te Kura o te Kauri gets the green light
Dr Monica Gerth is leading work on Te Kura o te Kauri – The School of the Kauri.
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Conserving and restoring our taonga rākau
Updates from the Conservation and Restoration team on the mahi they're doing to safeguard trees that are impacted by myrtle rust and kauri dieback.
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Documentary shows how sound can connect us to the forest and raise awareness of plant health
The concept for this film evolved over several years through an ongoing conversation between close friends Kelly (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki) and Dan (Te Roroa, Ngāti…
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori profile: Melanie Mark-Shadbolt
Melanie is one of the two Challenge directors and a tireless champion for Māori in science and environmental spaces . . .
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Student Profile: Amy van Lindt
University of Canterbury student Amy van Lindt has been researching the potential role freshwater crayfish could play in stream restoration, and has found some interesting results.
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Kauri dieback affects dissolved organic matter cycles
Measuring dissolved organic matter could give an idea of the extent to which trees are infected with Phytophthora agathidicida, according to a recent study.
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Stepping up: Cecilia Arienti-Latham joins Waitangi Wood to co-lead Integrated Surveillance
Time for a swap within Theme 4! With former co-lead Dr Dean Anderson moving into research for Integrated Surveillance, researcher, Cecilia Arienti-Latham, will be joining Waitangi Wood in the co-leadership role. Cecilia gives us insight into her experience working on the theme.
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A strategic approach to partnership
Authentic partnership with mana whenua takes pride of place in the BioHeritage Challenge. But what happens when seven different teams all want to honour this process in a similar field of work?
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What it takes to shake things up
From December 2019 – December 2020 the BioHeritage team embarked on a journey to do science differently. This is what it looked like . . .