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Horror in the ngahere: myrtle rust is graphic novel's 'big bad'
With The Last of Us making cordyceps a household name, and many other evil moulds creeping through our screens and libraries, it seems that fungi and horror are a match made in… hell.Aroha Novak (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Te Rangi) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Ōtepoti Dunedin and has added fertiliser to the fungal horror garden with her graphic novel, Myrtle Rust.
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End of Challenge marked with moving event
It was a bittersweet moment when the end of the BioHeritage National Science Challenge was marked with a ‘Close and Celebration’ event in mid-July. Reflecting on the journey of the…
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Crazy & Ambitious 3 brought together leading minds in biosecurity and biodiversity
We heard from over seventy kaikōrero (speakers) across the week. Of particular note were the keynote speakers – Aroha Mead, Daniel Hikuroa, Graeme Marshall, Jessi Morgan, Haami Piripi, Jack Craw and…
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Conserving seeds to fight plant extinction
Collecting and storing seeds is a way of potentially saving native trees from extinction, and Whanganui iwi are now joining the charge.
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How Did Konini Primary Celebrate Matariki?
Toitū te Ngahere is a project exploring art in schools for ngahere ora (forest health). Using the processes inherent in art making, Toitū te Ngahere empowers tamariki to develop and tell stories about their own relationships with local ecosystems. This year, three classes at Konini Primary curated art and performance to share with their community at their Matariki celebration.
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A postdoc for AUT Living Labs
From a young age, Sarah dreamed of becoming an astrophysicist. She pursued physics and maths at university before deciding to shift towards biology. “It was hard at the beginning because…
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Is "Predator free" missing a predator?
While the rest of the country is on a mission to eradicate fluffy, four-legged predators, Julia Schmack is looking at carnivores of a different scale.
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Myrtle rust: How bad is it really?
Five years into the myrtle rust incursion, the question on everybody’s lips is, “How bad is it really?” According to Beccy Ganley, Ngā Rākau Taketake Science Leader, we don’t know.