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The Nasonia pair-rule gene regulatory network retains its function over 300 million years of evolution

Insect segmentation is a well-studied and tractable system with which to investigate the genetic regulation of development. Though insects segment their germband using a variety…

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Report

Gap analysis for risk assessment and decision making in the biosecurity system

The research programme “He Tangata, He Taiao, He Ōhanga (Strategic Outcome 3,Bioheritage National Science Programme) aims to incorporate information from a holistic set of values…

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Summary

BRIEF: Evaluating New Technology for Biosecurity Surveillance

Biosecurity surveillance helps prevent the establishment of, control, and eradication of unwanted and damaging organisms in Aotearoa New Zealand. Existing surveillance either relies on the…

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Webinar

Māori perspectives on the uses of DNA data

Wānanga 2: Māori perspectives on the uses of DNA data Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series Facilitators: Dr Alana Alexander, Ngāpuhi: Te…

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Charting Perspectives of Genetic Modification for Pest Control in Aotearoa New Zealand

Aotearoa New Zealand focuses on pest control to preserve the country’s fragile biodiversity. Genetic modification presents a potential strategy for pest control, but it raises…

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Te Kura Whakaaro o Tāne

Te Kura Whakaaro o Tāne – he pukapuka tēnei e whakamānawa ana i ngā mahi patu kīrearea a Tame Malcolm (Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao). Kua…

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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 3 – 2022

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge online conference, Crazy & Ambitious 3. 24 – 27 May 2022. This event…

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Media

The best eradication methods to get rid of wasps

If you had a BBQ over the long holiday weekend, or any time this summer, you likely had horrible, unwelcome guests – wasps. But what…

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Novel biotechnologies for eradicating wasps: seeking Māori studies students’ perspectives with Q method

Aligned with the New Zealand government’s ‘Predator-Free 2050’ target for Aotearoa New Zealand, National Science Challenge: Our biological Heritage supports research into five distinct ‘novel…

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Introduction of a male-harming mitochondrial haplotype via ‘Trojan Females’ achieves population suppression in fruit flies

Here, we provide proof-of-concept for the Trojan Female Technique (TFT), by showing that introduction of a male fertility-impairing mtDNA haplotype into replicated populations of Drosophila…

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Past, present and two potential futures for managing New Zealand’s mammalian pests

In 2003, a review of how introduced mammals were managed as pests in New Zealand was published. Since then trends for the control of these mammals…

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Media

Kauri: The fightback against dieback

The threat to kauri from dieback hasn’t gone away but the disease isn’t spreading as fast as feared. New management techniques and research into the…

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Video

Myrtle Rust monitoring in Rotorua

We’re in the field with Roanne Sutherland from Scion, talking about monitoring myrtle rust. This plant pathogen arrived in Aotearoa in 2017 and has been…

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Oranga 2022

Oranga is a suite of kaupapa Māori projects that aim to restore the collective health of trees, forests and people. The team will do this…

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Hōhā Riha: Pest Insect Control in Māori Tradition

Ongoing Māori connections to natural environments mean that tangata whenua ‘people of the land’ and mātauranga Māori ‘Māori knowledge’ must be key to identifying, designing…

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What We Do in Kauri Forests: Exploring the Affective Worlds of ‘High Risk’ Users of Vulnerable Forest Areas in Aotearoa | New Zealand

Public use and anthropogenic activity are recognised sources of damage and threat to vulnerable forest areas in New Zealand, but also globally, through the spread…

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Biosecurity - Control

The Nasonia pair-rule gene regulatory network retains its function over 300 million years of evolution

Gap analysis for risk assessment and decision making in the biosecurity system

BRIEF: Evaluating New Technology for Biosecurity Surveillance

Māori perspectives on the uses of DNA data

Charting Perspectives of Genetic Modification for Pest Control in Aotearoa New Zealand

Te Kura Whakaaro o Tāne

Crazy & Ambitious 3 – 2022

The best eradication methods to get rid of wasps

Novel biotechnologies for eradicating wasps: seeking Māori studies students’ perspectives with Q method

Introduction of a male-harming mitochondrial haplotype via ‘Trojan Females’ achieves population suppression in fruit flies

Past, present and two potential futures for managing New Zealand’s mammalian pests

Kauri: The fightback against dieback

Myrtle Rust monitoring in Rotorua

Oranga 2022

Hōhā Riha: Pest Insect Control in Māori Tradition

What We Do in Kauri Forests: Exploring the Affective Worlds of ‘High Risk’ Users of Vulnerable Forest Areas in Aotearoa | New Zealand

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