Myrtle Ora

Research on the health of our Myrtaceae plants and their forests.

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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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Myrtle Rust Science Stocktake

A list of past and current research focussed on biology, impacts and management of myrtle rust is now available. This updated stocktake builds on work…
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Mobilising for Action: Introduction to the Special Issue

Mobilising for Action (MFA) is a transdisciplinary project consisting of social researchers and community knowledge holders and practitioners, largely situated in Aotearoa|New Zealand, but also…
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Sexual and asexual propagation of Syzygium maire, a critically endangered Myrtaceae species of New Zealand

Syzygium maire (swamp maire) is an endemic New Zealand Myrtaceae tree species. Current threats to this species include habitat destruction, myrtle rust, declining remnant populations…
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Oranga Programme – Critical Friend Measurement Framework 2022

The purpose of this framework is to help us measure progress at the Oranga Program level. This means that the contents of this report, although…
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Vulnerability of New Zealand Myrtaceae species to natural infection by Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust)

Current knowledge about the vulnerability of New Zealand’s native myrtle species to Austropuccinia psidii comes from resistance screening of young seedlings performed with artificial inoculation…
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What does myrtle rust resilience look like for Māori?

The fungus that causes myrtle rust, Austropuccinia psidii, arrived in New Zealand in 2017. To date, it has been recorded infecting many ecologically, culturally, and…
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Cultural monitoring tools: A mana whenua narrative

This report reflects the narrative captured whilst developing and trialing a cultural monitoring survey tool for the Ngā Rākau Taketake Theme, Control Protect, Cure; Cultural…
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Patuharakeke: Ngā Rākau Taketake Summary Report

An ArcGIS storymap created by the Patuharakeke Biodiversity Management Area documenting the research mahi delivered through Te Whakahononga Pou and funded by Ngā Rākau Taketake.
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Tauranga Moana – Mauao

Ngā Pūrākau o Tauranga Moana: Pōhutukawa Moana An ArcGIS storymap created by the Tauranga Moana Biodiversity Management Area documenting the research mahi delivered through Te…
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De-novo assembly of a reference genome for a critically threatened Aotearoa New Zealand tree species, Syzygium maire (Myrtaceae)

Aotearoa New Zealand’s swamp forests have experienced significant habitat loss in fewer than two hundred years. Many of the country’s tree species are endemic with…
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Mātauranga Māori in the Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance of Plant Pathogens – A Literature Review

This report has been commissioned by Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research as part of the research programme ‘Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance (MMFS) of Plant Pathogens’.…
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Indigenous Knowledges of forest and biodiversity management: how the watchfulness of Māori complements and contributes to disaster risk reduction

The United Nations Sendai Framework 2015-30 for disaster risk reduction (DRR) reaffirms the role of Indigenous Knowledges (IK) as complementing and contributing to more effective…
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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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One World, Two Worldviews

A poster illustrating Western science and Te ao Māori working together to advance understandings of myrtle rust. Also see: Research | RA1-1 — Mobilising For…
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Te Tukumate – The Pathogen

Te Taiao Whakatairanga, a cross-disciplinary research project bringing together arts, science and te ao Māori to raise awareness of threats to the health of our…
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