We’re doing this by focusing research happening across Aotearoa’s land-based and freshwater ecosystems, with the ultimate aim of reversing the decline of biological heritage.

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The BioHeritage Challenge is striving to achieve three aspirational goals, or impacts via a collective impact approach. By working toward these Impacts – whakamana, tiaki, whakahou (empower, protect, restore) – our 18 Challenge Parties and many other participants will:

• incentivise New Zealanders to take action to protect the landscapes in which we live, work, and play

• help develop a world-class biosecurity system

• ensure that Aotearoa New Zealand has resilient, thriving natural and production ecosystems.

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Leading the BioHeritage Challenge are co-directors Daniel Patrick and Melanie Mark-Shadbolt. Stay up-to-date by following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The Government has allocated funding of $326.4 million over 10 years for 11 National Science Challenges, with the investment being administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Find out more. 

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Our Mission

To reverse the decline of New Zealand’s biological heritage, through a national partnership to deliver a step-change in research innovation, globally leading technologies and community and sector action.