Rapid assessments of the potential impact of pathogens are critical in protecting ecosystems from new threats.

Ensuring susceptible plant species survive myrtle rust and kauri dieback.

This investment will incorporate research from across Ngā Rākau Taketake, with an emphasis on novel tools and approaches.

Looking at the role environmental factors play on disease expression and severity, pathogen spread and establishment, as well as investigating plant pathogen genomes.

A hapū-centric surveillance framework that focuses on the holistic health of the forest.

A list of past and current research focussed on biology, impacts and management of kauri dieback is now available.

Focusing on the human dimensions of forest health management, specifically kauri dieback and myrtle rust.

A list of past and current research focussed on biology, impacts and management of myrtle rust is now available. This…

Mātauranga Māori based solutions for kauri dieback and myrtle rust

Developing standardised measures to quantify the impact both kauri dieback and myrtle rust are having on the wider ecosystem.

Selected native plant extracts may be able to attract and kill the spores of Phytophthora agathidicida – the pathogen causing kauri dieback, according to researchers.

A community-led social science programme is bringing together communities to help save Aotearoa’s iconic kauri tree.

Traditional Māori knowledge and cultural solutions may be the key to combating the serious fungal disease myrtle rust.