Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt

Ngā Pī Ka Rere spotlight: Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt, passionate about seed conservation

Ngā Rākau Taketake welcomes Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt, a new Master’s student under the Oranga and Conservation & Restoration research themes. He will be looking at how we can best conserve New Zealand’s seeds.

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Phoebe Fordyce and Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt

Ngā Pī Ka Rere spotlight: Welcome Phoebe Fordyce, TTW research and policy analyst

In February this year, Te Tira Whakamātaki and Oranga research theme welcomed Phoebe Fordyce, a research and policy analyst, to their teams. We spoke with Phoebe about her background, the work she has been doing so far, and what she is excited about for the future.

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Mātauranga-a-Iwi vital in the restoration of biodiversity

A new BioHeritage research programme, He Mātai i te Taiao (The perpetual sensing of the natural environment), aims to develop a system that enables mātauranga-a-Iwi (localised Māori knowledge) monitoring frameworks and approaches, providing vital evidence for the empowerment and actioning of kaitiakitanga.

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Swamp maire

June newsletter

Cryopreservation, a warm welcome and what does ‘eradication’ really mean?

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Maire tawake seeds

New paper outlines the challenges of preserving maire tawake seeds

Maire tawake, or swamp maire (Syzygium maire), is being threatened by climate change, habitat loss and myrtle rust. We could use seed banking to protect this plant. However, seed storage isn’t always as straightforward as it sounds.

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Maria Bargh

Maria Bargh appointed to independent electoral law panel

Dr Maria Bargh, co-lead of the BioHeritage Adaptive Governance and Policy programme, has been appointed as deputy chair of an independent panel that will be reviewing electoral law in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Soil

Two students giving us the scoop on kauri soil

Two Auckland University of Technology students have teamed up to give a comprehensive picture of the biotic and abiotic components of kauri soil.

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Timm's trap

Defining ‘eradication’: evolving terminologies in biosecurity spaces

Why might kaimahi working in biosecurity choose to term a project as suppression, control, or elimination instead of eradication? BioHeritage reached out to two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leaders in biosecurity to turn over some of these stones and examine the nuances in our terminologies.

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Erina Watene-Rawiri

The river of life, each curve more beautiful than the last: BioHeritage welcomes Erina Watene-Rawiri as Pou Pūtaiao

Erina was kind enough to share some of her perspectives with us as she gets started in her new role.

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The 'entrance' to the conference

Crazy & Ambitious 3 brought together leading minds in biosecurity and biodiversity

From May 24 – 27 around 300 people attended Crazy & Ambitious 3. Every day was abundant with expertise, inspiration, and state-of-the-art biosecurity practises.

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