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As a co-lead for the Ngā Rākau Taketake investment Mobilising for Action, Associate Professor Natasha Tassell-Matamua contributes a wealth of knowledge on the connection between te taiao and well-being.

After having their funding from Auckland Council suspended early last year due to Covid-19, things are beginning to look up for Kauri Rescue again after becoming an independent charitable trust. We had a chat with Dr Mels Barton to find out what they’ve been up to lately.

In January this year we welcomed our new co-director Daniel Patrick to the team, with a pōwhiri at the Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Tamaki site. Now that he’s had a month to settle into his new Tamaki based role, we sat down to learn more about him.

We welcome Dr Carwyn Jones to the team as a co-lead for SO7: Adaptive Governance and Policy. 

A new paper has been published looking into how we can preserve local Māori terms for species which are in decline. 

The challenge are excited to be contributing to developing a quality assurance framework for citizen science data. Read more here.

The team behind SO1 has been expanding, and they’re on the search for a Data Infrastructure Engineer.