Sarah Sale, a PhD candidate and new member of the Beyond Myrtle Rust programme, started her research amid New Zealand’s lockdown.
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Seeing the trees in the forest: understanding the role of myrtles in New Zealand’s ecosystems
With myrtle rust now well established in New Zealand, attention is turning to the hosts of the disease…
Introducing a new co-lead for Oranga: Dr Valance Smith
Dr Valance Smith is a new co-lead for one of the Ngā Rākau Taketake investments, Oranga. We had a chat to learn a bit more about him.
July newsletter – National Science Challenge
Soil bacteria, Vision Mātauranga, biosecurity investments and more . . .
July Quick Update – Ngā Rākau Taketake
Opportunities, media and new scientific papers in the myrtle rust and kauri dieback spaces.
Better Border Biosecurity (B3) research collaboration – July updates
By Better Border Biosecurity. Five new projects will be fully funded and one partially funded by B3 following a competitive process that involved identifying key gaps in its research agenda. The robust process to identify projects began in October 2019, at which time B3 science partners submitted their ideas. Reviews by the B3 Science Advisory […]
A guide to Vision Mātauranga from some of the best in the science sector
The Rauika Māngai are a group of Māori representatives from across all eleven National Science Challenges, who recently put their combined wisdom and advice into one, freely accessible guide. A Guide To Vision Mātauranga: Lessons from Māori voices in the New Zealand science sector is the result of a two-day Vision Mātauranga Leadership Hui, held […]
Bacteria: a better indicator of soil quality?
Lead author Syrie Hermans (University of Auckland) says soil quality is the ability of soil to function as a part of the wider ecosystem: maintaining the quality of air and water while supporting plant and animal productivity. Agricultural and pastoral ecosystems need high quality soils to be sustainable, and those soils are maintained by resident […]
June Newsletter – Ngā Rākau Taketake
Preliminary myrtle rust results, lockdown science, PhD research on soil microbiota and much more . . .
Studying the response of the forest soil microbiota to kauri dieback
Alexa Byers writes about her PhD research into kauri dieback and soil microbiota
‘Home gardening’ during lockdown
Hoa Nguyen had to improvise to save part of her PhD during lockdown,
New study sites for Beyond Myrtle Rust
It might not be ‘the season’ but the team from Beyond Myrtle Rust (BMR) couldn’t wait to get back out into the field this month.