Freshwater for our Taonga
Te Tiriti-led research looking at how we can enable our freshwater taonga to thrive.
Restore
Whakahou
Creating a resilient, thriving environment
He whenua haumako, aumānga hoki a Aotearoa
Host, Pathogen & Environment
Looking at the role environmental factors play on disease expression and severity, pathogen spread and establishment, as well as investigating plant pathogen genomes.
Conservation & Restoration
Ensuring susceptible plant species survive myrtle rust and kauri dieback.
Adaptive Governance and Policy
This investment tackles the ways in which governance and policy need to change to better protect te taiao (the environment).
Pathways to Ecosystem Regeneration
Our teams are aiming to quantify social-ecological linkages for use in managing, protecting and restoring land and water ecosystems.
Predicting and Preventing Ecosystem Decline
Researchers are developing a framework to help predict and prevent the approach of rapid, harmful and difficult-to-reverse changes in ecosystems.
Rebuilding Healthy Rivers
Researchers are using freshwater systems as a model to test how degraded ecosystems can be resistant to disruptions – including those that aim to restore…
Managing Threats to Freshwater Taonga Invertebrates
Management of non-native fish such as catfish may be the answer to safeguarding freshwater taonga (treasured) species in our waterways, researchers have found.
Farming & Nature Conservation
Sheep and beef farms make up nearly 40% of Aotearoa’s landscape and play a vital role in our economy. At the same time, this land…
Customary Approaches to Ecosystem Resilience
Researchers are investigating how the application of kaitiakitanga (Māori guardianship) approaches contribute to reversing the decline of New Zealand’s biodiversity, and support the relationship of…