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A question of identity: How connected are young Māori to ancestral marae, and does it matter?

Does belonging to marae matter to young Māori?

Fierce hope: Youth activism in Aotearoa

Social movements can create the conditions for fostering c...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Karen Nairn
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou University of Otago

Ada Lovelace day profiles 2022

In honour of Ada Lovelace Day 2022 (Rātū 11 Whiringa-a-Nuku Tuesd...
  • In honour of Ada Lovelace Day 2022 (Rātū 11 Whiringa-a-Nuku Tuesday 11 October), we are featuring the work of three recent Marsden Fund wāhine researchers who are fo...

Reach for the stars

Associate Professor Jan Eldridge at Waipapa Tamata Rau The University of Auckl...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Jan Eldridge, Max Briel, Petra Tang, Wouter van Zeist, Sohan Ghodla and Sean Richards
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Shining a light on Mount Erebus’ deep magmatic system

Antarctica’s round-the-clock summer sunl...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Graham Hill
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury and the Czech Academy of Science

DNA provides unique look at moa and climate change
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Nic Rawlence
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

A womb with a view: How and why does the human fetus see?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Vincent Reid
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Chasing the unexpected link between cancer and pregnancy

Did you ever suspect that the earliest st...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Mike Eccles
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Can a virtual uterus help us detect problems in pregnancy?

In this Marsden-funded project, Associa...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Alys Clark
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

'Unassuming' enzyme opens way for new medical treatments

Research could have important application...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Ackerley
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Woe is She: Early modern Women and the Poetry of Complaint
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Sarah Ross
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

From Living wages to Sustainable livelihoods

Designed to protect people materially and socially, l...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Stuart Carr, Professor Darrin Hodgetts, Associate Professor Siautu Alefaio-Tugia, Professor James Arrowsmith, Professor Jane Parker, Dr Amanda Young-Hauser, Harvey Jones and Professor Jarrod Haar
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University and Auckland University of Technology

How does antibody diversity shape our body’s response to infectious disease?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr William Kelton
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Creating a Māori disaster management framework

Māori, catastrophic events, and collective develo...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Christine Kenney
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

International Day of Rural Women 2021 Special Feature: Surviving the reform of New Zealand agriculture (1984-1987)
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Rachael Bell
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Ada Lovelace Day 2021 Special Feature: From ink to digital diagrams
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Rachel Blagojevic
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Advanced Alloy Anodes for Next-generation Rechargeable Batteries

Batteries help power modern life....
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Shanghai Wei
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Family Risk and Resilience during COVID-19 Lockdown

How did the COVID-19 lockdowns affect NZ famil...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Nickola Overall & Associate Professor Annette Henderson
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

New type of stardust may unlock solar system secrets

What elemental ingredients went into the form...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Bruce Charlier
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Volcanoes make waves too

Volcanoes make waves too: a new understanding of tsunamis generated by volcanic eruptions
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Emily Lane
  • ORGANISATION:
    NIWA

Switching from smoking to Electronic Delivery Systems: Changing practices and identities

Electroni...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Janet Hoek, Mei-Ling Blank
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Difficult Histories

How do New Zealanders remember and forget difficult e...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Joanna Kidman and Dr Vincent O'Malley
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington and History Works

Injection nanomachines – learning from nature to revolutionise drug delivery

Beneath Aotearoa Ne...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Alok Mitra
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

New type of micro laser source suitable for commercialisation

Associate Professors Stuart Murdoch ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Stuart Murdoch
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

At life’s edge: How genes flow in hot spring bacteria

Microbiologists have long debated how to d...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Charles Lee
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Greedy algae that are great for our environment

Phosphorus fertilizers are extremely expensive for...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Benoit Guieysse, Professor Emilio Fernández Reyes, Professor Andrew Shilton and Dr David Wheeler
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Whakaarahia anō te rā kaihau! Raise up again the billowing sail! Revitalising cultural knowledge through analysis of Te Rā, the Māori sail
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Catherine Smith, Dr Donna Campbell and Mrs Ranui Ngarimu
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Transnational matai: Examining the experiences of intergenerational global Samoan titled chiefs
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Melani Anae
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Game over for Loot Boxes?

The UK may begin regulating the use of Loot Boxes because of research li...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Aaron Drummond
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Auckland – New faces, new voices?

Astonishingly, research over the last three decades on New Zea...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Miriam Meyerhoff, Dr Elaine Ballard, Dr Helen Charters, Dr Catherine Watson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Auckland

Pigment discovery sheds new light on the environmental tolerance mechanisms of land plants

About 4...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Kevin Davis
  • ORGANISATION:
    Plant and Food Research

Has Intensive-Fishing Shaped Snapper Evolution?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Peter Ritchie and Tom Oosting (PhD Candidate)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Guess Who? Understanding lifelong face blindness

With his Marsden Fund grant, Dr Tirta Susilo from...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Tirta Susilo
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Stressed-out mums and demanding children

Modern society is rooted in a dependency on agriculture. ...
  • Modern society is rooted in a dependency on agriculture...

Dr Clemency Montelle revealing the “many faces of mathematics”

Reading mathematical texts in S...
  • Reading mathematical texts in Sanskrit sounds like an insurmountable challenge to many people. Yet it is a challenge that Dr Clemency Montelle relishes.

Ada Lovelace Day profiles

Ada Lovelace Day is about celebrating women in science, technology, engi...
  • Ada Lovelace Day is about celebrating women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)...

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