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Red Glaciers: the Answer to What’s Blowing in the Wind

A dramatic red dust blanket over Aotearoa New Zealand’s mountain glaciers could lead to increased melting. It was the outfall from raging wildfires in Australia - or was it?

A Difference, Not a Deficit – Changing Attitudes to Autism in Aotearoa

To celebrate Autism Accep...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Hannah Waddington
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka ― Victoria University of Wellington

There and Back Again: Submission to Acceptance in Nature Chemistry

Back in 2021 my first year PhD ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Mat Anker
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Oxygen Pulses: Engineering Microbial Communities to Combat Water Pollution

Every day, billions of ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Naresh Singhal
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Will Upzoning Deliver Housing Affordability for Everyone? Evidence from Auckland

Like much of Aote...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Musings on Maths: a conversation discussing the concepts of geometry

  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Geoff Whittle
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka

Changing realities: Editing 360° scenes to make immersive virtual worlds

Dr Fanglue Zhang and Pro...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Fanglue Zhang
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Warming seas vs frozen continent: Interactions between ocean and Antarctic ice sheets during past climate changes
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Rob McKay
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Hunting Cosmic Cataclysms

In space no one can hear the explosion, but we can see it! Every second,...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Ryan Ridden
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Scratching the Surface: Clues to Past Earthquake Rupture Directions

Earthquake geologists teamed u...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Russ Van Dissen (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Pū Ao GNS Science

Holding regulators accountable: serving public interest through research

Everyday, governments reg...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Edward Willis
  • ORGANISATION:
    Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago

Designing the Lasers of Tomorrow

Lasers are instrumental for a variety of applications in our ever...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Claude Aguergaray
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland

Counting on Your Ears: Does the Vestibular System Deal in Numbers?

The ability to understand numbe...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Yiwen Zheng
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

The Unseen Voyage: Tracing the Elusive Migration of Tuna (Eels) to and from Aotearoa

Aotearoa New ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Amandine Sabadel
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology

Decolonising death: Reviving Māori burial practices

A Kaiarotake Rangahau Research Assessor from ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Hinematau McNeill (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Cleaner and greener solutions for industry: nature’s catalysts reimagined through state-of-the-art research
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Wei-Qin Zhuang
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Community research with trans young people: it takes a village

Anyone doing research with, and for...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Julia de Bres
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University

Greenhouse gas transformed in aid of carbon-free future

Waste carbon dioxide was repurposed in ben...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Ziyun Wang
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Two languages in my kete: changes in the New Zealand English lexicon
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Andreea Calude
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato

Inspiration from Nature: Molecular ‘flowers’ that bloom

Nature’s got some great tricks
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Christian Hartinger

Setting limits: Rethinking our philosophy of environmental management

With a Marsden Fast-Start gr...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Marc Tadaki
  • ORGANISATION:
    Cawthron Institute

Ada Lovelace day profiles 2023
  • Ada Lovelace day profiles 2023

Ancient indicators of inequality

Bioarcheologist Professor Siân Halcrow from Te Whare Wānanga o ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Siân Halcrow
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou University of Otago

Shining a Light on Economic Inequality

In this Marsden-funded project, Professors John Gibson and ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor John Gibson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato

A constitutional moment for liberal democracies, including Aotearoa New Zealand

Associate Professo...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Timothy K. Kuhner
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

The sophisticated social life of staghorn ferns

Staghorn ferns have adapted to life in the trees b...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor KC Burns
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Dissecting the link between the Group A Streptococcus, infection, and immunity

In this Marsden Fas...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Catherine Tsai
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

The olfactory cocktail party: How animals and humans pick out individual smells in a crowd
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Paul Szyszka
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Improving vaccine adjuvants

Four kids, four patents, and sixteen publications later
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Bridget Stocker (VUW), Associate Professor Mattie Timmer (VUW), and Professor Sho Yamasaki (Osaka University)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Wayfinding for Chinese language education research

Dr Danping Wang from Waipapa Taumata Rau The Un...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Danping Wang
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

How do sensory shifts shape our diet? Testing the neural mechanisms underpinning nutrient selection
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Mei Peng
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Anauralia: The enigma of the silent mind

Professors Anthony Lambert (Principal Investigator) and S...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Anthony Lambert
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Tick Tock! Circadian clocks and climate-resilient crops

In this Marsden Fund Fast-Start project, D...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Soledad Perez-Santangelo
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou

The Rolling Stones – Uncovering stone rolling dynamics and impact accelerations during floods
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Hamish Biggs
  • ORGANISATION:
    NIWA

New research cracks climate-change mystery of Antarctic sea ice

Pioneering airborne technology dev...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Wolfgang Rack
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

World-first NZ technology enables researchers to discover the secrets of how melanin protects skin from UV radiation
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Justin Hodgkiss
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

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

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

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

Gravitational waves from rotating black holes
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Jörg Frauendiener
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

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

TB research will make ‘enormous global health impact'

University of Otago researchers are behind...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Greg Cook, Professor Kurt Krause
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

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

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

Genetic recipe book for natural products from fungi

Professor Emily Parker and her team at Victori...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Emily Parker
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

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

A question of identity: How connected are young Māori to ancestral marae, and does it matter?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Merata Kawharu (Principal Investigator), Dr Paul Tapsell (Associate Investigator), Dr Krushil Watene (Associate Investigator), Dr Stephen McTaggart (Associate Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

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

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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