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Greedy algae that are great for our environment

Phosphorus fertilizers are extremely expensive for New Zealand. We import so-called ‘cheap’ fossil phosphorus (a rapidly diminishing resource) but its use causes widespread aquatic pollution

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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