Datasets
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Oranga - Wellbeing
Te mauri o te rakau, te mauri o te ngahere, te mauri o te tangata: Mātauranga Māori based solutions for kauri dieback and myrtle rust Māori worldviews are essential for... -
Ngā Rākau Taketake - General
In 2018 and 2019 the Government announced an extra $34.5 million funding for research into kauri dieback ($29.5m) and myrtle rust ($5m). They chose the BioHeritage National... -
Host, Pathogen & Environment
This research theme is focusing on the ‘disease triangle’: host susceptibility, the pathogen and the right environment for disease expression. Plants and pathogens can both be... -
Kauri Dieback Science Stocktake
A list of past and current research focused on biology, impacts and management of kauri dieback (Phytophthora agathidicida). Builds on work previously undertaken by the... -
Control, Protect, Cure
The myrtle rust and kauri dieback spaces desperately need a suite of fully integrated management tools and approaches to saving our ngahere (forest). To this end, Ngā Rākau... -
Conservation & Restoration
It’s a huge challenge to conserve and restore kauri and native plants vulnerable to myrtle rust for future generations. It requires knowledge of multiple stages of the life... -
Integrated Surveillance
Surveillance has repeatedly emerged as a critical research priority in the management of myrtle rust and kauri dieback. To date, data on the presence and severity of these... -
Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts
We need to understand kauri dieback and myrtle rust better if we want to protect our ngahere (forest). That’s why the goal of the Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts team is... -
Mobilising for Action
We all have a role to play in biodiversity conservation, especially when it comes to protecting taonga species from invasive pathogens. Whether we recognize it or not, our... -
Myrtle Rust Science Stocktake
A list of past and current research focused on biology, impacts and management of myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii). Builds on work previously undertaken by the BioHeritage... -
Ngā Pī Ka Rere
Tranche 2 - Pou The future of our science system, and our country, depends on those who come after us. That’s why BioHeritage invested in the next generation. Ngā Pī Ka Rere... -
Our Way of Working
A paper and report into the different way the BioHeritage National Science Challenge sought to operate. Unless otherwise specified under individual resources (esp papers),... -
Te Whakahononga
Nested within Ngā Rākau Taketake (NRT), Te Whakahononga is coordinating a multi-disciplinary response, connecting people who have mātauranga Māori skills and unique localised... -
Te Aho Matāuranga
Tranche 2 - Pou Māori have strong connections to Aotearoa New Zealand’s environment, with valuable inter-generational views and belief systems that can underpin decision-making,... -
High-Tech Solutions To Invasive Mammal Pests
Tranche 1: Project 2.3 This research team is helping to develop targeted, next-generation, socially acceptable and cost-effective new technologies to achieve landscape-scale... -
Science Excellence and Impact
Tranche 1 Pou: Science Excellence and Impact Understanding the benefits, challenges and impact of BioHeritage’s approach to mission-led research BioHeritage made an early... -
Predicting and Preventing Ecosystem Decline
Tranche 1: Project 3.1 Researchers are developing a framework to help predict and prevent the approach of rapid, harmful and difficult-to-reverse changes in ecosystems. In this... -
Managing Threats to Freshwater Taonga Invertebrates
Tranche1: Project 3.5 Management of non-native fish such as catfish may be the answer to safeguarding freshwater taonga (treasured) species in our waterways, researchers have... -
Rebuilding Healthy Rivers
Tranche1: Project 3.4 Researchers are using freshwater systems as a model to test how degraded ecosystems can be resistant to disruptions – including those that aim to restore... -
Customary Approaches to Ecosystem Resilience
Tranche1: Project 3.2 Researchers are investigating how the application of kaitiakitanga (Māori guardianship) approaches contribute to reversing the decline of New Zealand’s... -
Mobile Apps to Keep New Zealand Safe
Tranche 1: Project 2.5 Mobile technologies are being developed to help New Zealanders report suspected biosecurity threats, with the first step being a bilingual app that helps... -
Whakawātea Riha Rāwaho
Tranche1: Project 2.4 Māori solutions to biosecurity threats may be the key to combating the serious fungal disease myrtle rust. This BioHeritage Challenge project, led by Alby... -
Biosecurity Network Interventions
Tranche 1: Project 2.1 The spread of pests, weeds and pathogens into Aotearoa is a major cause of the decline of its biological heritage. This includes profitability of... -
The Groundwater Biodiversity Project
Tranche 1: Project 1.5 The unsung heroes of our groundwater system – bacteria that remove contaminants and tiny invertebrates that keep the bacteria in balance – are helping... -
Adaptive Evolution of Native Biota
Tranche 1: Project 1.4 Researchers are collecting DNA information from some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most threatened species in an effort to make them more resilient to future... -
eDNA For Environmental Monitoring
Tranche 1: Project 1.3 In a New Zealand first, researchers have developed a nationwide database to integrate and share eDNA data to allow biological diversity across our diverse... -
Stopping Kauri Dieback in its Tracks
Tranche1: Project 2.7 Selected native plant extracts may be able to attract and kill the spores of Phytophthora agathidicida – the pathogen causing kauri dieback, according to... -
Combating Pathogen Risk Using Genomics
Tranche 1: Project 1.2 To protect our native and production ecosystems from the invasion of new pathogens, rapid assessments of the potential impact of identified and...