Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) are collaborative research networks hosted by a university. They all have multiple science organisations as partners.
There are ten CoREs funded from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2028.
Bio-Protection Aotearoa
The Bio-Protection Aotearoa is one of New Zealand’s Centre’s of Research Excellence and is hosted by Lincoln University. The Centre specialises in multidisciplinary research and development to meet the biosecurity and pest management needs of New Zealand’s primary industries and natural ecosystems. Our world-leading research focuses on finding new, non-pesticide and sustainable solutions that protect New Zealand’s plant-based, productive ecosystems from existing and potentially invasive pests, diseases and weeds.
Contact
Zohar Marshall – Communications Officer
Email: Zohar.Marshall@lincoln.ac.nz
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Coastal People: Southern Skies
Coastal People: Southern Skies (CPSS) is hosted by the University of Otago. This collaboration connects communities with world-leading, cross-disciplinary research to support transformative change to rebuild coastal ecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific. Their vision of flourishing wellness (mauri ora) of coastal communities is supported through research, local action and by unlocking potential through new pathways to learning.
Contact
General Enquiries
Email: cpss@otago.ac.nz
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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga consists of 22 participating research entities and is hosted by the University of Auckland. It conducts excellent research of relevance to Māori communities and is an important vehicle by which New Zealand continues to be a key player in global indigenous research and affairs. Its research is underpinned by the vision to realise the creative potential of Māori communities and to bring about positive change and transformation in the nation and wider world.
Contact
Communications Advisor
Email: comms@maramatanga.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 4220
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Pūtahi Manawa – Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hosted by University of Auckland, Pūtahi Manawa is committed to funding research that supports their mission of improving equity in heart health for Māori, Pacific Peoples and women, through research excellence and precision medicine. This CoRE brings together communities, researchers, clinicians, and educators to make a significant impact in cardiovascular health in Aotearoa.
Contact
General Enquiries
Email: putahimanawa@auckland.ac.nz
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The Riddet Institute
The Riddet Institute is dedicated to New Zealand’s most significant economic sector, the food industry, which accounts for over half of New Zealand’s export earnings. A collaboration between Massey University, the University of Auckland, the University of Otago, and Bioeconomy Science Institute, the Riddet Institute brings together some of the best scientific minds in New Zealand. The Riddet Institute is a premier national centre for fundamental and strategic scientific research in food. Its area of expertise is at the intersection of food material science, novel food processing, gastrointestinal biology and human nutrition.
Contact
Wendy Shailer-Knight – Communications Officer
Email: w.shailer-knight@massey.ac.nz
Amelia Barker – Communications Officer
Email: a.barker@massey.ac.nz
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Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE – Aotearoa New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience
Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE is a national network of leading earthquake resilience researchers working collaboratively on integrated multidisciplinary programmes that will support the development of an earthquake-resilient Aotearoa New Zealand where thriving communities have the capacity to recover rapidly after major earthquakes through mitigation and pre-disaster preparation.
Contact
Ruth Hartshorn – Operations Manager
Email: quakecore@canterbury.ac.nz
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Te Pūnaha Matatini – Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for Complex Systems
Te Pūnaha Matatini – ‘the meeting place of many faces’ – is hosted by the University of Auckland and seeks to develop methods and approaches for transforming complex data about New Zealand’s environment, economy and society into knowledge, tools and insight for making better decisions.
Contact
Jonathan Burgess – Senior Communications and Media Advisor
Phone: +64 9 923 1376
Email: jonathan.burgess@auckland.ac.nz
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Te Whai Ao — The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies
Our research focuses on photonics, the manipulation of light at the most fundamental, quantum level, and the control and manipulation of matter at the atomic scale, through the use of light. The centre aims to produce the next generation of light sources and light based imaging and sensing systems for scientific, health and industrial applications and harness the quantum world of atomic physics for the new wave of quantum technology. Te Whai Ao — The Dodd-Walls Centre involves six New Zealand universities, and is hosted by the University of Otago. It has over 200 members, approximately half of whom are research students.
Contact
Rowan Simmons – Business support co-ordinator
Phone: +64 3 479 7973
Email: dwc@otago.ac.nz
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MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Mana Tangata Whakawhanake – Leadership to Innovate Sustainable Materials.
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology is a network of leading materials science researchers united in a common goal: to create and explore innovative, sustainable materials that will improve the lives of people in Aotearoa and around the world. Our researchers are working to address global challenges such as clean water, renewable energy and climate change, through our research towards zero waste, carbon capture, hardware for low energy future computing, Mātauranga Māori and sustainable resource use. We are hosted by Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and have spun out 27 affiliated startup companies.
Contact
Vanessa Young – Strategic Engagement and Communications Manager
Phone: +64 4 463 6501
Email: vanessa.young@vuw.ac.nz
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Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
A New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence in biomedicine and biotechnology, targeting human disease. The Maurice Wilkins Centre supports translational and fundamental multidisciplinary research focusing on cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases, and aims to harness the expertise of its network to develop cutting-edge drugs, vaccines, tools for early diagnosis and prevention, and new models of disease.
Contact
Rochelle Ramsay – Research Operations Manager
Phone: +64 21 414590
Email: rj.ramsay@auckland.ac.nz
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Two CoREs were funded until mid-2021:
Brain Research New Zealand (BRNZ), co-hosted by the University of Auckland and the University of Otago. The Aotearoa Brain Project was formed after BRNZ was disestablished.
Medical Technologies, hosted by the University of Auckland.
Two CoREs were funded until 31 December 2015:
Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, hosted by Massey University
Gravida: National Research Centre for Growth and Development, hosted by the University of Auckland