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Conservation

Sustainable mining? – scientists weigh in

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 30 April 201003 May 2010

ONLINE BRIEFING: Monday 3 May, 11 AM NZT Hidden beneath our stunning landscapes — and formed by the same relentless […]

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The Press: Skinks slink to new home

In the News  |  Published: 12 April 2010

David Williams reports in The Press on the moving of several endangered skinks to a new ‘skinkery’ which, it is […]

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TVNZ/NZPA: 3000 species near extinction, call for tougher laws

In the News  |  Published: 12 April 2010

Massey scientist Mark Seabrook-Davison says that almost 3,000 species in New Zealand are severely threatened, and feels that current conservation […]

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Radio NZ: Rare tree being revived on Three Kings

In the News  |  Published: 08 April 2010

One of the world’s rarest trees, thought to be doomed, may have a chance for survival as conservationists fly to […]

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Dom Post: Fishing limit decisions ‘guesswork’

Dom Post: Fishing limit decisions ‘guesswork’

In the News  |  Published: 09 March 201014 February 2019

Nick Churchouse writes in the Dominion Post about the view of an eminent NZ scientist that decisions on commercial fishing […]

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NZ Herald: Forfeit $20m to save Ross Sea, NZ urged

In the News  |  Published: 16 November 2009

Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald reports that NZ scientists are urging New Zealand to forfeit a lucrative fishing […]

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Dominion Post: Bluenanas and predicting catastrophe

In the News  |  Published: 21 September 200921 September 2009

Bob Brockie of the Dominion Post writes in his latest opinion piece about some of the science that failed to […]

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Prospect of mining conservation land stirs controversy

In the News  |  Published: 31 August 200931 August 2009

An announcement by Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee last week (at a conference of the Australian Institute of Mining […]

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PODCAST: John Watt and Amy Whitehead’s speeches from the MacDiarmid Scientist of the Year Awards 2009

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 31 August 200931 August 2009

The MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards were held last Thursday in Auckland.  The event awards aspiring young scientists […]

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Saturday Morning with Kim Hill: Amy Whitehead – Saving the Whio

In the News  |  Published: 31 August 2009

Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill interviews Amy Whitehead, overall runner-up of the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards 2009. […]

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