In progress

T1 | Ecosystem Health

The impact of the microbiome on plant resistance and resilience
Investigating the role of the microbiome in ecosystem and plant resistance and resilience.
Completed

T1 | Health Frameworks

Wetlands: Where does the Nitrogen go?
Understanding how ecological restoration affects the partitioning of nitrogen among plant and soil pools in unrestored, restored and conserved wetland forests.
Completed

T1 | Social Influences

Supporting marae, hapū, and iwi in biosecurity management
This project aims to address critical biosecurity threats within Māori community settings, particularly focusing on marae, hapū, and iwi.
Completed

T1 | Health Frameworks

Mātauranga Māori and diversity of fungi in wetland forests
The importance of fungi to tangata whenua or Māori living in Wairarapa, and mātauranga Māori about fungi is explored with the purpose of characterising fungal community diversity in restored, unrestored, and conserved wetland forests
In progress

Characterisation of traditional kūmara and taewa in Aotearoa as an insurance policy for food security
Prioritising crop diversity, global food security, and unique characterisation of kūmara and taewa accessions. Aiming for a formal, culturally inclusive collection in Aotearoa
In progress

T1 | Interconnected Properties

Eco-Evo Dynamics of a pest-parasitoid community
Investigating how biological control of pests by parasitoids will respond to climate change in the long term.
In progress

T1 | Health Frameworks

Predicting the state of New Zealand’s Forests in the 22nd Century
Understanding and predicting where, why and how forests react to climate change.
In progress

Integrating mātauranga and science to enhance maire tawake resilience
Through integrating mātauranga and science, this project will link whakapapa of maire tawake and microbial communities to produce holistic disease protective solutions.
Completed

T1 | Health Frameworks

Can we plan landscapes that are resilient to emerging disease?
Building spatially explicit models to guide conservation of a critically endangered wetland tree in mixed-use landscapes
Completed

T1 | Interconnected Properties

A global analysis of crop–pest interactions
Investigating why some crops exhibit greater resistance to specific pests, while others do not by identifying the underlying biological and anthropogenic factors that contribute to enhanced food security