In the Media

28 September 2022

National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (NPS-HPL)

The new National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (NPS-HPL), was released by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) in September 2022.  The intent of this policy is to ensure…
In the Media

18 May 2022

Bringing the tūī back to town – how native birds are returning to NZ’s restored urban forests

Postdoctoral Fellow Elizabeth Elliot Noe has always followed The Conversation.  Feeling brave, Elizabeth decided to pitch a story idea to them.  She submitted a 900-word article about planting more native…
In the Media

11 May 2022

Conservation genomics in practice

Director for Bioprotection Aotearoa, Professor Amanda Black was interviewed recently by Nature.  Amanda discusses how Māori deeply care for the environment and biodiversity of Aotearoa New Zealand, as this is…
In the Media

11 May 2022

How Māori stepped in to save a towering tree crucial to their identity.

The New York Times talks to our very own Dr. Nick Waipara and other Māori researchers about Māori led interventions to save kauri from kauri dieback.  Nick discusses the competitive…
In the Media

29 April 2022

Genome: Science of Life exhibition to launch

This radio interview features Professor Peter Dearden, a Deputy Director for Bioprotection Aotearoa.  Peter is also the director of Genomics Aotearoa and discusses with Wallace Chapman from RNZ the launch…
In the Media

27 April 2022

Familiar reforms part of new Government plan to adapt to a hotter world

This article features comments from Professor Anita Wreford, a researcher for Bioprotection Aotearoa, who welcomes public consultation following the release of the draft National Adaptation Plan.   Anita comments on…
In the Media

3 March 2022

Fears wilding pine issue has been underestimated, expert says

This article features Distinguished Professor Philip Hulme, who is a Deputy Director at Bioprotection Aotearoa.  Philip lends his expertise on an article about management efforts to eradicate wilding pines in Aotearoa. READ…
In the Media

28 February 2022

The whakapapa of soil

Professor Nick Roskruge is a Deputy Director and leading researcher at Bioprotection Aotearoa.  He wrote an article for Stuff discussing the whakapapa of soil and its defining pronouncement which establishes…
In the Media

9 February 2022

Aotearoa’s weed problem

This article features Professor Margaret Stanley, a researcher at Bioprotection Aotearoa.  Margaret shares her science communication project on weed management. Margaret was one of 30 scientists and illustrators who participated…
In the Media

19 January 2022

Order of Merit recipient Jessie Chan says agriculture industry has an accepting culture

Jessie Chan is a board member for Bioprotection Aotearoa and was inlcuded in the 2022 New Years Honours list.  She became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit…