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Episode 06: Your feedback, your questions and what’s coming next Our first season sparked some big conversations, and you had a lot to say about them. In this special episode…

The latest happenings in global activities (politics and the Strait of Hormuz) sees us once again faced with the very probable, likely-to-materialise issue of food security. We last encountered this…

Royal Society Te Apārangi has released two discussion documents and three posters on genetic technologies in Aotearoa New Zealand. Bioprotection Aotearoa’s Director, Professor Amanda Black, was among the experts who helped shape them.  Genetic technologies in Aotearoa New Zealand is a…

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Wednesday 19 August, at 1:00 pm Register here Spiders are the dominant, most abundant, and most diverse natural enemies in agroecosystems. They are generalist predators of insect pests, comprising many…

Wednesday 15 July, at 1:00 pm Register Here The roots of the biosecurity system in Aotearoa trace back to the early colonial period. We may think that our biosecurity system…

Wednesday 16 September, at 1:00 pm More details coming soon. Please check back here for the registration link. More Information Research: Resilience Agroforestry for Pacific Communities – Exploring how agroforestry…

Download Now >> It’s 2025 and the next phase of our research is underway. With a new cohort of early career researchers getting started on their projects, Tranche 2 (2025-2028)…

For the first time, we’ve been able to give four of our summer scholars an extra career boost with the Kete Aronui Award. These scholars—Autumn Lindsay, Jaymee Shadbolt, Michael Riley,…

PhDs are a journey. Polina’s journey was longer than most, but it has delivered fascinating new knowledge that may be useful in future fights against Pseudomonas syringae pv actinidiae (Psa), the disease that impacts…

The 2026 cohort of Summer Scholars presented findings from a summer of research on biological threats at an online event hosted by Deputy Director, Dr Sylvia Nissen (Lincoln University).  “We had fantastic presentations from…

Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are promising alternatives to antibiotics in a variety of fields including bioprotection. When these “phages” are used to control a pathogen, three or four might be mixed together in a cocktail in hopes of an additive, “the-more-the-deadlier” effect.   However, little is…