In progress

T2 | Pacific Futures

Resilience in Indigenous Fijian food systems
Exploring how Indigenous Fijian communities are adapting to climate change and land-use pressures, and how traditional knowledge helps sustain their food systems.
In progress

Oomycetes as hidden drivers of forest succession
Understanding the influence of oomycetes in the succession of healthy forests
Completed

Outreach and Engagement

Follow this Kura Exploring Biosecurity and Forest Health
This kaupapa brings together kura, researchers, and communities to learn about forest health, biosecurity threats, and the power of Indigenous knowledge in protecting our taiao.
Completed

T1 | Microbe-Host Interactions

Exploring the relationship between Phytophthora species and kauri dieback
Determining whether secreted proteins of the kauri dieback pathogen, Phytophthora agathidicida, influence the growth of Phytophthora species that co-occur in the soil surrounding diseased trees.
In progress

T1 | Microbe-Host Interactions

Effector proteins in Phytophthora agathidicida, a kauri dieback study
Understanding the molecular basis of pathogen-host interaction, through the functional analysis of effector proteins in the kauri dieback pathogen, Phytophthora agathidicida.
In progress

T2 | Pacific Futures

Role of microbial communities in agrobiodiversity resilience
Exploring the diversity of soil microbial communities and understanding their role in supporting soil health, ecosystem stability and productivity.
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 | 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

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.