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Gorse enemy gains strength
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 9:34 am | Landcare Research
A European insect that devours new growth on gorse has overcome a slow start and is now being found in greatly increased numbers, much to researchers' delight. Gorse is one of New Zealand's worst weeds. More >>
NZer elected chairman of 'mega-science" group
Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 3:22 pm | Landcare Research
A New Zealand researcher has been elected to chair an international organisation working to create a free mega-database on all known creatures. Landcare Research’s Research Manager Dr David Penman will head the Governing Board of the Global Biodiversity ... More >>
Hikoi A Journey Through New Life
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 3:20 pm | Landcare Research
A four-day hikoi starting this week will highlight damage to our natural environment, and show how Mâori groups and organisations are working together to restore life. More >>
Annual report marks "watershed year"
Thursday, 13 October 2005, 5:56 pm | Landcare Research
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research has released its 2005 Annual Report, highlighting a year of change. This, the Crown Research Institute's fifth sustainability report, summarises its financial, environmental and social performance. More >>
New Zealand's ecological past unravelled
Friday, 9 September 2005, 2:33 pm | Landcare Research
Funding for three research projects will help uncover secrets of New Zealand's environmental history and early settlement. Landcare Research has made three successful proposals for the 2005 Marsden Funding, administered by the national science academy, the Royal ... More >>
Cabbage tree researcher honoured
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 2:26 pm | Landcare Research
Respected Auckland scientist Dr Ross Beever will today be honoured as a Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand. More >>
Personnel changes on Landcare Research board
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 3:44 pm | Landcare Research
The Crown Research Institute Landcare Research has a new board director and a new deputy chair. More >>
Landcare Research had acted properly
Monday, 11 July 2005, 10:11 am | Landcare Research
Landcare Research Chief Executive Dr Andy Pearce says that Landcare Research had acted properly in its dealings over the Environment Court appeal concerning Solid Energy’s Cypress Mine. More >>
Report on island ecosystems in Nature
Monday, 13 June 2005, 4:05 pm | Landcare Research
A study published by Landcare Research scientist David Wardle in this week’s Nature highlights consequences of species loss in forest ecosystems. More >>
Eye in the sky scans flood-stricken city
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 12:24 am | Landcare Research
A break in the weather has allowed flood damage in Tauranga to be captured in the most detailed satellite imagery available to civilians. More >>
"SPIN" doctors tell all
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 5:41 pm | Landcare Research
Specialists in databases, maps and satellite imagery are jumping on the information superhighway, to showcase the range of their expertise. More >>
Bright future for national treasure houses
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 10:51 am | Landcare Research
A new long-term funding commitment to collections and databases relating to plants, insects, fungi and bacteria will help develop more sophisticated uses for these priceless information resources. More >>
Research To Change Nature Conservation
Monday, 2 May 2005, 4:52 pm | Landcare Research
News Release 2 May 2005 Major research initiative will radically change nature conservation A major new research initiative that will dramatically change the way New Zealand’s unique flora and fauna are conserved will commence in July. Landcare Research will ... More >>
Pest-busters gather in Wellington
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 5:08 pm | Landcare Research
About 150 researchers and pest managers from around the world will gather in Wellington next week to share their knowledge on controlling animal pests including mice, possums... even camels. More >>
Christchurch’s BioBlitz nears 1200 mark
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 9:29 am | Landcare Research
Biologists at Christchurch’s first ever BioBlitz this weekend have found 1197 species of plants, fungi and animals. More >>
Aquatic treasures among damp BioBlitz highlights
Monday, 11 April 2005, 9:55 am | Landcare Research
A rare native freshwater crayfish and some exceptionally large eels are among the many highlights of Christchurch’s first ever BioBlitz, underway in drizzly weather at Hagley Park and the Botanic Gardens. More >>
Scientists stage round-the-clock search
Thursday, 7 April 2005, 3:30 pm | Landcare Research
Hagley Park and the Botanic Gardens are already well known to most Christchurch people, but will come under closer scrutiny this weekend, as hordes of scientists probe the undergrowth, fish the Avon and scour the bush for creatures, day and night. More >>
Beetle Wins Battle Against Pernicious Pasture Pest
Monday, 4 April 2005, 12:41 am | Landcare Research
Before and after: Landcare Research weed researcher Hugh Gourlay holds a healthy ragwort plant (right) and one attacked by ragwort flea beetles. Thanks to these beetles, ragwort, once a serious invasive weed, has been reduced to a mere nuisance. Photo: ... More >>
Fungal fans get high for latest foray
Friday, 1 April 2005, 1:44 pm | Landcare Research
Fans of the fascinating world of fungi are about to get high quite literally, with the 19th annual New Zealand Fungal Foray set this year in Ohakune. More >>
Global woes mean challenge for New Zealand
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 5:18 pm | Landcare Research
A researcher specialising in sustainable land use says a major survey on the state of the Earth has clear implications for New Zealand’s primary production sector. More >>
