January 11, 2024
New You Tube Channel 🙂 for Critically Endangered Species 2024
Kia Ora Kiwi Animal Supports, Happy 2024 🙂 Through the World Cetacean Alliance, our local Endangered Species project has attracted an Intern from France. Victor Branly has done a fantastic job documenting our five most critically endangered species (taonga) with video. These Species we are focusing on for the Wildlife Heritage Site application for International…
July 24, 2021
Sediment carried out to sea by deluge
Satellite imagery of the top of the South has revealed huge plumes of sediment caused by heavy rain and flooding last weekend.
Last weekend’s deluge devastated roads, homes and walking tracks…
May 27, 2021
New research centre making ‘seaweed babies’ for growth industry
A new research centre will help unlock environmental, economic, and health potential of seaweed and other algae, including a potential pain relief drug…
May 13, 2021
The ripple effects of research
There is no recipe book for managing cumulative effects in our estuaries and coasts. But earlier this year, our researchers and a crew of collaborators spent two weeks in the Marlborough Sounds gathering the information we need to …
December 21, 2020
The science behind sediment cores
Sediment cores collected in the Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui will enable scientists to measure the impact humans are having on the shallow marine environment. Samples collected near regions…
September 25, 2018
Students’ dream of marine guardians in Marlborough gets council backing
The Marlborough District Council has backed the “marine team” at one of Blenheim’s colleges in their bid to set up marine guardians in Marlborough to better protect…
May 15, 2018
Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui seabed mapping
Marlborough District Council and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) partnered to reveal remarkable new insights into the world beneath the waves.
The survey has pulled back the…