Effects of long-term management on soil carbon and nitrogen composition in Aotearoa New Zealand hill country grassland soils. Details Close date Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and...

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...

Bacterial pathogens infecting humans or plants have major impacts on health and agriculture, especially as the efficacy of traditional control methods such as antibiotics and agrichemicals is increasingly undermined by...

Ashleigh Mosen has a passion for the little things in life; whether they’re fungal pathogens, their effector proteins, or altering gene expression with RNAi gene silencing technology. Luckily for our ...

Throughout my life, I have always been interested in history. In my previous work researching public services in Aotearoa, I focused on interrogating the processes and practices that occurred in...

Biological incursions are the gift that keeps on giving. One of the latest gifts is the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina), discovered in Auckland in late October. This hornet is like...

The recent COP30 summit delivered a stark warning to Pacific Island nations: global climate diplomacy is failing them. With over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists swarming the talks and outnumbering vulnerable...

I have been attending scientific conferences since I started my post-graduate degrees over a decade ago. For me, conferences are one of the highlights of being a researcher. They are...

Four aspiring scientists, Toby De Silva, Mannat Kaur, Owen Hulme and Taisia Afanasyeva, graduated from Bioprotection Aotearoa’s Te Māhuri Scholarship programme for secondary students after eight days immersed in science...

Three Bioprotection Aotearoa Masters students graduated recently and have joined the work force. Here’s what Tere Porter-Rawiri has to say about what she accomplished during her Masters and what she’s...

Three Bioprotection Aotearoa Masters students graduated recently and have joined the work force. Here’s what Pearl Ruston has to say about what she accomplished during her Masters and what she’s...

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Bioprotection Futures (Project 1 in Pou Titirangi) is focused on understanding the social-political dimensions of bioprotection in Aotearoa New Zealand. Co-led by Dr Sylvia Nissen and Dr Marc Tadaki, ...

You may have recently read about the Department of Conservation spending around $100,000 per year for the past 4 years to house and manage snails. Now, these aren’t just any...

Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu (Ngāti Uepōhatu, Ngāti Porou, Te Ātiawa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi) has been with Bioprotection Aotearoa (BA) since before it was born. After initially completing her Master’s...

We often think of braided rivers as physical matter and hydraulic force, with gravel-filled channels shifting their way downstream and across the braidplain, occasionally bursting their banks and wash...

Nick Rahiri Roskruge's work in agriculture and soil science have taken him far afield, looking at crops sustaining indigenous communities.

Beneath the beauty lies urgency. Coastlines, villages, and treasured waters of the Pacific face rising risks. The ICJ’s climate ruling is a call for global accountability to protect places like...

The Indigenous beliefs underpinning soil chemist Amanda Black's approach could deliver a more inclusive research culture, she says. The Indigenous beliefs underpinning soil chemist Amanda Black's approach could deliver a more inclusive research culture, she says.

9 likes, 0 comments - bioprotection_nz on July 21, 2025: "Bioprotection. Sounds important — but what does it actually mean? One of our interns grabbed a camera and started asking questions. The result? Muddy boots, big ideas, and a fresh take on the science behind protecting Aotearoa’s ecosystems. 🎥 Watch the reel. Timed nicely with #BiosecurityWeek — but entirely intern-driven curiosity.".

There has been a resurgence in discussions of de-extinction, also known as resurrection biology or species revivalism. Discussions were sparked by the news that the biotech company Colossal Bioscience...

How much do microbes matter in pest control? Quite a bit, it turns out. How might hidden microbes shape the success of pest control programmes? In this debut kōrero, Dr Sarah Inwood (University of Otago) shares her research on a parasitoid wasp used in Aotearoa’s biocontrol efforts. Using genomic tools, she’s investigating how viruses and microbiomes interact with mass-rearing practices. This work could offer new insights into the future of pest management.

Matariki invites us to reconnect — with each other, with our purpose, and with the communities that sustain us.In this short kōrero, Amanda, Meikura, and Hua...

Friederike Espinoza at a native tree planting at Steadfast Reserve, Cass Bay, Lyttleton (photo by Hugo Espinoza). Looking for more ways to learn about native plants, Friederike Espinoza (a Bioprotecti...

Matariki: Reflect, renew and reconnect. What does Matariki mean to you?