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Whakatautika: Generating balance in the business and activity of fishing at Moana New Zealand
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A case study on Indigenising the blue economy in Aotearoa (June 2024)

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Fishery system indicators to support ecosystem based fishery management in Tīkapa Moana, Te Moananui-ā-toi
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Supporting Revitalising the Gulf and FNZ to implement EBFM in the Hauraki Gulf (June 2024)

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Implementing tikanga Māori in the business and activity of fishing
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Prepared for Iwi Collective Partnership (June 2024)

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Indigenising the blue economy: A case study of Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri
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Needs and aspirations for indigenising the blue economy (June 2024)

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Indigenising the blue economy: A case study of the Moriori of Rēkohu
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Needs and aspirations for indigenising the blue economy (November 2023)

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Te Pā o Tangaroa
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Asserting mana moana in customary fisheries management (June 2024)

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Waimāngaro
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Stories of connection to wai (June 2024)

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Ngāti Rēhia mai ki Tākou Bay
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Moana plan scoping report (June 2024)

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From kina barrens to kelp forests – assessing potential recovery solutions
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Summary of a project on the causes of and solutions to kina barrens (June 2024)

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Living filters pilot project
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Report on a pilot project to investigate the ability of Greenshell™ mussels to survive in Port Nelson (June 2024)

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He Taura Here
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Te Ao Māori Synthesis Framework

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Assessing potential recovery solutions to shift from kina barrens to kelp forests
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Bulmer R, Pilditch C, Stephenson F, Shears N & Flowers G (June 2024)

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Modelling factors that influence community initiatives to restore marine environments
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Summary of social, ecological, and economic factors connected to community-based initiatives to restore the marine environment (June 2024)

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Nature reporting in New Zealand’s financial sectors
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Summary of nature-related disclosure developments, their implications for the financial sector, and the emerging opportunities in the field …

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Nature risks and opportunities in Hawke’s Bay
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A place-based approach to understanding nature risks and business readiness for nature disclosure (June 2024)

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Innovating aquaculture to improve social and economic well-being in coastal communities
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Summary of research that explored the potential of innovative pātiki aquaculture to generate income and empower communities to reclaim contr…

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A novel approach to aquaculture in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Growing community wellbeing with pātiki tōtara (May 2024)

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He Tauira – Exemplars of Te Ao Tūroa
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A podcast series showcasing Te Ao Tūroa principles through case studies (June 2024)

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Te Ao Tūroa wānanga – Rangatahi insights on exploring Te Ao Tūroa principles and Whakapapa o te Wai
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Videos sharing thoughts from two rangatahi who attended the wānanga (June 2024)

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Te Ao Tūroa Principles – Whakapapa, Mauri and Mana with the Mātāpuna
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Podcast series exploring the key integrity markers that bind and guide the Te Ao Tūroa Framework (June 2024)

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He Tapuwae – Concepts and principles of a Te Ao Tūroa informed economy
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A podcast describing the principles of Te Ao Turoa and how they relate to, and can inform, the development of Māori economies (June 2024)

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He Waka Māori – Mana and Mana Motuhake with the Mātāpuna
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Podcasts exploring the key concepts and principles of mana and mana motuhake (June 2024)

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Ngā Aho Kōrero – The Te Ao Māori Synthesis Journey
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A podcast featuring discussions with Te Ao Maori synthesis activity leads (June 2024)

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Utilising ecosystem services to support marine ecosystem management
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This summary provides an overview of how ecosystem services can be used as a tool in marine management and ecosystem-based management (March…

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Restorative marine economies: a framework for mobilising ecosystem-level investments
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This summary explains the key concepts of restorative economies and outlines an impact investment framework to guide questions and steps whe…

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Financing restorative economies in Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine and coastal space
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This report highlights opportunities and challenges in building restorative economies in New Zealand from the investment and finance perspec…

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Improving the marine management framework to make good decisions on seabed mining
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This summary details managing seabed mining and other marine activities, and recommends improvements to the marine management framework (Feb…

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He Poutokomanawa
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This infographic report provides an overview of some of the practices discussed throughout Whakaika Te Moana, as well as some insights into …

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He Pou Kai Āwha
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This infographic report provides an overview of the cultural context and indigenous world view within which Māori aquatic cultivation practi…

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Scaling up benthic primary productivity estimates in a large intertidal estuary using remote sensing
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Shao Z, Bryan K, Flowers G, Lehmann M & Pilditch C (September 2023)

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Taura kuku: prioritising Māori knowledge and resources to create biodegradable mussel spat settlement lines for shellfish restoration in Ōhiwa harbour
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Paul-Burke K, Burke J, Ngarimu-Cameron R, Bulmer R, Cameron K, O’Brien T, Bluett, C & Ranapia M (September 2022)

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Implications for the conservation of deep-water corals in the face of multiple stressors: a case study from the New Zealand region
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Stephenson F, Rowden A, Anderson O, Ellis J, Geange S, Brough T, Behrens E, Hewitt J, Clark M, Tracey D, Goode S, Petersen G & Lundquist C (…

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Emergence of the subtropical sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii as a threat to kelp forest ecosystems in northern New Zealand
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Balemi C & Shears N (August 2023)

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Auahatanga from Authenticity: Maximising opportunities for Akaroa Salmon and Ōnuku Rūnanga
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This report is focused primarily on auahatanga (differentiation) – differentiating kaitiaki-generated products from commodities and diversif…

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Literature review: Indigenising the blue economy in Aotearoa New Zealand
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This literature review explores three themes on both constraints and potential solutions for Māori transitioning to a blue economy. Rout M, …

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Designing law and policy for the health and resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems
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This is a summary of research findings into options for policy and legislative change to enable ecosystem-based management across scales in …

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Designing law and policy for the health and resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems – Lessons from (and for) Aotearoa New Zealand
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Macpherson E, Jorgensen E, Paul A, Rennie H, Fisher K, Talbot-Jones J, Hewitt J, Allison A, Banwell J & Parkinson A (June 2023)

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Sustainability disclosures in the blue economy
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This report provides a stocktake of sustainability disclosure practices and initiatives globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a focus o…

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Building an interconnected blue economy in place
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This report briefly reviews the blue economy Sustainable Seas programme to date and identifies three main gaps for further attention in the …

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Understanding multi species finfish complexes in Tasman and Golden Bay: Process overview and key insights
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This is a summary of the processes behind and key insights from research into understanding multi species finfish complexes. (November 2022)

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System dynamic mapping and managing multi-species complexes: Key variables and linkages
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This is a summary of research to determine whether system dynamic mapping is a useful exercise for FNZ management purposes, including whethe…

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Exploring the use of a system diagram and multi-variate analysis to understand multi-species complexes in fisheries
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This report details exploratory research on using a system diagram and multi-variate analysis to help understand how fisheries management of…

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Financing restorative marine economies: Insights from NZ finance and investment experts
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Webinar presentation by Cerasela Stancu (EnviroStrat) and Jason Mika (The University of Waikato) December 2022

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Extracting remotely-sensed water quality parameters from shallow intertidal estuaries
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Shao Z, Bryan K, Lehmann M & Pilditch C (December 2022)

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Improved decision-making using an ecosystem-based management (EBM) approach
Credit: Ayushi Kachhara NIWA 2018
Improved decision-making using an ecosystem-based management (EBM) approach

Enabling ecosystem-based management (EBM) to become embedded within marine management and governance.

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Ecosystem service mapping in marine environments: a case study
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This guidance explains what ecosystem service mapping is, and why it is useful for marine managers, planners, and other decision-makers. It …

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Māori marine economy: Its definition, principles, and structure
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This paper defines the Māori marine economy, outlines its structure, and highlights challenges for Māori marine-based enterprises engaged in…

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User guide: Tools for ecosystem-based management
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The purpose of this guide is to help resource managers, kaitiaki and others to identify appropriate tools, developed and/or used by the Sus…

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Characterising the regulatory seascape in Aotearoa New Zealand: bridging local, regional and national scales for marine ecosystem-based management
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Urlich SC, White FR & Rennie HG (2022) Ocean and Coastal Management, 224: 106193

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Research Book 2022
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This book provides key information about Sustainable Seas, and concise plain language summaries of all active/complete 2019–2024 (Phase II) …

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Te Au o Te Moana story series
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This series aims to whakamana (empower) the voices of researchers, co-developers, Māori partners and communities of research and practice as…

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Kāwanatanga ‘Future Search’ Panel - Waiheke participants
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Online workshop and panel discussion by Alex Rogers, Andrew Jeffs, Matt von Sturmer, Pippa Coom and Lucy Tukua. February 2022 (36 mins + Q&A…

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Risk assessment for marine ecosystem-based management (EBM)
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Clark DE, Gladstone-Gallagher RV, Hewitt JE, Stephenson F, Ellis JI (2022). Conservation Science and Practice, 12636.

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Ki uta ki tai: Estuaries, thresholds and values
Credit: Spid Pye/TrueStock
Ki uta ki tai: Estuaries, thresholds and values

Assessing the interactions between loadings of different contaminants from freshwaters on the health and functioning of estuaries. This is a…

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Scale and EBM
Credit: Rob Suisted
Scale and EBM

Improving understanding and communication of scale-dependencies for EBM

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Tangaroa Ararau – Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga Māori and the marine environment
Credit: Rebekah Parsons-King (NIWA)
Tangaroa Ararau – Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga Māori and the marine environment

This project is exploring the fundamental idea of what an oceans-centric governance model could look like, unburdened by existing approaches…

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Marine and coastal ecotourism - national and regional picture (part 2): Operator survey and interviews
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This report provides baseline information about Aotearoa’s marine and coastal ecotourism (MCET) sector, and sector aspirations for the futur…

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Marine and coastal ecotourism - national and regional picture (part 1): Operator database and map
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This report provides baseline information on the size and activity profile of the sector in Aotearoa, and a contact list to help users furth…

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Data dashboard: Marine and coastal ecotourism operators
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This interactive tool visualises the location and type of activity carried out by marine ecotourism operators in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is…

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Marine and coastal ecotourism operators
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This interactive map visualises the location of marine and coastal ecotourism operators, and the main visitor experiences they provide. This…

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Stocktake and characterisation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s seaweed sector: Species characteristics and Te Tiriti o Waitangi considerations
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This report provides an overview of seaweed species in Aotearoa that have commercial potential, as well as recognition of their cultural imp…

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Modelling restorative economies
Credit: Brady Doak
Modelling restorative economies

Determining the benefits of small-scale, community-based marine restoration initiatives

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Kaitiaki-centred business models: 3 pou
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This poster summarises an analytical framework for examining kaitiaki-centred business models. A kaitiaki-centred business model is one that…

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Mapping the delivery of ecological functions combining field collected data and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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Schenone S, Azhar M, Ramírez C, Strozzi, A, Delmas P & Thrush S (September 2021)

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Stocktake and characterisation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s seaweed sector: Market and regulatory focus
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This report assesses current demand, supply and regulation, and opportunities for (and barriers to) growth of the rimurimu/seaweed sector in…

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What will enable Aotearoa New Zealand's seaweed sector?
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This infographic visualises the barriers and gaps that are impeding the sector, and what actions can be taken to address them. (August 2021)

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Tools and resources for marine managers
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This is a research round-up of our tools and resources that are relevant to marine managers, kaitiaki and decision-makers. Many were – or ar…

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Cetacean conservation planning in a global diversity hotspot: dealing with uncertainty and data deficiencies
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Stephenson F, Hewitt JE, Torres LG, Mouton TL, Brough T, Goetz KT, Lundquist CJ, MacDiarmid AB, Ellis J, & Constantine R. (2021) Ecosphere 1…

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Hui-te-ana-nui: Kaitiakitanga cards
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Mātauranga Māori is a complex system of experiential knowledge that comprises intergenerational beliefs, values and practices that contribut…

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Addressing politics when conducting valuation for decision-making
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This guidance recommends three steps to address social and political context in values-based decision making.

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Using Bayesian network models to bridge the gap between ecology and management
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This guidance explains how Bayesian network models can combine data with expert knowledge (ecological, physical or Mātauranga Māori), to bri…

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Indigenous environmental justice within marine ecosystems: A systematic review of the literature on indigenous peoples’ involvement in marine governance and management
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Parsons M, Taylor L and Crease R (2021). Sustainability 13(8), 4217.
Open access

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Developing marine ecotourism for a sustainable blue economy: a literature review
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Milne S, Thorburn E, Rosin C, & Deuchar C

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Research Book 2018
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This book provides key information about Sustainable Seas, and concise plain language summaries of the 40 projects that were undertaken 2014…

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Touching Outward: Art-Making at the Seam Where Care Meets Risk
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Longley A, K Fisher, G O'Connor, J Hutchinson (2021)
Journal of Embodied Research

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Creating value from a blue economy: Final report
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Lewis N, Le Heron R, Hikuroa D, Le Heron E, Davies K, FitzHerbert S, James G, Wynd D, McLellan G, Dowell A, Petersen I, Barrett J, Sharp E, …

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Cetacean conservation planning: dealing with uncertainty and data deficiencies
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Fabrice Stephenson presented this poster at the 5th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Auckland, 13-16 December 2020

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Making new blue economy in Kaikōura: a participatory process approach
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Lewis N, Le Heron R, Hikuroa D and Le Heron E
September 2020

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Webinar back catalogue
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All our webinars are recorded and uploaded to this YouTube playlist within 48 hours

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Using ecosystem service bundles to improve marine management
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Ecosystem service (ES) 'bundles' show how ES interact with each other and are affected by stressors – and which values might be affected for…

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Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals estuarine benthic community response to nutrient enrichment – Evidence from an in-situ experiment
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Clark DE, Pilditch CA, Pearman JK, Ellis JI and Zaiko A (2020)
Environmental Pollution, 267, 115472

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Metadata catalogue: Participatory tools project
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This project has produced a dataset for the Ocean Plastic Simulator. You can find out about this datasets through our metadata catalogue.  

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Metadata catalogue: Tipping points project
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This project has produced a dataset from a national tipping points experiment. You can find out about these datasets through our metadata ca…

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Metadata catalogue: Whai Rawa, Whai Mana, Whai Oranga project
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This project has produced datasets. You can find out about them through our metadata catalogue.  

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Metadata catalogue: Empowering kaitiaki of Tauranga Moana
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This project has produced 2 datasets. You can find out about them through our metadata catalogue.

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Metadata catalogue: Re-use of offshore infrastructure project
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This project has produced datasets. You can find out about them through our metadata catalogue.

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Metadata catalogue: Ecosystem services project
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This project has produced maps and GIS layers. You can find out about these datasets through our metadata catalogue.

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Metadata catalogue: Development of valuation frameworks and principles project
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This project has produced datasets from the interviews. You can find out about these datasets through our metadata catalogue. 

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Metadata catalogue: Decision support tools project
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This project has produced datasets. You can find out about these datasets through our metadata catalogue.

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Metadata catalogue: Testing participatory processes project
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This project has produced 1 dataset. You can find out about these datasets through our metadata catalogue.

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Metadata catalogue: Mauri Moana, Mauri Tangata, Mauri Ora project
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This project has produced 2 datasets. You can find out about these datasets through our metadata catalogue.

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Measuring and mapping marine ecosystem services​
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Webinar presentation by Drew Lohrer, 15 July 2020 (29 mins + Q&A)

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The challenge of implementing the marine ecosystem service concept
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Townsend M, Davies K, Hanley N, Hewitt J, Lundquist C & Lohrer AM (2018). Frontiers in Marine Science

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EBM: a remedy for Aotearoa New Zealand's oceans
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This short animation explains what ecosystem-based management (EBM) is, and why it's needed.

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Science Learning Hub collection
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We have a partnership with the SLH, who use our research to produce multimedia teaching resources linked to the NZ Curriculum.

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Transitioning to a blue economy: scoping and horizon scanning
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This report documents trajectories in blue economy innovation and development, domestically and internationally.

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Incorporation of indigenous approaches to guardianship and stewardship in Canada’s resource management policy framework
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In this report, the researchers identify 5 elements to consider for developing EBM that successfully incorporates Māori perspectives and asp…

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Indigenous perspectives of ecosystem-based management and co-governance in the Pacific Northwest: lessons for Aotearoa
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Tiakiwai SJ, Kilgour, JT and Whetu A (2017)
AlterNative 13(2), 69-79

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Sharing the ocean through EBM
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This 5 min film explores how the ocean might be shared.

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Credit: Dave Allen NIWA

Our work

Sustainable Seas brought together Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest ever group of biophysical and social scientists, economists, and experts in mātauranga Māori and policy researchers. Together with Māori partners and stakeholders we embarked on our journey nearly a decade ago as one of 11 National Science Challenges, we set out to achieve this objective: To enhance utilisation of our marine resources within environmental and biological constraints.   

The Challenge has produced nearly a decade’s worth of research results, guidance, and tools from more than 100 projects. In our final year, we’ve focused on refining the key messages and recommendations on topics prioritized by the Challenge community as being critical to enabling holistic ecosystem-based management (EBM) and te ao Māori approaches – and ultimately realize a healthy ocean and prosperous blue economy.

Where's our research?

This interactive map shows the location of all our research projects to help connect you with the research happening in your rohe.

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