Posted on Friday 1 April 2022

Media coverage in March 2022

‘We have a full pharmacopoeia of plants’: Q&A with Māori researcher Nicola Macdonald

Mongabay – Project Co-leader for Kohunga Kutai, Nicola MacDonald, shares how researchers are using science and mātauranga Māori to create a more sustainable aquaculture industry. 

Rope-based display tying together art and science spreads to Napier

Hawke's Bay Today – The Unseen art-sci exhibit opens at the National Aquarium of New Zealand and Hawke's Bay classrooms for Seaweek. 

Slap some seaweed on (subscription required)

New Zealand Listener (Issue 9, 2022) – Our Seaweed Sun Defence project was featured, detailing the potential use of seaweed for developing sunscreen. 

Gift of the sea (subscription required)

Good Magazine – Mike Packer from the Seaweed Sun Defence project shared their research into seaweed sun-care skin products. 

Slap on that seaweed

Marine Farming Association Newsletter (pages 23-25) – Mike Packer was interviewed about the Seaweed Sun Defence project. 

Toihau of the Maungaharuru Tangitu Trust

Waatea News – Tania Hopmans discuss our He Kāinga Taurikura ō Tangitū: Treasured Coastal Environment project.