Past events
Virtual field trip: Kohunga Kutai – a natural solution for a plastic problem
Once again during Seaweek, primary school children across the country can virtually travel with LEARNZ to experience marine science fieldwork with Sustainable Seas researchers. This year they will discover how …
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Webinar: Marine ecotourism – Where are we now and where are we going?
With its vast coastlines, unique marine environment and a tourism industry that is being reset along ‘regenerative’ lines, Aotearoa New Zealand is well positioned to develop a marine ecotourism sector that supports a blue economy – one that creates environmental,…
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Webinar: Estuaries in a changing world: 7 lessons for long-term monitoring
Over a year ago, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment released Managing our estuaries, a report that clearly outlines that many estuaries are in trouble.
In this webinar, Judi Hewitt (Sustainable…
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The Unseen (Tauranga)
Join us for the final exhibition of The Unseen, an art-sci exhibition making the unseen marine world visible. It is the result of research from Navigating marine social-ecological systems project.
Exhibition details
22 May-24 October 2021 (extended…
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Webinar: Shady business: The problem with mud in our estuaries
Our estuaries are in trouble. One of the main culprits is sediment from land run-off which can darken the waters and increases muddiness when it settles on the seabed. This can…
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Webinar: Cetacean conservation planning: dealing with uncertainty & data gaps
In this webinar, Fabrice Stephenson (NIWA) presented a tool that can be used to visualise cetacean diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand. This research is from the Communicating risk and uncertainty…
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The Unseen (Wellington)
Join us for the final exhibition of The Unseen, an art-sci exhibition making the unseen marine world visible.
This will involve a big recycling of the giant collaborative artwork first developed…
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LEARNZ | Seaweed: An ocean of opportunity!
Seaweed aquaculture is the world's fastest-growing primary industry!Did you know that over 3 billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods? Globally, the market value of marine…
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Webinar: A step closer to a future powered by tidal currents
In this webinar, Ross Vennell will present the results from the Energy from tidal currents project, which investigated whether generating electricity from the strong tidal currents within Cook Strait is viable…
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Webinar: A systems approach to understanding marine stressors in Hawke's Bay
Many management actions do not achieve their desired outcomes due to the influence of combined or multiple stressors. Systems mapping visualises the socio-ecological connections and interactions between marine stressors to…
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