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Posted on 01 June 2023
Media Coverage April/May 2023
Commercial fishers flock to protected areas95bFM The Green Desk — Researchers have found that commercial fishing activity increases sharply near new marine protected areas.
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Posted on 30 November 2022
Te Au o Te Moana - Voice of the Ocean: John Reid
“As much as we can be Kaitiaki, different species can be kaitiaki, or the ocean itself can be kaitiaki. It's this interconnected relationship.
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Posted on 14 October 2022
Media statement: Report reveals continuing pressure on our marine environment
The Our marine environment report 2022, released this week by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ, says while there are efforts underway to protect and restore the marine…
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Posted on 11 February 2022
Te Au o Te Moana – Voice of the Ocean: Clare Bradley
Clare Bradley leads a sustainable whānau owned rimurimu/seaweed business.
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Posted on 10 December 2021
Workshop on targets and limits with Ministry for the Environment
On 10 December, we ran a workshop with officials from the Ministry for the Environment's estuaries team on limits and targets.
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Posted on 13 August 2021
Impact of heavy rainfall on coastal water quality captured in MetOcean model
The excerpt below is republished with permission from MetOcean Solutions. Read the original article.
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Posted on 24 May 2021
Media statement: Budget 2021
"Sustainable Seas welcomes the Budget 2021 allocation to establish a robust national environmental monitoring and reporting framework.
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Posted on 22 May 2021
Mud: when there’s too much in our estuaries
On May 20, 2021, 104 attendees from 9 different councils, 4 different universities, and 2 different countries gathered online to learn about the problem of mud in Aotearoa New Zealand’s…
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Posted on 21 May 2021
New eDNA research helps uncover the health of our estuaries
Recent research in two Nelson estuaries shows that environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding offers a sensitive approach to detect nutrient enrichment effects.
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Posted on 31 March 2021
Media coverage in March 2021
School kids to go on virtual field trip to learn about seaweedRNZ Midday Report – Julie Hall was interviewed about the LEARNZ trip, and potential of seaweed as a new…
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Posted on 31 December 2020
Media coverage in December 2020
All at sea - the surprising reach of river watersOur Changing World/RNZAlison Ballance interviewed Khushboo and Joe about their ocean glider research.
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Posted on 16 November 2020
Ocean robots show rivers flow further out to sea than expected
Aotearoa New Zealand's rivers don't just end at the coast, they travel much further than previously thought into our oceans, via eddies.
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