Rocky coast at Otarawairere Bay Sustainable Seas 2020
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Rūruku mai taku Waka Taurua
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Exemplars and success factors of Waka Taurua research.

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Whakarite mai taku waka rangahau
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Preparing our research waka for working in partnership.

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He Waka Taurua
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What is a Waka Taurua?

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Ngā Tohu
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Reclaiming and preserving traditional knowledge of maramataka to inform transformative practice in marine monitoring and management.

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Wao Tāngata
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Reclaiming maramataka practice: Enabling cultural environmental indicator development through the restoration of ancestral practice.

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Wao Atua
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Maramataka informed cultural environmental indicator development.

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Te Korowai
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Reclaiming and preserving indigenous knowledge of coastal and marine ecosystems

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Ngā Pou
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Interactive poster describing the guiding principles of engagement.

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He Tirohanga Whāiti: Focus Area Report
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Report from Tangaroa Ararau – Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga Māori and the marine environment (May 2024)

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Te Kete Kaitiakitanga
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Tools to enable kaitiakitanga & ecosystem-based management

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Guidance for using drones to monitor coastal ecosystems
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This report provides guidance on choosing a remote sensing platform and the use of UAVs for aerial monitoring of coastal rocky reef ecosyste…

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Considering scale and EBM in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Graphic depicting how successful practice for EBM requires a clear understanding of scale by decision-makers (2024)

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Ki uta ki tai: values and science for an informed kaitiaki / guardian
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Lohrer D, Awatere S, Paul-Burke K, Kitson J, Schwarz A-M (April 2024)

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Preventing sun-induced skin damage with algae-derived compounds
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Report on workflow for molecular taxonomic identification of macroalgae
(November 2022)

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Te Ātiawa Report
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Report prepared for Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust (June 2019)

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Te ao Māori perspectives of marine scale
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Kainamu A & Rolleston-Gabel T (2023)

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Report to Ōhiwa Harbour Implementation Forum
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This report provides an update of the Pātangaroa hua rau project which is investigating the economic potential of collagen and bioactives fr…

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Healthy coastal ecosystems
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This infographic provides overview of the factors required for healthy coastal ecosystems (October 2023)

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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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Upholding the value of pāua quota
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This research looks at how we can uphold long-term fishery values, the value of commercial quota, and the ecological role that pāua play in …

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He Pou Tuārongo
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The purpose of this report is to draw on the foundational setting as well as the practice, opportunity and barrier narratives detailed by wh…

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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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A review of te ao Māori perspectives of marine scales and where these are impeded by contemporary management
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Kainamu A & Rolleston-Gabel T (September 2023)

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Key environmental considerations for seaweed aquaculture in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Howarth L & Major R (October 2023)

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Developing decision-support tools for cumulative effects management
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This report describes a conceptual decision support tool structure, and the associated principles and requirements for decision-support tool…

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Pātaka Kōrero User Guide
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  • Guidance

This resource demonstrates some of the main functions and elements of the front-end user interface of the Pātaka Kōrero system, a digital st…

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Pātaka Kōrero: Collated Digital Resources
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This infographic report specifically focuses on 'Collections,' which is one of the key storage and access features of the pātaka system.

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Pātaka Kōrero: System Use and Key Learnings
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This report focuses on the ‘Content Access’ system and describes the three main features of the front-end user interface that collectively w…

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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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Hapū and iwi perceptions of cumulative effects: supporting kaitiakitanga
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This report presents some of the barriers faced by iwi and hapū across Aotearoa with regards to management of cumulative effects in freshwat…

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Scale dependencies and its influence on EBM
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This report provides a review of the existing knowledge of scale dependencies in Sustainable Seas research project and compares between phas…

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Quantifying and reducing interactions between commercial fishing gear and the seabed in New Zealand
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This report aims to support fishers to optimise their operations while minimising contact. Wilson O, Restrepo F, Bowman B, Lawson C, Smith S…

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Tōtaranui/Queen Charlotte Sound interactive map
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This interactive map of Tōtaranui/Queen Charlotte Sound shows the study locations our researchers have worked at.

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Conference research posters
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The below posters were presented at our 2023 conference, Te Au o Te Moana.

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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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Developing blue economy principles for Aotearoa New Zealand
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This report reviews blue economy principles and their implementation internationally to inform the development of blue economy principles fo…

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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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Big Blue Aotearoa
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Developed in partnership with The Spinoff, this resource is designed to help change New Zealanders way of seeing our moana, in a bid to enco…

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Incorporating ecosystem-based management principles into regional coastal plans
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This report provides guidance to those about to commence a review of their Regional Coastal Plans prepared under the Resource Management Act…

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Stressors affecting estuaries
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This infographic shows the multiple stressors that can affect estuaries. (May 2022)

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Applying analogue simulation - A qualitative process to explore the socio-ecological flow-on impacts in a system in response to modelled biophysical changes
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One of three reports prepared for stage two of Hawke’s Bay case study. This report describes the analogue simulation process that integrates…

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Development of a seafloor model of disturbance impacts on benthic structure in the Hawke’s Bay
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One of three reports prepared for stage two of Hawke’s Bay regional study. This report describes the adaptation of the seafloor disturbance …

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EBM as urban transport
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This infographic uses the analogy of urban transport requirements to explain ecosystem-based management (EBM).

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Enabling ecosystem-based management in the Hawke’s Bay: Overview of stages one and two of the case study process
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One of three reports prepared for stage two of Hawke’s Bay regional study. This report describes the full process including stage one (syste…

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Encouraging coastal and marine restorative economies in Aotearoa New Zealand
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This report is a starting point in the development of knowledge, frameworks, and decision-support tools to enable restorative economies to e…

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Treaty-based marine governance & EBM
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This booklet and accompanying poster (May 2022) summarise key concepts and/or information from the 2020 report 'Stemming the colonial enviro…

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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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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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Carbon cycle within a seaweed farm
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This infographic shows the pathways of carbon flow from seaweed aquaculture based on measurements and calculations of carbon sequestration p…

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Possible ecosystem services and negative environmental effects associated with seaweed aquaculture in coastal environments
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This infographic indicates the likely nature and degree of effect by large or small '-' or '+' symbols. (November 2021)

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Stocktake and characterisation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s seaweed sector: Environmental effects of seaweed wild-harvest and aquaculture
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This report describes the ecosystem services provided by seaweed and the potential environmental impacts of a seaweed sector. Clark DE, Newc…

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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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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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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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A snapshot of the global seaweed sector
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This infographic visualises: which seaweeds make up most of the global supply; what they are used for; growth of seaweed aquaculture in the …

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A review of risk assessment frameworks for use in marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Clark DE, Gladstone-Gallagher R, Stephenson F & Ellis J (May 2021)

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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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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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Te Piringa
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The process of engagement, co-development, kawa and tikanga for the Ngā Tohu o Te Ao project.

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Systems mapping marine stressors in Hawke's Bay
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This report summarises the processes and outputs from Stage 1 of the Hawke's Bay regional study. Connolly J, Lundquist C, Madarasz-Smith A,…

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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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Stemming the colonial environmental tide: shared Māori governance jurisdiction and ecosystem-based management over the marine and coastal seascape in Aotearoa New Zealand – possible ways forward
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Joseph R, Rakena M, Te Kuini Jones M, Takuira J, Te Tai M and Rakena C.

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BactiMap: forecasting contamination risk to shellfish
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This is a prototype model for forecasting E. coli contamination risk to shellfish in Tasman and Golden Bays.

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Futureproofing the green-lipped mussel aquaculture industry against ocean acidification
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Law CS, Barr N, Gall M, Cummings V, Currie K, Murdoch J, Halliday J, Frost E, Stevens C, Plew D, Vance J and Zeldis J
November 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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Systems map of marine stressors in Hawke's Bay
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This is a systems map of two marine stressors - freshwater sedimentation and loss of seabed structure - and their impact in Hawke's Bay from…

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Aotearoa New Zealand's key marine legislation
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This poster shows key pieces of legislation in our marine realm, and where they apply.

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Tools for risk assessment under uncertainty
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This report reviews a range of best practice analytical tools and processes that can be used to support risk assessment across a spectrum of…

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Denitrification potential: Whitford estuary
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This map shows areas where nitrogen removal by soft-sediment seabed is predicted to be high.

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Biogenic habitat provision: Queen Charlotte Sound
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This map shows where refuge habitats, which act as nurseries for young finfish and invertebrates, are predicted to be found.

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Biogenic habitat provision: Te Tau Ihu/Top of the South
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This map shows where refuge habitats, which act as nurseries for young finfish and invertebrates, are predicted to be found.

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Biogenic habitat provision: Hauraki Gulf
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This map shows where refuge habitats, which act as nurseries for young fish and invertebrates, are predicted to be found.

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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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Repository of knowledge: mātauranga Māori (Exec summary)
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Prepared by Whetu Consultancy Group (2017)

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