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The summer the Southern Alps turned red

New research uncovers the real source of the red dust that blanketed the mountains in the summer of 2019/2020 and explains why climate change could see events like this happen more often

Mind’s ear: Investigating the sounds in your head

Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Tony Lambert
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Dark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' Universe apart

One of the biggest myster...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Wiltshire, Dr Ryan Ridden-Harper
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Transmedia Geographies: Decoloniality, Democratization, Cultural Citizenship, and Media Convergence
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Kevin Glynn and Professor Julie Cupples
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University

Morality: From Error to Fiction
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Richard Joyce
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Moral Fictionalism and Religious Fictionalism

Edited by Richard Joyce and Stuart Brock
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Steven Brock and Professor Richard Joyce
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Guam collaboration improving understanding of gout in the Pacific

The University of Otago’s comm...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Dr Anna Gosling, Dr Paul Pumuye, Professor Tony Merriman, Associate Professor Frank Camacho
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Dramatic decline in Tongariro’s native plants as invasive heather spreads

Native ferns, sedges, ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Julie Deslippe
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Research exploring how Kiwi kids understand and use Māori loanwords

Study set to uncover how Engl...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Andreea Calude
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Human actions cause insect colour change

New Zealand’s native stoneflies have changed colour in ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jon Waters
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Scratching the Surface: Clues to Past Earthquake Rupture Directions

Earthquake geologists teamed u...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Russ Van Dissen (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Pū Ao GNS Science

Ada Lovelace Day 2024 Special Feature: Applying mathematics to wildlife management and conservation biology
  • Ada Lovelace Day honours the legacy of mathematician and computer science pioneer Ada Lovelace by highlighting talented wāhine researchers in STEM.

Holding regulators accountable: serving public interest through research

Everyday, governments reg...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Edward Willis
  • ORGANISATION:
    Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago

Colourful fruit-like fungi and forests ‘haunted by species loss’ – how we resolved a 30-year evolutionary mystery
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Anne Gaskett, Dr Jamie Wood, Dr Amy Martin
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Designing the Lasers of Tomorrow

Lasers are instrumental for a variety of applications in our ever...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Claude Aguergaray
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland

Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

Twelve non-Māori New Zealander...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Avril Bell
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Moonstruck: how reef fish may use the moon’s cycle to manipulate the sex of their offspring
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jeff Shima
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Counting on Your Ears: Does the Vestibular System Deal in Numbers?

The ability to understand numbe...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Yiwen Zheng
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

New protein discovery may influence future cancer treatment

Researchers from the University of Ota...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Christoph Goebl
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Using mathematics to get the big picture

What do medical imaging, geophysical prospecting, and non...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Marie Graff
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau

Rare Sāmoan discovery offers clues to origins of inequality

The origins of hierarchical society i...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Prodessor Ethan Cochrane
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

The unseen voyage: tracing the elusive migration of tuna (eels) to and from Aotearoa

Aotearoa New ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Amandine Sabadel
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology

Tiniest bird delivers evolution lesson

The titipounamu may have vocal abilities no one knew about,...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Kristal Cain
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Antarctica’s coasts are becoming less icy

An increase in pockets of open water in Antarctica’s...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Ceridwen Fraser
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Te Puninga Fault can cause infrequent but large earthquakes in Hauraki Plains

A recent study led b...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Lowe, Dr Pilar Villamor
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato, GNS Science

Digital infant in world-first psychology research

Meet BabyX, a digital infant looking for someone to play with.
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Annette Henderson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland

Decolonising death: Reviving Māori burial practices

A Kaiarotake Rangahau Research Assessor from ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Hinematau McNeill (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Cleaner and greener solutions for industry: nature’s catalysts reimagined through state-of-the-art research
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Wei-Qin Zhuang
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Listening to equations: a tool for the audification of heteroclinic networks

Dynamical systems is ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Claire Postlethwaite
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Community research with trans young people: it takes a village

Anyone doing research with, and for...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Julia de Bres
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University

Greenhouse gas transformed in aid of carbon-free future

Waste carbon dioxide was repurposed in ben...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Ziyun Wang
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

New evidence changes key ideas about Earth’s climate history

A new study published in Science re...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Terry Isson
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Waikato

Two languages in my kete: changes in the New Zealand English lexicon
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Andreea Calude
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato

Inspiration from Nature: Molecular ‘flowers’ that bloom

Nature’s got some great tricks
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Christian Hartinger

Setting limits: Rethinking our philosophy of environmental management

With a Marsden Fast-Start gr...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Marc Tadaki
  • ORGANISATION:
    Cawthron Institute

The Forgotten Prophet: Tāmati Te Ito and His Kaingārara Movement

Dr Jeffrey Sissons has released...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Jeffrey Sissons
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Ada Lovelace day profiles 2023
  • Ada Lovelace day profiles 2023

Between Byzantine Men

Desire, Homosociality, and Brotherhood in the Medieval Empire

Mark Masterson
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Mark Masterson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Ancient indicators of inequality

Bioarcheologist Professor Siân Halcrow from Te Whare Wānanga o ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Siân Halcrow
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou University of Otago

Shining a Light on Economic Inequality

In this Marsden-funded project, Professors John Gibson and ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor John Gibson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato

The sophisticated social life of staghorn ferns

Staghorn ferns have adapted to life in the trees b...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor KC Burns
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

A constitutional moment for liberal democracies, including Aotearoa New Zealand

Associate Professo...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Timothy K. Kuhner
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Dissecting the link between the Group A Streptococcus, infection, and immunity

In this Marsden Fas...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Catherine Tsai
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

The olfactory cocktail party: How animals and humans pick out individual smells in a crowd
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Paul Szyszka
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

First image of Milky Way neutrinos detected by IceCube

For the first time, a neutrino image of the...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jenni Adams
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Secret History: State Surveillance in New Zealand, 1900–1956

The first volume in a history of sp...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Richard S. Hill and Steven Loveridge
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka

DNA discovery may assist in fight against aggressive cancer

In a significant development in the fi...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Euan Rodger, Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Te Rā makes a once in a lifetime return to Aotearoa: 8 July – 23 October 2023

Te Rā, an extrao...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Catherine Smith, Dr Donna Campbell, Mrs Ranui Ngarimu
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Improving vaccine adjuvants

Four kids, four patents, and sixteen publications later
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Bridget Stocker (VUW), Associate Professor Mattie Timmer (VUW), and Professor Sho Yamasaki (Osaka University)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Otago researchers reveal impact of ancient earthquake

By combining the scientific powerhouses of g...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jon Waters
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

The Shapeshifting Crown

The Shapeshifting Crown combines legal and anthropological perspectives to...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Edited by Cris Shore and David Williams
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Photos give men a voice to discuss mental distress

An innovative research project at the Universit...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Sarah McKenzie
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Wayfinding for Chinese language education research

Dr Danping Wang from Waipapa Taumata Rau The Un...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Danping Wang
  • ORGANISATION:
    Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland

Your native language may affect your musical ability

Speakers of tonal and non-tonal languages may...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Courtney Hilton and Dr Samuel Mehr
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau

How do sensory shifts shape our diet? Testing the neural mechanisms underpinning nutrient selection
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Mei Peng
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

New tech could offer air-powered energy source

Scientists have discovered a tool bacteria use to e...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Distinguished Professor Greg Cook
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Dr Andrew Bagshaw’s final legacy – a breakthrough discovery in the field of DNA research
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Andrew Bagshaw, Distinguished Professor Neil Gemmell
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury / University of Otago

Significant step in fight against drug resistance in TB

University of Otago researchers have disco...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Matthew McNeil
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Anauralia: The enigma of the silent mind

Professors Anthony Lambert (Principal Investigator) and S...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Anthony Lambert
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Tick Tock! Circadian clocks and climate-resilient crops

In this Marsden Fund Fast-Start project, D...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Soledad Perez-Santangelo
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou

Fierce Hope: Youth Activism in Aotearoa

The stories of Fierce Hope provide important insights into...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Karen Nairn, Judith Sligo, Carisa R. Showden, Kyle R. Matthews and Joanna Kidman
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Korihi te manu: Stories of whāngai and adoption

"We have a saying back home, kāore te tōtara e ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Helen Potter, Dr Marine Haenga-Collins, Ani Mikaere, Dr Annabelle Ahuriri-Driscoll, Dr Denise Blake, Dr Jessica Hutchings, Dr Kim McBreen, Jenni Tupo, Moana Jackson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Wānanga o Raukawa

The Rolling Stones – Uncovering stone rolling dynamics and impact accelerations during floods
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Hamish Biggs
  • ORGANISATION:
    NIWA

New research cracks climate-change mystery of Antarctic sea ice

Pioneering airborne technology dev...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Wolfgang Rack
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

A question of identity: How connected are young Māori to ancestral marae, and does it matter?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Merata Kawharu (Principal Investigator), Dr Paul Tapsell (Associate Investigator), Dr Krushil Watene (Associate Investigator), Dr Stephen McTaggart (Associate Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

World-first NZ technology enables researchers to discover the secrets of how melanin protects skin from UV radiation
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Justin Hodgkiss
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Fierce hope: Youth activism in Aotearoa

Social movements can create the conditions for fostering c...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Karen Nairn
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou University of Otago

Ada Lovelace day profiles 2022

In honour of Ada Lovelace Day 2022 (Rātū 11 Whiringa-a-Nuku Tuesd...
  • In honour of Ada Lovelace Day 2022 (Rātū 11 Whiringa-a-Nuku Tuesday 11 October), we are featuring the work of three recent Marsden Fund wāhine researchers who are fo...

Sharing memories with toddlers helps their wellbeing into adulthood

How mothers share memories wit...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Elaine Reese (Principal Investigator)

Reach for the stars

Associate Professor Jan Eldridge at Waipapa Tamata Rau The University of Auckl...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Jan Eldridge, Max Briel, Petra Tang, Wouter van Zeist, Sohan Ghodla and Sean Richards
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Shining a light on Mount Erebus’ deep magmatic system

Antarctica’s round-the-clock summer sunl...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Graham Hill
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury and the Czech Academy of Science

New book looks at experiences of Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand

A new book co-authored ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Liangni Sally Liu
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

New NZ research reveals first evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow

University of Canterbury...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Laura Revell (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Developing quick screening tests for harmful algal blooms

A new Catalyst: Seeding project seeks to...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Anne Rolton Vignier
  • ORGANISATION:
    Cawthron Institute

Kelp connecting Southern coasts – genomics reveals

The DNA of kelp has enabled scientists to sho...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Ceridwen Fraser (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

DNA provides unique look at moa and climate change
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Nic Rawlence
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

A womb with a view: How and why does the human fetus see?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Vincent Reid
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

New non‑destructive DNA method opens opportunities

A new method of obtaining ancient genomic dat...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Lachie Scarsbook and Dr Nic Rawlence
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Scientists solve solar secret

The further we move away from a heat source, the cooler the air gets...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Jonathan Squire
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Chasing the unexpected link between cancer and pregnancy

Did you ever suspect that the earliest st...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Mike Eccles
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Sharing memories sets children on path to better well-being

Toddlers whose mothers received specia...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Claire Mitchell and Professor Elaine Reese
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Answers for families as researchers identify new rare genetic mutation

University of Otago-led res...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Louise Bicknell
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Can a virtual uterus help us detect problems in pregnancy?

In this Marsden-funded project, Associa...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Alys Clark
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

'Unassuming' enzyme opens way for new medical treatments

Research could have important application...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Ackerley
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Woe is She: Early modern Women and the Poetry of Complaint
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Sarah Ross
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Gravitational waves from rotating black holes
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Jörg Frauendiener
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

The "supercoolest" science on Earth

A team of Antarctic scientists is breaking new ground – or i...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Principal Investigator: Dr Inga Smith (University of Otago). Associate Investigators: Dr Greg Leonard (University of Otago), Associate Professor Britney Schmidt (Cornell University), Dr Lars Smedsrud (University of Bergen)

From Living wages to Sustainable livelihoods

Designed to protect people materially and socially, l...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Stuart Carr, Professor Darrin Hodgetts, Associate Professor Siautu Alefaio-Tugia, Professor James Arrowsmith, Professor Jane Parker, Dr Amanda Young-Hauser, Harvey Jones and Professor Jarrod Haar
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University and Auckland University of Technology

How does antibody diversity shape our body’s response to infectious disease?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr William Kelton
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

New research focuses on connection between humans, gorillas and diseases in Uganda

New research su...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor David Hayman
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Creating a Māori disaster management framework

Māori, catastrophic events, and collective develo...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Christine Kenney
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

TB research will make ‘enormous global health impact'

University of Otago researchers are behind...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Greg Cook, Professor Kurt Krause
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Direct radiative effects of airborne microplastics

Airborne microplastics may have a minor cooling...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Laura Revell
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

International Day of Rural Women 2021 Special Feature: Surviving the reform of New Zealand agriculture (1984-1987)
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Rachael Bell
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Ada Lovelace Day 2021 Special Feature: From ink to digital diagrams
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Rachel Blagojevic
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Sea ice history sheds light on future climate change impact on Antarctic plankton
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Nancy Bertler and Associate Professor Rob McKay
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Contraception choices highlighted by Massey researcher on podcast

Health psychologist Dr Tracy Mor...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Tracy Morison (Principal Investigator)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Advanced Alloy Anodes for Next-generation Rechargeable Batteries

Batteries help power modern life....
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Shanghai Wei
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

New Chinese Immigrants in New Zealand: Floating families?

Dr Liangni Sally Liu and Dr Guanyu Jason...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Liangni Sally Liu (Principal investigator) and Dr Guanyu Jason Ran (Marsden Fund PhD student)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Family Risk and Resilience during COVID-19 Lockdown

How did the COVID-19 lockdowns affect NZ famil...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Nickola Overall & Associate Professor Annette Henderson
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Transitioning from smoking to vaping: a personal journey requiring persistence

Persistence may be ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Tamlin Conner
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Shining a light on the shocking state of NZ’s acute mental health units

Research based media rep...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Gabrielle Jenkin
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

New type of stardust may unlock solar system secrets

What elemental ingredients went into the form...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Bruce Charlier
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Explaining how religious beliefs are formed

Feeling anxious can direct our attention and memory to...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Jamin Halberstadt
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Continent of Zealandia older than previously thought, study finds

Tiny mineral grains taken from g...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Rose Turnbull
  • ORGANISATION:
    GNS Science - Te Pū Ao

Earthquake creates ecological opportunity

A University of Otago study has revealed how earthquake ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Jonathan Waters
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Research identifies new cultural threads in early colonial goldfield

Research analysing skeletal r...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Charlotte King
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Bioengineers develop potential game-changer in gut treatment

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengine...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Tim Angeli-Gordon
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Volcanoes make waves too

Volcanoes make waves too: a new understanding of tsunamis generated by volcanic eruptions
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Emily Lane
  • ORGANISATION:
    NIWA

Harnessing the power of dahlia plants to help prevent diabetes

Alex Tups is getting closer to form...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Alex Tups
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Under the moonlight: a little light and shade helps larval fish to grow at night

At night on any o...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jeffrey Shima
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Major new study into how New Zealand accent changes in childhood

Whether it’s the vowel shift or...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Lynn Clark
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years, new study finds

Earth’s ability to abso...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Vic Arcus, Professor Louis Schipper, Dr Liyin Liang, Dr Bella Duncan
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Waikato

What does vaping really do to our lungs?

Vaping is touted as a lesser of two evils for smokers try...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Kelly Burrowes
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Bird's icy view

A New Zealand research team has, for the first time ever, used a fixed wing aircra...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Daniel Price and Associate Professor Wolfgang Rack
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Fire and ice

Will future Australian blazes turn NZ snow as red as our skies?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Philip Novis and Dr Lynda Petherick
  • ORGANISATION:
    Manaaki Whenua Landcare and Victoria University of Wellington

New insight on Alpine Fault risk

'Scratch marks' point to epicentres of earthquakes. A discovery m...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Mr Russ Van Dissen
  • ORGANISATION:
    GNS Science

Hot homes: How are you keeping your place cool this summer?

Be it black-out shades or chilled shee...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Dr Andrea Clavijo McCormick: plant communication

Dr Andrea Clavijo McCormick of Massey University ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Andrea Clavijo-McCormick
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Kiwi adults know more te reo than they realise

Even when they can’t speak te reo Māori, New Zea...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jen Hay & Professor Jeanette King
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Switching from smoking to Electronic Delivery Systems: Changing practices and identities

Electroni...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Janet Hoek, Mei-Ling Blank
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Fiordland air sharing secrets with scientist

Dr Peter Sperlich needs a strong south-westerly and a...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Peter Sperlich
  • ORGANISATION:
    NIWA

Researchers find “missing link”

Otago researchers have found the “missing link between stres...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Greg Anderson
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Difficult Histories

How do New Zealanders remember and forget difficult e...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Joanna Kidman and Dr Vincent O'Malley
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington and History Works

Injection nanomachines – learning from nature to revolutionise drug delivery

Beneath Aotearoa Ne...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Alok Mitra
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

New type of micro laser source suitable for commercialisation

Associate Professors Stuart Murdoch ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Stuart Murdoch
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Sea holds clues for a shaky future: NZ study hopes to link warming with seismic activity

Can clima...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Lorna Strachan
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Earthquakes, tsunamis: It’s Wairarapa’s fault nearby

One of the largest sources of earthquakes...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Bill Fry
  • ORGANISATION:
    GNS Science

Henderson Island Fossils Reveal New Polynesian Sandpiper Species

Fossil bones collected in the ear...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Vanesa De Pietri
  • ORGANISATION:
    Canterbury Museum

Sexuality and intimacy research to benefit residential age care facilities

A Massey University res...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Mark Henrickson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Honour for Ngarino Ellis: carving out new histories

The importance of Māori art history has been ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Ngarino Ellis
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

$3m for asthma research

One of the many things I'm thankful for is that I've never had any allergi...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jeroen Douwes and team
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

The 2020 NZ election saw record vote volatility — what does that mean for the next Labour government?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Jack Vowles
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Raukawa wāhine embark on 400km journey to walk in their ancestor’s footsteps

A group of seven w...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Naomi Simmonds
  • ORGANISATION:
    Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

At life’s edge: How genes flow in hot spring bacteria

Microbiologists have long debated how to d...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Charles Lee
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

The forgotten glaciers of Te Ika-a-Maui

Glaciers are iconic symbols of New Zealand’s landscape. ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Shaun Eaves

Chloroplast from the past: Beech genealogy guides future conservation

A new paper in the ‘New Ze...
  • A new paper in the ‘New Zealand Journal of Botany’ comprises research on the effect glacial cycles had on beech forest distribution in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Genetic recipe book for natural products from fungi

Professor Emily Parker and her team at Victori...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Emily Parker
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

You may know more te reo Māori than you realise - researchers think

Millions of New Zealanders th...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jeanette King
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World

Associate Professor Ian Smith, University of Otago, publish...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Ian Smith
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Communications/Media/Geographies

Associate Professor Kevin Glynn and Professor Julie Cupples have ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Kevin Glynn and Professor Julie Cupples
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University (Glynn now at University of Northumbria and Cupples at University of Edinburgh)

Eye of the Takahē

A new paper in the 'New Zealand Journal Zoology' comprises research on the ocul...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Peter Hadden
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

A Hierarchy of Turing Degrees

Rod Downey and Noam Greenberg's new publication, 'A Hierarchy of Tur...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Rod Downey and Professor Noam Greenberg
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Where wine wētā wander

A new paper in the New Zealand Journal of Zoology features research on th...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Steven Trewick
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey Univeristy

Criminal Justice, Risk and the Revolt against Uncertainty

Professor John Pratt FRSNZ has released ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor John Pratt
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Time travelling with a climate scientist

Ancient corals are the keepers of past climate records th...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Andrew Lorrey
  • ORGANISATION:
    NIWA

New Zealand researchers at 'turning point' with solar paint project

Imagine if your roof paint cou...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Nathaniel Davis
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Company finds 'holy grail' of stimulating plant growth

BioLumic’s Jason Wargent is a finalist in...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jason Wargent
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Foulden Maar research points to a future global greening

Research using fossils from Otago’s con...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Daphne Lee
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Writing the New World

A new podcast, 'Writing the New World', by Marsden Fund recipient Associate ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Solving severe sleep problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

University of Canterbury (...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Laurie McLay
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

No long-term link between video games and aggressive behaviour in youth

There’s no evidence to s...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Aaron Drummond
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Video game loot boxes could be regulated under gambling laws

Video games that offer randomised rew...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Aaron Drummond
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

New Zealand’s Ancient Monster Penguins had Northern Hemisphere Doppelgangers

New Zealand’s mon...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Vanesa De Pietri
  • ORGANISATION:
    Canterbury Museum

UC planet-hunters discover new ‘one in a million’ Super-Earth

Astronomers at the University of...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor MD Albrow
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Motorised transport dominant mode for Dunedin pre-schoolers

Being on the move is part of everyday ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Christina Ergler
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Could bacteria-attacking viruses hold a clue to obesity?

Could a barely understood part of the gut...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Tommi Vatanen
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Autocorrect to Alexa - Understanding the human experience

As computing systems become integral to ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Andrew Cockburn and Associate Professor Zhe Chen
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Understanding photosynthesis

Lauren Nicol holds a Rutherford Foundation International PhD Scholars...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Lauren Nicol
  • ORGANISATION:
    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cutting edge research uses pipefish to study the puzzle of sexual selection

Why does the colourful...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Sarah Flanagan
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Marsden Fund grant supports UC molecular research on Alzheimer’s disease

Dr Vanessa Morris, a Un...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Vanessa Morris
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Research facilitates positive change for ‘brutal old days’ of rape trials

Cross-examination st...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Elisabeth McDonald
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Towards a greener future with next generation solar cell technology

University of Canterbury (UC) ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Paula Brooksby
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Fast-Start grant supports University of Canterbury-led research on energy-saving nanotechnology
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Matthew Cowan
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Canterbury

Otago physicists grab individual atoms in ground-breaking experiment

In a first for quantum physic...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Mikkel F. Andersen, Marvin Weyland, Joachim Brand and Ulrich Ebling
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago and Massey University

Greedy algae that are great for our environment

Phosphorus fertilizers are extremely expensive for...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Benoit Guieysse, Professor Emilio Fernández Reyes, Professor Andrew Shilton and Dr David Wheeler
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Pigment discovery sheds new light on the environmental tolerance mechanisms of land plants

About 4...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Kevin Davis
  • ORGANISATION:
    Plant and Food Research

Has Intensive-Fishing Shaped Snapper Evolution?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Peter Ritchie and Tom Oosting (PhD Candidate)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

The future of artificial intelligence: evolutionary computation

What can artificial intelligence l...
  • What can artificial intelligence learn from nature? An article in the latest edition of Ngā Kete reviews a branch of artificial intelligence called evolutionary comput...

Why does stress affect men and women differently?

Why do men and women suffer stress differently?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Karl Iremonger
  • ORGANISATION:
    Otago University

Otago study links childhood fitness to healthy lungs in adulthood

Fit children whose fitness impro...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Bob Hancox
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

NZ study: what holds our universe together?

Kiwi researchers have set out to shed fresh light on o...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Richard Easther
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

Baby fish delay settlement on coral reefs

Dark nights offer best chance of survival for sixbar wra...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Jeff Shima
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Fire and ice: Mapping the magma flow to Antarctica's most active volcano

On a quest to map the mag...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Graham Hill
  • ORGANISATION:
    GNS

The New Zealand fossil revolution

In the last few years there’s been a revolution in our underst...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Vanesa L. De Pietri
  • ORGANISATION:
    Canterbury Museum

Swim speed: Salmon study unlocks sexual secrets

Kiwi scientists have revealed how females in one s...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Patrice Rosengrave
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Kia ora: how Māori borrowings shape New Zealand English

New Zealand English is one of the younges...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Andreea Calude
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Otago study links hormone to maternal nurturing trait

The same hormone that stimulates milk produc...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Dave Grattan
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Can action sports help make a better world?

Skateboarding, surfing and other action sports are sta...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Holly Thorpe
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

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