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Marsden Fund invests in new cutting-edge research

Research with the potential to revolutionise childhood education, novel solutions to the climate and energy crises, and innovative approaches to overcome antimicrobial resistance are among the topics supported by the Marsden Fund Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden in this year’s investment round

E haumi ana Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā rangahau tino hou rawa

Ko ngā rangahau takahuri ...
  • Ko ngā rangahau takahuri i te mātauranga kōhungahunga, ngā hua rerekē ki ngā raruraru āhuarangi me te pūngao, me ngā aronga auaha hei turaki i te parenga ārai...

Can artificial intelligence help us to understand the dangers of exposure to “forever chemicals”?
  • ‘Forever chemicals’ released from consumer products are dangerous to ecosystems and human health...

Whiria te tangata: Understanding the importance of traditional clothing making

In this innovative ...
  • In this innovative project, Associate Professor Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngā Puhi) of Pūrangakura Māori Research Centre will work alongside communities to explore ...

Whiria te tangata: Te mārama ki te hiranga o ngā tikanga hanga kākahu

I tēnei kaupapa, ka mahi...
  • I tēnei kaupapa, ka mahi tahi a Ahorangi Tuarua Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngā Puhi) o Pūrangakura i te taha o ngā hapori ki te tūhura i ngā tikanga tuku iho o t...

How do plants hear sound?

Dr Samarth (Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha the University of Canterbury) an...
  • Dr Samarth (Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha the University of Canterbury) and collaborators from Rangahau Ahumāra Kai Plant & Food Research will investigate how plants can...

Solving the mystery of the legendary Haowhenua earthquake

Māori remember the earthquake that resh...
  • Māori remember the earthquake that reshaped Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington’s terrain more than half a millennium ago...

Te rapu i te māramatanga o te rū rongonui o Haowhenua

E maumahara ana te Māori ki te rū i huri...
  • E maumahara ana te Māori ki te rū i huri i te āhua o te whenua o Te Whanganui-a-Tara neke atu i te rima rau tau ki muri...

Braving big emotions: reducing the incidence of self-harm in our young people

  • Many of our country’s youth self-harm as a way of dealing with overwhelming emotions...

Why do our hearts fail at high temperatures? Investigating the effect of heat stress on mitochondria from healthy and diseased hearts
  • All human hearts are vulnerable to heat stress, and heat-induced heart failure will only become a more pressing issue as the planet continues to warm...

Unlocking the secrets of climate-resistant crops

Dr Soledad Perez-Santangelo from Waipapa Taumata ...
  • Dr Soledad Perez-Santangelo from Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland will investigate how plants adjust their daily cycles in response to changing temperatur...

Predicting future flow: Building better models of glacier and ice sheet flow

Dr Ruanui Nicholson, ...
  • Dr Ruanui Nicholson, from Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland, will work with a team of computational mathematicians to build models that more accurately sim...

Death’s impact on privacy, reputation and mana - merging Pākehā law and tikanga Māori

By weav...
  • By weaving together Māori and Pākehā legal systems and worldviews, Professor Nicole Moreham from Te Herenga Waka― Victoria University of Wellington will generate n...

Te pānga o te mate ki te tūmataitinga me te mana – te hono i te ture Pākehā me te tikanga Māori
  • Mā te whiri tahi i ngā pūnaha me ngā tirohanga o te Māori me te Pākehā, ka whakaputa i te Ahorangi Nicole Moreham o Te Herenga Waka ngā tikanga whakaaro hou mō...

Resistant reptiles: How do tuatara shake off Salmonella infection?

Dr Danielle Middleton from Mana...
  • Dr Danielle Middleton from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research hopes to solve the mystery of the tuatara’s remarkable Salmonella resistance – what can we learn from th...

Mā te tāke tika, e mau roa te iwi: With a just tax system, the people are sustained

In this proj...
  • In this project, Professor Lisa Marriott and Dr Brian Tunui (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pūkeko, Te Arawa, Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Hamoa), from Te Herenga Waka— Victoria Unive...

Mā te tāke tika, e mau roa te iwi

I tēnei kaupapa, ka tūhuratia e Ahorangi Lisa Marriott rāua...
  • I tēnei kaupapa, ka tūhuratia e Ahorangi Lisa Marriott rāua ko Brian Tunui (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pūkeko, Te Arawa, Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Hamoa), o Te Herenga Waka, m...

Improving the predictive power of survey data

Surveys provide critical population data that can be...
  • Surveys provide critical population data that can be used to inform decisions in business, policy, healthcare and beyond...

Drugs from the bugs within bugs: Harnessing the power of insect symbionts to combat antimicrobial resistance
  • As antimicrobial resistance becomes more prevalent, we desperately need new drugs to combat bacterial infections...

Who counts? Reconstructing 19th century Māori demography

Using new statistical methods, historica...
  • Using new statistical methods, historical censuses, and mātauranga Māori, eminent demographer Professor Tahu Kukutai FRSNZ (Ngāti Tiipa, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Kino...

Ko wai kei te tatau? Te hanga anō i te hangapori o te Māori o te rau tau 19

Mā te whakamahi i n...
  • Mā te whakamahi i ngā tikanga tauanga hou, ngā tatauranga whānui o mua, me te mātauranga Māori, ka hangaia e te tohunga hangapori rongonui a Ahorangi Tahu Kukutai...

Biocontrol blues: Did a virus sabotage the control of one of our most damaging pasture pests?

  • Biocontrol offers several advantages over pesticides when it comes to combating invasive pests – when it works! Dr Sarah Inwood from Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka the Univer...

Reduce, reuse, repair: what motivates us to create less waste?

Humans continue to produce more was...
  • Humans continue to produce more waste than the planet can reasonably sustain...

Ngā Kōrero Tawhito: A review of traditional language expression

In this exciting project, Dr Reu...
  • In this exciting project, Dr Reuben Collier (Ngāti Porou, Rereahu-Maniapoto) from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and a team of Māori language and broadcasting expe...

Ngā Kōrero Tawhito: He arotake i te rere o te reo tuku iho

I tēnei kaupapa whakaongaonga, ka ā...
  • I tēnei kaupapa whakaongaonga, ka āta tirotirohia e Tākuta Rueben Collier (Ngāti Porou, Rereahu-Maniapoto) o Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi rātau ko ētahi māt...

Putting hot flushes to rest: Investigating the link between hot flushes and sleep disruption
  • Hot flushes often wake us from sleep, leading to long term health issues...

New perovskite glass materials could unlock the next generation of solar cells

Perovskite material...
  • Perovskite materials have great potential for use in low-cost, highly-efficient solar panels...

It’s electric: Investigating new methods for diagnosing gastric disorders

Disorders of the diges...
  • Disorders of the digestive system affect more and more people, but their causes cannot be reliably diagnosed...

In a galaxy far, far away: Where do high-energy cosmic ray particles come from?

Cosmic ray particl...
  • Cosmic ray particles can reach higher speeds and carry more energy than nearly anything in the known universe...

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