Stories
Bogging adventures in New Zealand part 2: South Island
Another dividing line swishes by, another town holding a world of interesting diversions is avoided, another intriguing landscape is no more to us than a speculative conversation. The South Continue Reading...
Matt Amesbury
University of Exeter, Victoria University, Swansea University
November 20, 2012
Bogging adventures in New Zealand part 1: North Island
A week into our fieldwork trip to study New Zealand's peat bogs and the North Island is done! To say our trip has been something of a whirlwind so far would probably be leaning towards under Continue Reading...
Matt Amesbury
University of Exeter, Victoria University, Swansea University
November 13, 2012
Three Kings Islands — 56 km but an eon from New Zealand
The Three Kings Islands is a small archipelago only 56 km off the northern tip of New Zealand. They are the sole emergent part of the Three Kings Ridge, the remnants of an island arc that formed dur Continue Reading...
Fieldwork for new peat bog research imminent!
It is now less than a week until we will board a plane in London for the long flight to New Zealand to meet up with colleagues and undertake the fieldwork for our new project investigating New Zeala Continue Reading...
Matt Amesbury
University of Exeter, Victoria University, Swansea University
October 31, 2012
A new approach to biodiversity protection: local scale to landscape scale
All over New Zealand, there is a huge groundswell of interest in pest control for biodiversity protection. Small, isolated patches may not provide enough habitat to allow native species to survive Continue Reading...
UK and NZ scientists embark on new bog research
Here we explain more about the science behind the research we are about to undertake. Our fieldwork in New Zealand will take place in November so over the coming weeks we will post stories of Continue Reading...
Matt Amesbury
University of Exeter, Victoria University, Swansea University
October 19, 2012
The Styx Project
Chris Phillips, a catchment and land management scientist at Landcare Research says "Christchurch is often described as a city built on a swamp". The Christchurch City Council has responsi Continue Reading...
"Transitions" - a pocket park at the Ellerslie International Flower Show
Award winning effort at the Ellerslie International Flower Show Landcare Research does not normally enter flower shows but the Ellerslie International Flower Show was a chance to show 55,000 visi Continue Reading...
BioBlitz 2012 was the best ever!
The weather was glorious, which is a big plus if you’re trying to entice families out on ‘field trips’ (guided walks), working in a marquee or out searching for species. The venue, the Auckl Continue Reading...
Reflections from participants at the Climate Futures forum. March 2011
Reflections on the question of 'how are we making sense of climate change in New Zealand' were filmed during breaks at the Climate Futures: pathways for society forum at Te Papa, We Continue Reading...