Complexity is at our heart

We build community across disciplines to solve complex problems.

Haere mai ki Te Pūnaha Matatini

Toki nui te toki!
Toki roa te toki!
Toki tā wahie.
Ka whanatu au
Ka hahau i te takapū o Rangi e tū nei
Ka hinga, ka mate …
Ki a Papatūānuku e takoto nei –
Tihei mauri ora!

Welcome to Te Pūnaha Matatini

Together we have a powerful adze,
able to take down the greatest tree.
May your visit to us be welcoming and,
that we might aid you
in the task you face,
however great or small.

Making a global impact in predicting and preventing pandemics

11 Oct 2021 | News & Events

Professor David Hayman made a global impact in 2020 with his contributions to the report on biodiversity and pandemics by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

A biosecurity risk framework for forestry in Aotearoa New Zealand

8 Oct 2021 | News & Events

In her role with Scion, Dr Rebecca Turner is working with stakeholders in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally using data to predict biosecurity risk.

PhD scholarship on past human-environment interactions on Ahuahu Great Mercury Island

5 Oct 2021 | Te Pūnaha Matatini Scholarships

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD scholarship to examine past human-environment interactions on Ahuahu Great Mercury Island, Coromandel, Aotearoa.