Our stories
Modelling for transport policy interventions
Julie Mugford is applying the skills that she learned through her doctoral project with Te Pūnaha Matatini to a career across the public service.
Making a global impact in predicting and preventing pandemics
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
In her role with Scion, Dr Rebecca Turner is working with stakeholders in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally using data to predict biosecurity risk.
Complexity is at the heart of Te Pūnaha Matatini
The next phase of Te Pūnaha Matatini begins today, as Associate Professor Priscilla Wehi takes over as our next Director.
Dr Andrea Byrom honoured to accept new role as kairangi
Ecologist and science leader Dr Andrea Byrom has accepted a role as kairangi in Te Pūnaha Matatini.
Prime Minister recognises transformative science
The 2020 Prime Minister’s Science Prize has been awarded to Te Pūnaha Matatini for our contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Covid-19 response.
Te Pūnaha Matatini secures future with CoRE funding to 2028
The New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) recently announced the selection of Te Pūnaha Matatini as one of ten New Zealand Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE) to be funded over the next eight years.
How differing animal personalities impact on conservation efforts
Te Pūnaha Matatini researcher Giorgia Vattiato and colleagues are looking into why some invasive pests avoid traps, and what might help Kiwi relocate more easily.
Introducing Tom Roa, inaugural kaumātua for Te Pūnaha Matatini
Te Pūnaha Matatini welcomed its first kaumātua Dr Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato) at a special hui in Tāmaki Makaurau last year.
Researching impact of Moa extinctions on early Māori
Te Pūnaha Matatini incoming co-directors Cilla Wehi and Murray Cox have collaborated with Hēmi Whaanga and kaumātua Tom Roa, from the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato, analysing Māori ancestral sayings (whakataukī), and their recognition of extinctions.
Young achievers: Our 2019-20 student summer interns
Several New Zealand university students took part in Te Pūnaha Matatini’s 2019-20 summer internship programme, working on various research projects with our partner organisations.
Women remain under represented at top levels of academia
New research by Te Pūnaha Matatini investigators shows there has been little if any improvement in recent years in the proportion of women holding senior academic roles in New Zealand unis.