Complexity is at our heart
Te Pūnaha Matatini is Aotearoa New Zealand's Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems.
Waterway health at the heart of identity and wellbeing
Waterway health is at the heart of identity and wellbeing. Signs restricting beach and river swimming or wading, and fish consumption, are becoming common sights across Aotearoa. So often missed, however, is how we may support existing kaitiaki and community groups to improve our environmental footprint.
The animalcules* within
Aotearoa has an abundance of streams that have enabled many of us to develop a personal connection with natural bodies of water over our lifetimes. However, while our streams are a wonderful feature of our landscape, they can also make us very sick.
Formidable Phormidium lurking beneath
One of my favourite rivers in the Canterbury region is the Ōpihi River. Its mauri, however, has been eroded and like many of our rivers, it is now a shadow of its former self. Currently, one of the many problems in this catchment is toxic algal blooms formed by a type of cyanobacteria called Phormidium.
Foundations of complex systems
Studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world.
