Complexity is at our heart
Te Pūnaha Matatini is Aotearoa New Zealand's Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems.
Smoke and mirrors in environmental data reporting
The misuse of scientific data to portray a particular perspective is not unusual in advertising, but the presentation of water quality data by the government in New Zealand is a glaring example of misrepresentation to alter public perception.
Erosional sediment in Coromandel streams
The Stewart Stream in Opito Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula is a good example of a once-pristine waterway that is now regularly prone to high turbidity and sediment levels caused by erosional run-off.
Te Awaroa – Voice of the River
Across Aotearoa NZ, many rivers are no longer safe for fishing and swimming. Find out how a research and action project called Te Awaroa aims to catalyze and inspire a national movement of New Zealanders taking care of our waterways.
Foundations of complex systems
Studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world.
