The first scientific pāua translocation has been completed within the East Otago Taiāpure, where a source stock of pāua have been translocated to 10 intertidal and 10 subtidal areas that have been subject to high fishing pressure. Louise Bennett-Jones, with guidance from Dr Gaya Gnanalingam and Assc. Prof Chris Hepburn, is investigating tools and techniques […]

The Mahinga Kai Freshwater Monitoring team would like to extend their profound thanks to those people who volunteered their time helping in the latest He Pātaka Wai Ora Survey, January 2020. The aim of these surveys is to gather information on riparian vegetation, the aquatic plants and algae, invertebrate presence and abundance, and the instream habitat […]

Congratulations to Marine Science PhD student Gaby Keeler-May who has been awarded a first place award of $3000 USD by the American Academy of Underwater Scientists to support her research into Undaria. Gaby’s research investigates the distribution and analysis of Undaria pinnatifida haplotypes in New Zealand harbours and a control project to assess effects of large-scale removal on […]

A new three year project will soon be underway to start to rebuild and buffer valuable kelp-forest habitat along the Otago coastline using climate resilient strains of Macrocystis pyrifera. The project titled Cultivating resilient marine forests to rebuild productive coastal ecosystems received funding through the 2019 Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment’s Endeavour Fund (Smart Ideas) to the […]

Two new members of the TMK team were announced this June; Gaya Gnanalingam and Lucy Coyle were awarded funding in the 2019 Te Pūnaha Hikiko Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund investment round. Both projects are supported by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Mahinga Kai unit and research/academic staff from the University of Otago. Gaya’s project will look […]

On the of the 6th of November the annual research evening was held at the Puketeraki Marae. This research evening offers the opportunity for students to talk about their projects, which were conducted in partnership with the University of Otago and surrounding the East Otago Taiāpure. This year presentations were on: -“Rediscovering fishery fishery-habitat relationships […]