Our stories
Come on Barbie, let’s diversify
One of the amazing things about nature is the sheer diversity of living things. Does this diversity matter? 🍿
A raindrop hits the ground
Céline Cattoën-Gilbert researches how to develop, improve and communicate flood forecasting models. She tells the story of the day the models made her pause.
Halcombe, we have a digital twin
The digital twins approach pioneered by NASA is now making an autonomous shuttle between Marton and Feilding possible for Ngā Iwi o Te Reureu.
Environmental engineering in early taro and kūmara cultivation
Field work is archaeologist Alex Queenin’s happy place.
Everything is information
Amongst all the random occurrences in the world, do certain ones have a lasting impact?
Building a just research system, together
We need systematic, collaborative and whole-of-community action to build a more just research system.
An egg the size of a fairy sprinkle
Chrissie Painting takes a peek at the sex lives of giraffe weevils.
Two Te Pūnaha Matatini investigators win Prime Minister’s Science Prizes
Dianne Sika-Paotonu and Jonathan Tonkin have been recognised in the 2022 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes.
Do we build the dam?
Claire Grant explores top-down and bottom-up approaches to water scarcity in Central Hawke’s Bay.
Te Pūnaha Matatini supports summer interns
It’s lucky that Jed Thompson-Fawcett’s supervisor didn’t tell him how much the equipment he was working was worth before she let him do an experiment with it.
35 new investigators for Te Pūnaha Matatini
Today we welcome 35 new principal investigators from across Aotearoa New Zealand to Te Pūnaha Matatini.
You would fit in well with this crowd because you use data in creative ways
When the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill passed its third reading in May 2022, Ann Brower was delivering a shared inaugural lecture with Alex James.