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Today we welcome 35 new principal investigators from across Aotearoa New Zealand to Te Pūnaha Matatini.

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.

Dr William Godsoe is an ecologist who tries to match observations of biological diversity with rigorous statistical modelling.

Dr Rachelle Binny works as a mathematical modeller in wildlife ecology and management, and is a principal investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini.

Dr Mubashir Qasim is an economist and data scientist, and a principal investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini.

Professor Anna Brown is a principal investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini who researches design for public good.

Professor Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato) is our Kaumātua and a Principal Investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini.

Te Pūnaha Matatini Principal Investigator Dr Anna Matheson leads the team that has released a new report evaluating the Healthy Families NZ initiative.

Students at Te Atatū Intermediate recently experienced science and engineering through virtual reality (VR), robot spheres, and popcorn and candy floss machines.

Te Kahuratai Painting (Ngāti Manu, Te Popoto, Ngāpuhi) is exploring how maramataka can guide Ngāti Manu kaitiakitanga of awa and moana.

Maths teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand can now order Maths Craft in a Box, shipped free to your school.

Dion Wharerau spent the summer as an intern with Te Hiku Media, working to improve their automatic speech recognition model for te reo Māori.