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Ngā Rakau Taketake – combatting kauri dieback and myrtle rust
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Strategic Science Investment Fund
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Funded programmes
- AgResearch
- Antarctic Science platform
- Cawthron Institute
- GNS Science
- Infectious Disease Research Platform
- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
- Ngā Rakau Taketake – combatting kauri dieback and myrtle rust
- NIWA
- NZ Leather & Shoe Research Association
- Plant and Food Research
- Scion
- Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Development Platform
- Te Hiku Media
- The Institute of Environmental Science and Research
- The Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
- University of Auckland
- University of Canterbury
- University of Waikato
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Funded infrastructure
- Australian Synchrotron
- Enhanced Geohazards Monitoring
- Genomics Aotearoa
- Mission Operations Control Centre
- National eScience Infrastructure
- Nationally Significant Collections and Databases
- Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand
- Research Vessel Tangaroa
- Review of scientific collections and databases
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Funded programmes
Ngā Rakau Taketake – combatting kauri dieback and myrtle rust
In November 2018, the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation announced funding of $13.75 million over 3 years for research to combat the spread of kauri dieback and myrtle rust. The New Zealand’s Biological Heritage (NZBH) National Science Challenge has since been working closely with Māori and a wide range of stakeholders to develop a strategic science investment (SSIF) platform of research to combat these diseases.
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Research is aligned to both the research priorities identified in the kauri dieback(external link) and myrtle rust(external link) science plans and the Challenge’s objective of protecting our biodiversity, improving our biosecurity and enhancing our resilience to harmful organisms. The research will focus and accelerate current work being done by Government agencies, councils, research providers, Māori and interest groups.
The projects currently funded are:
- Stopping kauri dieback in its tracks(external link)
- Tiaki mō kauri: citizens combating kauri dieback(external link)
- Blending mātauranga Māori with Western science for better results(external link)
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