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The 2023 Strannik Auckland Island Expedition: Our favourite places and plants

Meet the eleven members of the research team and crew that participated in the 2023 Strannik Auckland Island Expedition. After spending four weeks on the expedition to Motu Maha Auckland Islands, and getting to know most of the main Auckland Island (and nearby Enderby Island), we experienced so many amazingRead more

2023-11-30
By: Heidi Meudt
On: 30 Nov 2023
In: Behind the scenes, Science
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Cross-pollination experiments with one of New Zealand’s rarest trees

When an incredibly rare native tree – the Bartlett’s rātā – flowered for the first time in a quarter-century, Botany curator Carlos Lehnebach was ready with his tweezers. Bartlett’s rātā is one of the most threatened trees in New Zealand. It’s also one of our rarest species, with only 13Read more

2017-12-07
By: Carlos Lehnebach
On: 7 Dec 2017
In: Science

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