Goji berry plants (lysium barbarum) are now available to New Zealand gardeners.
Glucina’s nursery at Matakana north of Auckland has released the new plants to garden centres throughout NZ this month.
Goji juice, dried berries and chocolate coated gojis have been the latest health trend around the world. Worldwide demand for the little red berries (aka – [...]
Ever wonder where Monarch butterflies go for the winter?
The Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust is looking for New Zealand ‘citizen scientists’ to report sightings, as the Monarchs follow their annual migration.
A degree is not needed; anyone can take part, and everyone, schools included, are welcome to join the Trust’s annual project. Secretary Jacqui Knight says if [...]
Conserving areas of bush and forest in cities is essential to the conservation of New Zealand’s wasp species, according to research from Victoria University.
With more than 1,000 native species, wasps are an important part of New Zealand’s biodiversity says Dr Rudi Schnitzler.
“Despite their fearsome reputation, very few wasps are capable of stinging humans; most tend [...]
A new collaborative research programme led by scientists at Crown Research Institute Scion could impact everything from the food we eat, to the things we make, and the medical diagnoses we undergo, by better managing genetic information.
The project will draw on New Zealand’s most highly skilled gene mapping statisticians and geneticists from eight universities, CRIs [...]
Eighteen scientists led by the Waikato University will spend four weeks in Antarctica this summer as part of a project to compile a detailed picture of the Ross Dependency.
The scientists will spend most of January in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys as part of the university’s project to create a Geographic Information System model which links the [...]
The Ministry of Health is reminding gardening enthusiasts about the dangers of using potting mix without taking the necessary precautions, following a sharp rise in the number of cases last month.
20 cases of legionellosis (also known as Legionnaire’s disease) were notified last month, compared to seven last November. At this stage, five cases are confirmed, [...]
Science to focus on horticulture, arable and seafood research.
New Zealand’s newest Crown Research Institute has opened for business, combining the nation’s leading horticulture, arable and seafood research in a single, focused organisation.
A senior researcher at GNS Science is using a novel test that can verify if vegetables in the supermarket have been grown organically.
Karyne Rogers of GNS Science’s Stable Isotope Laboratory in Lower Hutt said the method was an inexpensive way to verify the organic status of vegetables by distinguishing between vegetables grown with organic or [...]
