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Research into Rotorua lakes aims to find clues about their health and history

Programme co-leader Dr Marcus Vandergoes was recently interviewed by radio New Zealand about the teams work in the Rotorua lakes.

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Lakes380 on Te Karere TVNZ

The Te Karere TVNZ film crew caught up with Lakes380 at Lake Okataina near Rotorua yesterday

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Tūhono ki Wairarapa Moana

Lakes380 Wairarapa Field Trip January 2021 By Katie Brasell, PhD Candidate at Cawthron/UoA This short but fruitful field trip was a week full of contrasts, ...

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Kiely McFarlane talks about freshwater in Aotearoa NZ and Canada

Dr Kiely McFarlane, one of the social scientists working on the Lakes380 research programme, was recently on Cawthron’s community radio show talking about her PhD ...

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Weathering the Storm – Lakes380 Team Present Lake Research at NZ Freshwater Science Conference

The Lakes380 team was well represented at the joint conference between the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society, the New Zealand Hydrological Society and the Rivers Group ...

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North Canterbury – the last Lakes380 fieldwork for 2020

Blog by Lizette Reyes, Lab and Field Technician (GNS Science) I have been to a few Lakes380 fieldwork since 2018 and being part of the ...

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Signs of liquefaction from lake sediment indicate possible past earthquakes

An article on the Stuff website highlighting a neat research project led by led by Professor David Lowe from Waikato University. The Lakes380 team helped ...

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Finding fault: researchers team up to assess Hamilton’s seismic risk and lake health

Two science research teams have joined forces to develop a new understanding of earthquake risk and lake health in and around Hamilton using core samples ...

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Online tool brings lake stories to life

Maori and Pakeha histories of lakes are being brought together in a new website produced by the Cawthron Institute and GNS Science. The website gives ...

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New website uses digital storytelling to share Wairarapa lake histories

Media Release A new website brings together Māori and Pākehā histories, scientific insights and personal memories of Wairarapa lakes as part of a project that ...

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Cows, kids and limoncello – Waikato Week 2

Konstanze Steiner – Research Scientist, Cawthron This was my second time coming along to join the Lakes380 field team. While I have heard many stories ...

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lakestoriesnz.org Website Launch

Immerse yourself in this diverse collection of #LakeStories you wish you always knew. Wairarapa Moana Pūrākau Kete (lakestoriesnz.org) documents Māori and Pākehā histories and personal memories ...

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Waikato Lakes – week one

Laura Kelly, Scientist, Cawthron Institute Following some work helping process samples from previous field campaigns in Canterbury I was very excited to be joining my ...

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Congratulations – Georgia Thomson-Laing

Lakes380 team member Georgia Thomson-Laing received a PhD scholarship with the Victoria University of Wellington to investigate historical changes in the presence and abundance of ...

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Hawkes Bay Lakes – Round Two

Blog by Georgia Thomson-Laing (Cawthron Institute) Coming out of winter and into spring, I was more than looking forward to getting out into the field ...