Walking Access Commission profiles Lakes380 summer students work
The Walking Access Commission has recently published a news item about Lakes380 summer students Shana Dooley’s work on access to lakes. You can read the article here. And a reminder that Shana created a beautiful story map that allow you to explore public access to lakes in Aotearoa.
Lakes in focus
The article below was recently published in the Waimea Weekly (Nelson) to highlight the upcoming sampling at Lake Rotoiti
Lakes380 presenters at the EGU 2021 conference
Like most conferences in 2021, the European Geoscience Conference has gone virtual. Four of our team presented work from the Lakes380 programme. Each researcher had one slide and 2 minutes to present their work, follow by several different formats to discuss their findings. Thank you to Jonathon, John, Mailys and Katie for their presentations.
Development of DNA based methods to detect taonga species
Konstanze Steiner and Georgia Thomson-Laing talk about the development of DNA based methods to detect taonga species Lakes380 researchers Konstanze Steiner and Georgia Thomson-Laing recently talked to Cawthron Radio about the development of DNA-based methods to detect taonga species that live in New Zealand lakes. Konstanze and Georgia have been developing DNA-based methods to detect […]
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.
Lakes380 on Te Karere TVNZ
The Te Karere TVNZ film crew caught up with Lakes380 at Lake Okataina near Rotorua yesterday
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 research on water law reforms in Canada and how she’s applying her skills in this area to the Lakes380 programme. In the interview Kiely discusses how modern geographical separation, through […]
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 out with sampling .
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 taken from lake beds.
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 “scientific insights and personal memories of…
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 aims to kick-start fresh conversations about lake health and mauri (a Te Ao Māori concept meaning life-force). The website (Wairarapa Moana Pūrākau Kete – lakestoriesnz.org) uses a range of mediums […]
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 from Wairarapa lakes, along with emerging scientific analysis from across 1000 years of landscape change. The #Lakes380 project weaves together knowledges and unites people with their lakes to enhance our […]
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 culturally and ecologically significant species (tuna and other native fish) in New Zealand’s lakes and see how they responded to natural and human induced changes. Georgia will be supervised by […]
Sciblogs – Secret Lives of Lakes
Read this story on Sciblogs McKayla Holloway The helicopter carries a team of four Lakes380 scientists and me; we hug the Gneiss rock walls that tower over Lake Manapouri. It’s arguably one of New Zealand’s most well-known lakes – made famous by the ‘Save Manapouri’ campaign of the 1970s. My chest is drawn back into my seat […]
Microbe study designed to create early warning system water health
The lakes380 team featured in a recent article in the University of Windsor news . UWindsor researchers flew halfway around the world to sample the smallest known living organisms found in freshwater lakes. Christopher Weisener, a professor in the School of the Environment and researcher at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), along with Master’s student Emily […]
