2021 Funding Round

To date there has been one funding round in 2021, funded by the Mobilising for Action theme of the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, Ngā Rākau Taketake Programme.

Taonga under threat

Funded by Ngā Rākau Taketake

Funded Projects

Colonisers nearly wiped out kauri. Now, Māori are fighting to use traditional knowledge to bring the trees back from a new threat – kauri dieback

Liam Rātana and Zoe Madden-Smith ($5,000) – for Re: News

• The fight to save kauri with mātauranga Māori

New Zealand’s remarkable myrtles and the community protecting them

Jenny Leonard ($3,000)

• An anniversary that’s no cause for celebration