I recently had the pleasure of attending the Future Foundations wānanga hosted by Te Tira Maurikura, Te Pūnaha Matatini's network for emerging researchers. One point of discussion was how complex ...

Te Pūnaha Matatini is bringing acclaimed evolutionary biologist and science system researcher Professor Carl Bergstrom (University of Washington) to New Zealand in February 2026 for a series of public ...

This is the final post in our series on complexity. We've explored some of the ways that studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world, how this is relevant to all ...

Dr Thomas Adams is working to improve surgical scheduling using algorithms and individualised surgical duration predictions. Increased throughput, increased utilisation, decreased overtime, fewer ...

During my residency with Te Pūnaha Matatini, I created Ongo mei he fonua – Sounds of soil (contamination), a work that explores the interconnections between land, people, and environmental histories.

Applications are invited for a masters scholarship at the University of Canterbury to work on the impacts of extreme climate events for coastal systems and communities. Extreme events such as droughts ...

Te Pūnaha Matatini PhD researcher Tony Nemaia travels to Niue expecting to deepen his hiapo methodology – and returns with something he didn't plan for. A reflection on knowledge transmission, tūpuna, ...

This is the second of a series of posts on complexity. We’ll be exploring some of the ways that studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world, how this is relevant to ...

“It was two of the most exciting days of my career,” says Te Pūnaha Matatini Principal Investigator Associate Professor Jonathan Tonkin. In August 2024, Jono ran a workshop with a diverse team of ...

Te Pūnaha Matatini is delighted to announce that Professor Melinda Allen has accepted a role as kairangi, recognising her long‑standing contribution to the centre and her leadership in ...

The New Zealand Government's decision to restructure the Marsden Fund and Catalyst Fund is more than a simple budgetary adjustment – it is a pivotal moment. This decision comes in the context of ...

Soil is complex. Beautiful. Wondrous. It gives us food, foundations and filters the air we breathe and water we drink. In a very literal way, soil is also a part of us. Our bodies are not discrete ...