Why spider webs have blanketed towns across the North Island

An arachnologist says the gossamer threads coating homes and reserves across the region are harmless — and a sign the season is changing.

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Meet the mosquito terminator – a spider that likes us and eats our enemies

These little predators are on tiny missions to seek and destroy mosquitoes, especially ones full of blood.

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Marsden Fund preliminary proposals for 2026

This year the Marsden Fund received a total of 1021 Expression of Interests (EOIs) - 671 Standard and 350 Fast-Starts. This is a slight increase on last year's 978 EOIs.  In total, 161 applicants...

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Dark nudges and sludge: how alcohol marketing targets young people online

Scroll through any social media feed and you'll see it: playful memes, trending audio, promotional content and funny images sliding effortlessly between posts from friends

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What prompts people to change their minds about conspiracy theories?

Conspiracies DO happen...

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Magnetic marvels: Meet the multi-polar magnets

Since the discovery of the compass, magnets are indispensable in our daily lives. Yet, their fundamental characteristics have never changed; dictated by the metals they are made from. Professor Singam...

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Information on the 2025 Marsden Fund round

Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2025 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data

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Marsden Fund Awards 2025

Published on 6 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2025 You can download an Excel spreadsheet of these results here: 2025-Marsden Fund Supplement The definitions of the 8 Marsden Fund panels can be found here...

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Marsden i te tau 2025: Te haumi ki tō tātou anamata mā ngā whakaaro rawe, papai hoki

Mā te haumi ki ngā mea pai rawa mō te painga o te katoa, kei te tautoko Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden i te tau 2025 i ngā rangahau taketake hou ki ngā rongoā me ngā haumanu hou, ngā ahumāra whai hua ake...

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Marsden in 2025: Investing in our future with today’s best and brightest ideas

Investing in our best for the benefit of us all, Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund in 2025 is supporting novel fundamental research into new medications and therapies, more profitable crop...

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Ada Lovelace Day 2025 Special Feature: Getting abstract with Dr Becky Armstrong

Ada Lovelace Day is an opportunity to honour the legacy of pioneering mathematician Ada Lovelace by putting the spotlight on talented wāhine working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics...

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Cultivating Connections: Lessons on Community Engagement from the Chatham Islands

Marsden Fast-Start funded researchers Dr Elizabeth Parlato (Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University) and Dr Christina Painting (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato the University of Waikato) work on very dif...

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Red Glaciers: the Answer to What’s Blowing in the Wind

A dramatic red dust blanket over Aotearoa New Zealand’s mountain glaciers could lead to increased melting. It was the outfall from raging wildfires in Australia - or was it?

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A Difference, Not a Deficit – Changing Attitudes to Autism in Aotearoa

To celebrate Autism Acceptance Month this April, I sat down with Dr Hannah Waddington (Te Herenga Waka ― Victoria University of Wellington) to talk about her neurodiversity-affirming research on suppo...

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Keeping WaRM at high altitudes – the Marsden Flag heads into the mountains

The Marsden Fund flag recently joined Associate Professor Julie Deslippe of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington on a trip to China for some high-altitude field work

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Warming seas vs frozen continent: Interactions between ocean and Antarctic ice sheets during past climate changes

Ancient sediments reveal how ice sheets and the ocean “talk to each other” as they respond to, and shape, climate change

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Changing realities: Editing 360° scenes to make immersive virtual worlds

Dr Fanglue Zhang and Professor Neil Dodgson of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are developing methods to convincingly edit Mixed Reality environments

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Hunting Cosmic Cataclysms

In space no one can hear the explosion, but we can see it! Every second, countless cataclysms are playing out across the Universe with stars exploding, colliding, and doing other weird things.

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Response to changes to the Marsden Fund

The Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology has today released changes to the Investment Plan and Terms of Reference for the Marsden Fund. The new Terms contain explicit signals that every appl...

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Changes to the Marsden Fund for 2025 funding round

The Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology today released new strategic directives for the Marsden Fund.

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Information on the 2024 Marsden Fund round

Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2024 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data

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Marsden Fund awards 2024

Published on 7 Whiringa-ā-rangi November 2024 The definitions of the 10 Marsden Fund panels can be found here. For 2024, the Marsden Fund Council has also provided brief media-friendly titles and sum...

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E haumi ana Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden ki ngā rangahau tino hou rawa

Ko ngā rangahau takahuri i te mātauranga kōhungahunga, ngā hua rerekē ki ngā raruraru āhuarangi me te pūngao, me ngā aronga auaha hei turaki i te parenga āraimoroiti ētahi o ngā kaupapa kua tautokona ...

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