Chris is an associate professor at Otago University. His research uses sediment cores to evaluate past changes in Southern Hemisphere climate, carbon cycling, and marine biogeochemical cycling. He identifies how key components of the global climate system have changed...
Day to day at BLAKE, Alice leads the NZ-VR and Explorers programmes, as well as community outreach. These programmes are focused on inspiring rangatahi to care for and take action to protect marine environments. After graduating from the University of Otago with a BsC...
Jacob is head of depth programmes for BLAKE including BLAKE Inspire, BLAKE Inspire for Teachers, BLAKE Expeditions, and the BLAKE Ambassador programme. He led the BLAKE Expedition to Doubtful Sound in 2022 and coordinated the science communication and outreach for the...
Every year in this country, a national cervical screening programme saves the lives of at least 100 women. That programme exists partly because of the work of Professor Sir David Skegg, a man who has dedicated his life to fighting cancer and other debilitating...
New Zealanders love fantails, and 99 per cent of a fantail’s diet is insects. Fantails follow us as we go hiking through the forest, snapping away at all the invertebrate protein we’ve stirred up from the branches and soil. What few of us realise, however, is that...
