Members of the Aotea / Great Barrier Island project team. Photo by Melissa Brignall-Theyer.
HOW WE COLLABORATE As a small organisation tasked with playing a significant role in delivering the Predator 2050 goal, successfully partnering, collaborating, and facilitating collaborations across research and landscape projects is critical to our success. We work closely with a large number of partner organisations, including the Department of Conservation and the Predator Free New Zealand Trust. We have strong relationships through our focus on breakthrough science. For example, the ground-breaking completion of full genome sequencing for our target predator species was a result of our collaboration across the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, Genomics Aotearoa, CSIRO, University of Otago, University of Auckland and Manaaki Whenua. We have prioritised a partnership approach with the landscape projects to support their learning and success. COVID-19 has presented some challenges in engaging face-to-face with our stakeholders, but we are now resuming face-to-face engagement.
