After a decade of transdisciplinary research into supporting healthy marine ecosystems that provide value for all New Zealanders, the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge has now officially come to an end. While our research has wrapped up, the resources will live on 🐳

We’d like to extend our gratitude to all those who have contributed their time, energy, knowledge, experience and wisdom to the Challenge. Ka nui te mihi maioha, te mihi aroha ki a koutou – we deeply and sincerely thank you.

And as always, our website contains the hundreds of tools and resources produced over the lifetime of the Challenge, along with details of the research projects they came from 👉

For more in-depth research, our FigShare repository contains a complete library of all outputs from Sustainable Seas and will remain available indefinitely 👉

Tohorā will guide you through our 10 years of research to help you find what you need, from managing cumulative effects in your local estuary, to developing a sustainable seaweed sector, and everything in between 👉

The project’s final report provides historical context, highlights constraints and key issues, and provides the solutions identified in the research. Titiro mai – Check it out now 👀👇 https://t.co/m3JxVuAV68

Working in partnership with five marine-based Māori organisations, the Indigenising the blue economy project aimed to address the key barriers preventing Māori from using their marine resources in a culturally relevant, economically impactful, and environmentally sustainable way.

This guide identifies emerging opportunities and provides tools and information for communities to activate and increase restorative marine tourism initiatives. Take a look for yourself 🔽 https://t.co/DxLyIMaYSl

Place-based and community-led restorative marine tourism is best positioned to serve our economic, environmental, social, and cultural well-being outcomes now and into the future.

Restorative marine tourism – which weaves together restoration efforts and tourism activities – can provide benefits for the health of the moana, strengthen community connectivity to the marine environment, and provides visitors with a more grounded and authentic experience.

Want to know more about our Te Ao Māori synthesis work? 🤔 This kōrero with the programme leads explore challenges, successes and some of the key outcomes of the synthesis programme 🎥👉

These stories celebrate how we connect to wai, whether it is something that is explicitly expressed, implicit in the work we do, or a place for drawing identity, inspiration and healing.

Introducing Waimāngaro – Stories of connections to wai 💧 This kete kōrero (collection of stories) shares insights from researchers who played critical roles in our Te Ao Māori synthesis programme.

Our Te Au o Te Moana podcast series is available now – check it out 👀👉

With interest and appreciation for Indigenous approaches to understanding and connecting to environments growing worldwide, the end of the Challenge is the perfect time to share the insights and experiences of some of our iwi, hapū and Māori researchers.

An integral part of Sustainable Seas has been the iwi, hapū and Māori-led research reclaiming, restoring and revitalising mātauranga and tikanga Māori, and our connection to the moana.

Already got a lot on your reading list? Not to worry, we also have a series of webinars where you can hear about these key topics from the lead researchers themselves 👉

We’ve brought together the key lessons and recommendations from this research to highlight nine topics identified as critical to achieving this vision. We have guidance documents and short summaries available on each topic – check them out here 🔽 https://t.co/tcK9sD8phg

Over the past decade, the Challenge has produced reports, guidance, and tools from more than 100 projects, all contributing towards our vision for a healthy ocean and prosperous blue economy.

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