Protecting Aotearoa and the Pacific from biological threats

Bioprotection Aotearoa is a national research network developing new ways to protect Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific from pests, pathogens, and invasive species. Through world-class research, Indigenous knowledge, and postgraduate training, we’re building the knowledge and people needed to address today’s biological threats and safeguard the environments, food systems, and communities that depend on them.

Our research

Explore the science behind how we protect native and productive ecosystems from biological threats like pests, weeds and pathogens.

View our current research in Tranche 2 (2024-2028)

Meet our people

Get to know the students, researchers, and collaborators who are driving change across Aotearoa and the Pacific.

Meet our people

Outreach and engagement

See how we work with communities, kura and iwi to share knowledge and create pathways for young learners to enter into bioprotection tertiary pathways.

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Our latest news & events

Reflections and voices

26 May 2026

We suck at food security and we need to get better

The latest happenings in global activities (politics and the Strait of Hormuz) sees us once again faced with the very probable, likely-to-materialise issue of food security. We last encountered this…
Our News

25 May 2026

Gene technologies explained for Aotearoa

Royal Society Te Apārangi has released two discussion documents and three posters on genetic technologies in Aotearoa New Zealand. Bioprotection Aotearoa’s Director, Professor Amanda Black, was among the experts who helped shape them.  Genetic technologies in Aotearoa New Zealand is a…
Newsletters

24 May 2026

May 2026 Newsletter

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