| Cawthron Institute has boosted its science and aquaculture capability with the appointment of senior scientist Dr Jacquie Reed as its new head of aquaculture... Read more... |
| The Cawthron Trust is asking primary students ‘What will the next generation of scientists look like?’ this month, as part of the celebrations for National Primary Science Week, 20th – 24th May... Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute has welcomed the National Science Challenges announced by Government this week.... Read more... |
| What happens when our shampoos, antibacterial soaps and foaming face washes go down the drain? That’s exactly what a team of scientists is aiming to find out as part of an 18-month research project led by Cawthron Institute... Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute today welcomed the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, who is visiting to learn about latest developments at the world-leading independent science research centre... Read more... |
| It’s time to get snapping for the annual Cawthron Seaweek Photography Competition which kicks off this week ahead of next months’ national Seaweek event... Read more... |
| One of New Zealand’s largest seafood companies will soon become the newest addition to the Cawthron Aquaculture Park... Read more... |
| Ground-breaking science, inspirational scientists and new discoveries are all part of Cawthron Institute’s new radio show launched today in Nelson... Read more... |
| People from around the Top of the South are once again invited to step into the weird and wonderful world of science, as Cawthron Institute opens the doors to its stunning Glenhaven Aquaculture Centre next month... Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute will be holding a 'laying of the stones' ceremony on Wednesday 16 January to mark the beginning of construction of its new laboratory and office building on Halifax Street. Media are welcome to attend.... Read more... |
| New Zealand is another step closer to having a national network of coastal monitoring systems to assess the health of our ocean, following the release on Saturday of a second high-tech buoy off the coast of Hawkes Bay... Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute's ground-breaking research to domesticate the New Zealand GreenshellTM mussel now has a vehicle to take it to market thanks to a new $26 million agreement announced yesterday, the Cawthron Institute says... Read more... |
| Construction is set to start before Christmas on Cawthron Institute's new high technology laboratories
at its Halifax Street campus in Nelson... Read more... |
| The practical and collaborative approach of a Cawthron Institute scientist towards the development of a potential new marine market has earned a coveted industry award... Read more... |
| The sale of its wine and Blenheim microbiological testing services and environmental chemistry testing division, is part of Cawthron Institute's strategy to refocus its business on supporting the food and functional food industries... Read more... |
| With Science Fair Season almost upon us, Cawthron have created a new tool to help students, parents and teachers interested in science and technology. The Cawthron Science and Technology Fair website is launched today and is an Aladdins' Cave of helpful hints and tips not to mention essential entry forms, weekly updates and rules.. Read more... |
| New Zealand's leading independent research institute, Cawthron Institute, has finalised the sale of
its Marlborough Laboratory and environmental chemistry testing business, to R J Hill Laboratories.
The environmental chemistry business has been managed from Cawthron's Nelson laboratories. Read more... |
| Scientists from New Zealand and America have begun trialling a robotic analytical laboratory in Tasman Bay. Read more... |
| A Nelson scientist is on a mission to unveil the mystery surrounding the toxicity of a rare microalga that threatens high value aquaculture and fisheries species in this country.Read more... |
| Cawthron Board of Directors Chairman, Ian Kearney, today announced the appointment of Professor Charles Eason – a former senior manager with Landcare Research and a Professor at Lincoln University – as the new Chief Executive of Cawthron Institute. Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute and R J Hill Laboratories Ltd have recently signed a Heads of Agreement for Hill Laboratories to purchase a portion of Cawthron's Laboratory Services activities – the wine and microbiology testing business in Marlborough and the environmental chemistry testing activities performed at Halifax Street, Nelson. The proposed date this would be effective from is the end of June 2012. Read more... |
| Ms Gillian Wratt, Cawthron’s Chief Executive for the last five and a half years, has announced her resignation. She is to leave Cawthron at the end of March 2012. Read more... |
| New Zealand's largest independent research institute has scored the trifecta with another of its young scientists winning a prestigious international award to pursue research on shellfish aquaculture at one of the world's leading shellfish research institutes in Spain. Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute, New Zealand's largest independent research organisation, says it's recently announced accreditation as a research and development partner for the Ministry of Science and Innovation's Technology Transfer Voucher programme is a significant acknowledgement of the institute's potential to add value to New Zealand. Read more... |
| The Englishman who brought us television series like "Child of Our Time" and "The Human Body" will deliver this year's Thomas Cawthron Memorial Lecture – which also marks the 90th anniversary of the Nelson science Institute. Read more... |
| With 90 years of pioneering research behind it, the country’s largest independent not-for-profit research institute is now looking to further cement its investment in Nelson. Read more... |
| The Cawthron Institute Trust Board, as regional sponsor of Science Week, recently asked Nelson school children 'What does Science mean to you?, the answer to be illustrated in a poster competition to celebrate National Primary Science Week May 2nd – 7th. Read more... |
| Scientists from New Zealand and America will this week launch a state of the art device into the waters off Nelson that promises to revolutionise the monitoring of coastal waters in this country for the benefit of industry, fishers and local authorities. Read more... |
| New Zealand’s largest independent community owned research organisation celebrates nine decades of service to science in New Zealand this week.
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| For the first time, Cawthron has created the role of 'Community Educator' to link the community directly with the science and scientists at the nationally recognised institute. Read more... |
| A multi million dollar investment in aquaculture research and technology has been given the official stamp of approval by Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley. Read more... |
| A Nelson-based scientist who initiated the world’s first mussel selective breeding programme has been honoured for his role in aquaculture research and innovation in this country Read more... |
| Traps will be lowered into the waters of the Hauraki Gulf during September in a renewed bid to find out more about the prevalence and impact of the toxin responsible for killing dogs on Auckland beaches last summer. Read more... |
| The country's largest independent research organisation, Cawthron Institute, has called scientists and researchers from all over New Zealand together to develop strategies for on-going research into the discovery of the deadly tetrodotoxin in Auckland. Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute will work with NIWA to investigate areas critical to the future of water management in New Zealand after a successful bid for a share of 22 million dollars in government funding in the latest round of grants from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. Read more... |
| Squishy sea squirts hanging off the local wharf may not seem like 'close family' but their evolutionary relationship with vertebrates, including humans, along with their ecology lie at the heart of a research project which has just won $1.05 million funding for a scientist at Nelson-based Cawthron Institute. Read more... |
| Cawthron Institute is welcoming $1.69 million dollars of government funding for its Glenhaven aquaculture research facility, on the outskirts of Nelson. Read more... |
| Cawthron research has demonstrated the poor health of the Manawatu River.
However, recent press statements via a variety of agencies have demonstrated a lack of understanding of the study and its implications.
To clarify the situation, more information is provided here. [PDF 337KB] |
The Connecting Research and Practice Workshop was held at the Rutherford Hotel, in Nelson on 26 - 28 April 2010.
The winners of the ICM schools art competition, sponsored by Landcare Research and Cawthron was a great success. Read more... |
| New Zealand’s leading independent research organisation is cautiously welcoming a report recommending changes to the way Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) are funded.
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| A robotic submarine is exploring the waters of Tasman Bay, near Nelson.
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| The Thomas Cawthron Charitable Trust is pleased to announce the formation of the Friends of Cawthron.
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| Cawthron is to invest an additional $2.4 million into its aquaculture research and technology centre at Glenhaven ...
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| The Cawthron Institute Trust Board is proud to announce the winner of this year's Cawthron Science Leader Award ...
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| The 2009 Cawthron New Zealand Aquaculture Conference is being held in Nelson this year.....Read more... |
| The Cawthron Institute is pleased to have been at the forefront of investigations into the deaths of dogs on Auckland beaches..... Read more... |
| Private Equity funded company, Supreme Biotechnologies, has partnered with Nelson-based Cawthron Institute to conduct a research programme aimed at identifying and extracting high value compounds from algae for the global market, announced Gill Wratt Cawthron CEO..... Read more... |
| Scientists from Nelson-based Cawthron Institute have spent the day scouring Narrow Neck Beach for clues in the deaths of two dogs on Auckland's waterfront..... Read more... |
| Sustainability efforts in the top of the South Island have been given more than a million dollar boost through a government research grant.... Read more... |
| From September 2009 the Cawthron Institute will offer laboratory analysis for export certification of wine destined for the EU and other export markets. This follows the recent announcement by Kate Wilkinson the Minister for Food Safety that accredited independent laboratories will be able to carry out this testing and the Crown Research Institute, ESR, will no longer be offering a national service from October 2009... Read more... |
| The country's first large scale oyster nursery, which opened in Nelson on Wednesday 10th June is expected to revolutionise the way the delicacy is farmed and provide the platform to treble annual export earnings within the next decade.... Read more... |
| Following last year's success, the Cawthron Trust is once again offering science leaders throughout New Zealand a unique opportunity to participate in the prestigious Hillary Leadership Programme... Read more... |
| Cawthron's method development group has recently developed an LC-MS test for the Tutin toxin in honey... Read more... |
| 90 years after his death Thomas Cawthron, the man considered Nelson's greatest benefactor, has been formally recognised for his contribution to the region... Read more... |
| Following the scare in China resulting from Melamine in dairy products... Read more... |
| Dr Nicholas Edgar, CEO of the New Zealand Landcare Trust, is excited at the prospect of being the 'first' to take advantage of the unique scholarship... Read more... |
| A major research project led by Nelson's Cawthron Institute intends to transform the aquaculture industry... Read more... |
| Cawthron's laboratories are the only NZFSA-approved laboratories in the Southern Hemisphere able to undertake biotoxin testing via specified LCMS methods... Read more... |
| The recent biosecurity inspection of the semi-submersible drilling rig, Ocean Patriot, for marine pest species is a world first and has provided valuable knowledge... Read more... |
| The Cawthron Trust is offering science leaders throughout New Zealand a unique opportunity to participate in the prestigious Hillary Leadership Programme... Read more... |
| The new R&D tax credits scheme is a welcome and overdue recognition by government of the benefits to the economy of private sector research and development...... Read more... |
| Jim Sinner, Cawthron’s group manager of Sustainable Business, is the lead author of a scoping report on the environmental effects of the Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme... Read more... |
| Cawthron's Sustainable Business Group will be advertising soon for two analysts with diverse skills...Read more... |
| Aaron Pannell, of the Marlbough Mussel Company, said the project was one of the best "bang for bucks" success stories in the industry...Read more... |
| The Press reported on 31 August 2007 that "sweeping reforms" are planned for the food industry. Read more... |
| Cawthron is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Sinner as Sustainable Business Group Manager. Read more... |
| Cawthron will lead a consortium of research providers in identifying and managing micro-organism risks for seafood. Read more... |
| New technology at Cawthron now makes it possible to identify sources of faecal contamination in aquatic environments. Read more... |
| Cawthron has appointed Dr. Chris Batstone to expand its services in resource economics solutions and institutional analysis. Chris brings experience in science, commerce and fisheries. Read more... |
| As a response to recent enquiries from Australia for the testing of Marine Biotoxins in Shellfish (Oysters, Abalone) for the European Market, Cawthron Laboratory Services has developed a package of services to help Australian Shellfish exporters meet the regulatory requirements. Read more... |
| River health monitoring has traditionally concentrated on the use of structural indicators such as water quality or the types of aquatic organisms present. An alternative approach is to use measurements of the functions that rivers perform as indicators of ecosystem health. Examples of these functions include the rates of ecosystem metabolism and organic matter decomposition within river systems. Read more... |
| Accredited tests for Didymosphenia geminata (Didymo) and other freshwater algae. Cawthron has been IANZ accredited under ISO 17025 for both species identification and Cyanotoxin analysis by LC-MS in freshwater samples. Cawthron can also design and implement monitoring programmes to identify Didymo and other invasive species. Read more... |
| The result of 10 years of research into trout habits and environments by scientists at New Zealand's Cawthron Institute has revealed new information that will help anglers worldwide in their quest to understand their quarry. Read more... |
| A new and innovative system of environmental monitoring is being implemented at Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, for the Manapouri power station. Meridian Energy has contracted the Cawthron Institute (Nelson) to implement an adaptive management programme for environmental monitoring in Doubtful Sound. Read more... |
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