Centres of Research Excellence (COREs) are collaborative research networks hosted by a university. They all have multiple science organisations as partners.
Bio-Protection Research Centre
The Bio-Protection Research Centre is one of New Zealand’s Centre’s of Research Excellence and is hosted by Lincoln University. The Centre specialises in multidisciplinary research and development to meet the biosecurity and pest management needs of New Zealand’s primary industries and natural ecosystems. Our world-leading research focuses on finding new, non-pesticide and sustainable solutions that protect New Zealand’s plant-based, productive ecosystems from existing and potentially invasive pests, diseases and weeds.
Contact
Zohar Marshall – Communications Officer
Email: Zohar.Marshall@lincoln.ac.nz
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Aotearoa Brain Project
Aotearoa Brain Project (previously Brain Research New Zealand) is a network of 67 collaborative research groups spread across four universities: the University of Auckland, AUT, the University of Canterbury and the University of Otago. They are researching the secrets of the ageing brain, including interventions and treatments for disorders such as dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and Huntington’s Disease.
Contact
Sophie Mathiesen – Aotearoa Brain Project Administrator
Email: abp-admin@otago.ac.nz
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The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies
The Dodd-Walls Centre is a collaborative research network building on New Zealand’s strength in the fields of quantum optics, photonics and precision atomic physics. It is a collaborative centre between the Universities of Otago and Auckland and takes its name from two of New Zealand’s pioneering researchers in quantum physics, Professors Jack Dodd and Dan Walls.
Contact
Kylie Darragh – Administrator
Phone: +64 3 479 7973
Email: dwc@otago.ac.nz
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MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Mana Tangata Whakawhanake – Leadership to Innovate Sustainable Materials.
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology is a network of leading materials science researchers united in a common goal: to create and explore innovative, sustainable materials that will improve the lives of people in Aotearoa and around the world. Our researchers are working to address global challenges such as clean water, renewable energy and climate change, through our research towards zero waste, carbon capture, hardware for low energy future computing, Mātauranga Māori and sustainable resource use. We are hosted by Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and have spun out 27 affiliated startup companies.
Contact
Vanessa Young – Strategic Engagement and Communications Manager
Phone: +64 4 463 6501
Email: vanessa.young@vuw.ac.nz
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Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
A New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence in biomedicine and biotechnology, targeting human disease. The Maurice Wilkins Centre supports translational and fundamental multidisciplinary research focusing on cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases, and aims to harness the expertise of its network to develop cutting-edge drugs, vaccines, tools for early diagnosis and prevention, and new models of disease.
Contact
Rochelle Ramsay – Research Operations Manager
Phone: +64 21 414590
Email: rj.ramsay@auckland.ac.nz
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The Medical Technologies CoRE
The MedTech CoRE is hosted by the University of Auckland and aims to develop new technologies to improve hospital, community and home-based healthcare for the benefit of all New Zealanders. It will also nurture an enhanced MedTech business sector that contributes to the growth of the New Zealand economy.
Contact
Email: medtechcore@auckland.ac.nz
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Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga consists of 16 participating research entities and is hosted by the University of Auckland. It conducts excellent research of relevance to Māori communities and is an important vehicle by which New Zealand continues to be a key player in global indigenous research and affairs. Its research is underpinned by the vision to realise the creative potential of Māori communities and to bring about positive change and transformation in the nation and wider world.
Contact
Communications Advisor
Email: comms@maramatanga.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 4217
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Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE
Te Hiranga Rū QuakeCoRE is a national network of leading earthquake resilience researchers working collaboratively on integrated multidisciplinary programmes that will support the development of an earthquake-resilient Aotearoa New Zealand where thriving communities have the capacity to recover rapidly after major earthquakes through mitigation and pre-disaster preparation.
Contact
Ruth Hartshorn – Operations Manager
Email: quakecore@canterbury.ac.nz
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The Riddet Institute
The Riddet Institute is dedicated to New Zealand’s most significant economic sector, the food industry, which accounts for over half of New Zealand’s export earnings. The Riddet Institute brings together some of the best scientific minds in New Zealand, from three universities and two leading Crown Research Institutes. The Riddet Institute is a premier national centre for fundamental and strategic scientific research in food. Its area of expertise is at the intersection of food material science, novel food processing, gastrointestinal biology and human nutrition.
Contact
Wendy Shailer-Knight – Communications Officer
Email: w.shailer-knight@massey.ac.nz
Amelia Barker – Communications Officer
Email: A.Barker@massey.ac.nz
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Te Pūnaha Matatini
Te Pūnaha Matatini – ‘the meeting place of many faces’ – is hosted by the University of Auckland and seeks to develop methods and approaches for transforming complex data about New Zealand’s environment, economy and society into knowledge, tools and insight for making better decisions.
Contact
Jonathan Burgess – Senior Communications and Media Advisor
Phone: +64 9 923 1376
Email: jonathan.burgess@auckland.ac.nz
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Two CoREs were funded until 31 December 2015:
Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, hosted by Massey University
Gravida: National Research Centre for Growth and Development, hosted by the University of Auckland