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How to Make Seaweed Babies…
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How to Make Seaweed Babies…

We begin the regeneration project in the hatchery by putting the ‘love’ in Love Rimurimu as we make some seaweed babies….

Photo: Joe and Laura collecting fertile seaweed tissues

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View fullsize Look at how much our seaweeds have grown!! 😍 😍 Since our pioneer plant outs our seaweeds have endured some of Wellington's craziest weather and still managed to grow a considerable amount. A number of them are now developing multiple blades and bl
View fullsize 👏👏 Kelp your hands for Yun Yi, our new Macroalgae (Seaweed) technician! She joins to team to help research how to grow the baby seaweeds in optimal conditions so that we can grow a whole forest full of them! "Hello! I'm Kok Yun Yi, you can
View fullsize 📣📣 We are hiring! An exciting opportunity for a Communications and Events Coordinator has opened up! We’re looking for someone with super-power organisation skills, with the knowledge and experience to weave a good story, draw in the crow
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View fullsize 🎬🎬We had a blast filming with @climatecommonsnz and we are super excited to be a part of their upcoming documentary on climate action in New Zealand. The filming featured some of the students from Ngā Mokopuna who have been part of the Love Rimurim
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View fullsize Last week our project lead, Zoe, was lucky to be out with foraging legends @peterlanglands and Jackie from @wildcuisinenz last weekend on Banks Peninsular. This amazing duo shared their knowledge of local seaweed kai and other wild foraged foods- and
View fullsize 💚🥳We reached an exciting milestone in our project last week. Our pioneering seaweeds were out-planted into the sea on a raft in Mahanga Bay! These juvenile seaweeds came from our nursery at @niwa_science and from the lab at @wellington_uni. This we
View fullsize Podcast Alert! 🎙️👂 If you haven't already, listen to Mareike and Nicole talk with Heather Johnson on her podcast, Sea Change about their incredible mahi in the Love Rimurimu project. Sea Change explores the different relationships people in Aotear
View fullsize 📢We would like you to meet some of our Friends! 🎈 These like-minded businesses and individuals are helping us realise the vision of Love Rimurimu. When you purchase their products, a donation is made which goes toward making those seaweed forests
View fullsize We are SO excited! 🤩 Our first outplanting trial is approaching fast and we are getting ready to deploy the first cohort of juvenile seaweeds into the ocean.🌊 Here you can see our test ropes that have weights attached to hold them hanging straight
View fullsize 📢 We would like you to meet some of our Friends! 🎈 These like-minded businesses and individuals are helping us realise the vision of #LoveRimurimu. When you purchase their products, a donation is made which goes toward making those seaweed forests