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Love Rimurimu on RNZ
In case you missed it: here is the full interview of our project coordinator Zoe talking to Jesse Mulligan on RNZ about the mission of the project, the challenges of growing seaweed babies, what role kina play, the benefits of healthy seaweed.
Image credit: Nicole Miller
Love Rimurimu has publicly launched!
After many months of planning we finally had our official public launch of the Love Rimurimu project in August!! As our friend Lara Taylor put it, when starting a big project you’ve got to be like the bull-kelp (rimurapa); holding fast to the rocks, being flexible with the waves and weathering the storms to stay attached!
Photo: Love Rimurimu Team at Launch day
The Love Rimurimu Education Program
The Love Rimurimu education programme is in full swing with Mountains To Sea Wellington, with all the kura cracking into their Term 3 learning. They started the term with field trips to their local coastlines looking for fertile Ecklonia and Lessonia…
Photo: Zoe Stuff with students exploring the rocky reef
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
