Founded in 1883, Auckland is New Zealand’s largest university with over 40,000 students, nearly 10,000 of whom graduate annually. We create globally transformative impacts through our distinctive strengths in world-leading research, scholarship, teaching and collaborative partnerships, inspired by our unique position in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.

EnviroStrat takes an innovative approach to the origination and application of pragmatic responses to remedying long-standing environmental challenges, balancing the needs of communities, the environment and economy. Our strength comes from working across multiple disciplines to tackle challenging and complex environmental issues that require out-of-the-box solutions.

Our team are specialists from across environmental science, technology, policy, economics, legal and investment fields. The combination of our diverse skills and experience enables EnviroStrat to unite the often divergent worlds of science with commercial development to advocate for and execute natural resource sector projects that deliver measurable environmental improvements and positive financial returns.

Massey University has grown from a small agricultural college in Palmerston North to become New Zealand's largest residential university. We are spread across three campuses and have the most distance students.

Massey has a long, proud tradition of breaking new ground in all our areas of expertise – business, creative art, health, science, humanities and social science.

SLR’s purpose is Making Sustainability Happen. We achieve this by having a team of expert advisors and technicians, who partner with our clients to tackle some of the world's most complex sustainability challenges, by utilising our collaborative and entrepreneurial One Team culture.

We are a team of committed and passionate scientists and biosecurity specialists with experience and expertise in ecological management, and research.

The diversity and expertise within BioSense and throughout our networks enable us to provide outcome-driven solutions that are driven by best practice and innovation. We also firmly believe that collaboration is essential for successful outcomes and are proud to work with iwi, community, and other experts to deliver the best results possible for our environment.

BioSense recognises the importance of mana whenua as kaitiaki of the ngahere and continually seeks to work alongside the relevant mana whenua of an area in the co-development and delivery of projects, to share knowledge and provide joint learning. The focus is on empowering the current generation and inspiration for the next generation. We believe a hapu-based approach and ownership within conservation will bring intergenerational wellbeing for tangata whenua and the ngahere and of all Aotearoa.

Star paths continue to symbolise the aspirations of our modern-day pathfinders. Ngā Ara Whetū exemplifies the ethos of this flagship University of Auckland Research Centre located at Waipapa Taumata Rau.

It enables inter-institutional collaborations with schools, faculties and research centres and connects us to communities across the Pacific and globally.

Ngā Ara Whetū fosters thought leadership and mobilises innovative transdisciplinary research, outreach, stakeholder partnerships, engagement, and teaching.

It addresses theoretical and applied domains of its initiatives whilst holding and integrating the principles and values of kaitiakitanga, (proactive guardianship) manaakitanga (being generous), whanaungatanga (community) – at the centre of its kaupapa.

Ngā Ara Whetū was established in 2023. Prof Jacqueline Beggs and Dr Maria Armoudian are the current Co-Executive Directors of the Centre.

The Centre is funded by the Office of Research Strategy and Integrity, and by the Faculty of Science with in-kind support from host faculties.