Published Work

[{"ID":1087,"Title":"A preliminary molecular phylogeny for New Zealand sheet-web spiders (Cambridgea) and comparison of webbuilding behaviour","Sort":43,"Date":"Sun, 06 Oct 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWalker LA, Vink CJ, Holwell GI, Buckley TR. 2020. A preliminary molecular phylogeny for New Zealand sheet-web spiders (Cambridgea) and comparison of webbuilding behaviour. \u003Cem\u003ENew Zealand Journal of Zoology\u003C/em\u003E.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe authors compared the web sizes of 12 sheet-web spider species (\u003Cem\u003ECambridgea\u003C/em\u003E) to determine whether web size scales with spider size across species.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDE2XQ/spoider.JPG","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDExMV0/spoider.JPG","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/a-preliminary-molecular-phylogeny-for-new-zealand-sheet-web-spiders-cambridgea-and-comparison-of-webbuilding-behaviour/"},{"ID":1163,"Title":"Untying the knot: New Zealand\u2019s first separation and divorce cases","Sort":44,"Date":"Wed, 25 Sep 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBradshaw JE.\u00a02019. Untying the knot: New Zealand\u2019s first separation and divorce cases. 1869 Conference and Heritage Festival, University of Otago, Dunedin, 25\u201329 September 2019.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJanuary 1869 marked the dawning of the divorce era with New Zealand\u2019s first petition for divorce being heard at Dunedin\u2019s Supreme Court.\u00a0This paper summarises the process involved for those seeking to end their marriage and shares details about the petitions made in 1869.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsIngiLDE4XQ/divorces.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDE2NV0/divorces.jpg","Type":"human-history conference-presentation 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/untying-the-knot-new-zealands-first-separation-and-divorce-cases/"},{"ID":1077,"Title":"Spidroins and Silk Fibers of Aquatic Spiders","Sort":33,"Date":"Fri, 20 Sep 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECorrea-Garhwal SM, Clarke TH, Janssen M, Crevecoeur L, McQuillan BN, Simpson AH, Vink CJ, Hayashi CY. 2019.\u00a0Spidroins and Silk Fibers of Aquatic Spiders. \u003Cem\u003EScientific Reports\u003C/em\u003E.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnalysis\u00a0of silks from three Dictynoidea species: the aquatic spiders\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EArgyroneta aquatica\u003C/em\u003E\u00a0and\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EDesis marina\u003C/em\u003E\u00a0as well as the terrestrial\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EBadumna longinqua.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDExXQ/aquatic-spider.JPG","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDExOV0/aquatic-spider.JPG","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/spidroins-and-silk-fibers-of-aquatic-spiders/"},{"ID":858,"Title":"New giant penguin species discovered at Waipara Greensand","Sort":28,"Date":"Mon, 12 Aug 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGerald Mayr, Vanesa L De Pietri, Leigh Love, Al Mannering and R Paul Scofield. 2019.\u00a0A partial skeleton of a new penguin species from the Waipara Greensand adds to the diversity of very large-sized Sphenisciformes in the Paleocene of New Zealand.\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EAlcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA new species of giant penguin \u2013 about 1.6 metres tall \u2013 has been identified from fossils found in Waipara, North Canterbury\u003Cem\u003E. Crossvallia Waiparensis\u003C/em\u003E, which lived in the Paleocene Epoch (between 66 and 56 million years ago), was about 1.6 metres tall and weighed up to 70 to 80 kg.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/HomeTileImages/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDUxXQ/Crossvallia-crop.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/HomeTileImages/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDYwXQ/Crossvallia-crop.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/new-giant-penguin-species-discovered-at-waipara-greensand/"},{"ID":857,"Title":"Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand","Sort":27,"Date":"Wed, 07 Aug 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETrevor H Worthy, Suzanne J Hand, Michael Archer, R Paul Scofield and Vanesa L De Pietri. 2019.\u00a0Evidence for a giant parrot from the early Miocene of New Zealand.\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EBiology Letters\u00a0\u003C/em\u003E15:8.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHeracles Inexpectatus,\u003C/em\u003E\u00a0the world\u2019s largest parrot, stood up to 1 metre tall and had a massive beak able to crack most food sources.\u00a0\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/HomeTileImages/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDc2XQ/201908-Heracles-Kuiornis-reconstruction-Brian-Choo-Flinders-University-1200.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/HomeTileImages/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDMxXQ/201908-Heracles-Kuiornis-reconstruction-Brian-Choo-Flinders-University-1200.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/evidence-for-a-giant-parrot-from-the-early-miocene-of-new-zealand/"},{"ID":1170,"Title":"Becassius charadriioides, an early Miocene pratincole-like bird from France: with comments on the early evolutionary history of the Glareolidae","Sort":50,"Date":"Tue, 18 Jun 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDe Pietri VL, Mayr G, Scofield RP. 2019. \u003Cem\u003EBecassius charadriioides\u003C/em\u003E, an early Miocene pratincole-like bird from France: with comments on the early evolutionary history of the Glareolidae (Aves, Charadriiformes). \u003Cem\u003EPalZ\u003C/em\u003E: 1\u201318.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe early Miocene charadriiform bird\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EBecassius charadriioides\u003C/em\u003E\u00a0from the Saint-G\u00e9rand-le-Puy area in France, was originally described as a member of uncertain affinities within the shorebird clade Scolopaci (jacanas, seedsnipe, painted-snipe, sandpipers, and allies). Following a re-assessment of the material attributed to this taxon and in the context of a larger comparative sample of extinct and extant charadriiform birds, the authors conclude that it is a member of the Glareolidae (pratincoles and coursers).\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDM4XQ/partincole.png","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDc3XQ/partincole.png","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/becassius-charadriioides-an-early-miocene-pratincole-like-bird-from-france-with-comments-on-the-early-evolutionary-history-of-the-glareolidae/"},{"ID":1073,"Title":"The architecture of cancellous bone in the hindlimb of moa","Sort":29,"Date":"Tue, 07 May 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EB\u003Cspan class=\"smallcaps smallerCapital\"\u003Eishop\u003C/span\u003E\u00a0PJ,\u00a0Scofield\u00a0RP\u00a0and H\u003Cspan class=\"smallcaps smallerCapital\"\u003Eocknull\u003C/span\u003E\u00a0SA. 2019. The architecture of cancellous bone in the hindlimb of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes), with implications for stance and gait.\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EAlcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology\u003C/em\u003E.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe extinct, flightless moa of New Zealand included some of the largest birds to have existed and possessed many distinguishing pelvic and hindlimb osteological features. These features may have influenced stance and gait in moa compared with extant birds.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDExMF0/moa-bones3.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDBd/moa-bones3.jpg","Type":"publication natural-history 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/the-architecture-of-cancellous-bone-in-the-hindlimb-of-moa/"},{"ID":1167,"Title":"Globally distributed occurrences utilised in 200 spider species conservation profiles (Arachnida, Araneae)","Sort":47,"Date":"Tue, 02 Apr 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECardoso P, Shirey V, Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4 S, Henriques S, Draney ML, Foord S, Gibbons AT, Gomez LA, Kariko S, Malumbres-Olarte J, Milne M, Vink CJ. 2019. Globally distributed occurrences utilised in 200 spider species conservation profiles (Arachnida, Araneae). \u003Cem\u003EBiodiversity Data Journal\u003C/em\u003E 7: e33264.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis paper compiles data used\u00a0\u003Cspan\u003Ein assessing the global threat status of spider species worldwide.\u00a0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDE2XQ/spidermap.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDExMV0/spidermap.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/globally-distributed-occurrences-utilised-in-200-spider-species-conservation-profiles-arachnida-araneae/"},{"ID":1173,"Title":"The prevalence and species richness of spiders associated with marine strandlines on different shore types around Banks Peninsula, New Zealand","Sort":53,"Date":"Sun, 31 Mar 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHodge S, Vink CJ. 2019. The prevalence and species richness of spiders associated with marine strandlines on different shore types around Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology\u00a0\u003Cspan class=\"volume_issue\"\u003E47:1,\u003C/span\u003E\u00a0\u003Cspan class=\"page_range\"\u003E71-85.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"page_range\"\u003EA survey of spiders found in strandlines at 35 sites on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDg3XQ/Banks-Peninsula-from-space.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDIwXQ/Banks-Peninsula-from-space.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/the-prevalence-and-species-richness-of-spiders-associated-with-marine-strandlines-on-different-shore-types-around-banks-peninsula-new-zealand/"},{"ID":1166,"Title":"African Origins for the Enigmatic Adzebill","Sort":46,"Date":"Fri, 15 Feb 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBoast AP, Chapman B, Herrera MB, Worthy TH, Scofield RP, Tennyson AJD, Houde P, Bunce M, Cooper A, Mitchell KJ. 2019. Mitochondrial Genomes from New Zealand\u2019s Extinct Adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) Support a Sister-Taxon Relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae.\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EDiversity.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ancestor of New Zealand\u2019s most mysterious giant bird \u2013 the extinct adzebill \u2013 likely flew here from Madagascar, Africa.\u00a0Comparing adzebill DNA, extracted from bone and eggshell fragments, to that of modern bird species revealed\u00a0the closest living relative of these extinct New Zealand giants is the tiny Madagascan Flufftail, which weighs less than 50 g. Adzebills could weigh up to 19 kg.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDNd/Adzebill-skeleton2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEzNV0/Adzebill-skeleton2.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/african-origins-for-the-enigmatic-adzebill/"},{"ID":1174,"Title":"Mitogenomic evidence of close relationships between New Zealand\u2019s extinct giant raptors and small-sized Australian sister-taxa","Sort":54,"Date":"Sun, 10 Feb 2019","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKnapp M, Thomas JE, Haile J, Prost S, Ho SY, Dussex N, Cameron-Christie S, Kardailsky O, Barnett R, Scofield RP, Bunce M, Gilbert MTP. 2019. Mitogenomic evidence of close relationships between New Zealand\u2019s extinct giant raptors and small-sized Australian sister-taxa. \u003Cem\u003EMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution\u003C/em\u003E 134: 122\u2013128.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith a 3 metre wingspan and claws as big as a tiger's, Haast's Eagle was New Zealand's apex predator until humans arrived here. But how did this giant of the forest evolve? New genetic research suggests Haast's Eagle's ancestors may have flown here from Australia, and evolved much more rapidly than previously thought.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDQ2XQ/Giant-Haasts-eagle-attacking-New-Zealand-moa4.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDY3XQ/Giant-Haasts-eagle-attacking-New-Zealand-moa4.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/mitogenomic-evidence-of-close-relationships-between-new-zealands-extinct-giant-raptors-and-small-sized-australian-sister-taxa/"},{"ID":1168,"Title":"Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world's most diverse penguin clade","Sort":48,"Date":"Thu, 25 Oct 2018","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECole TL, Rawlence NJ, Dussex N, Ellenberg U, Houston DM, Mattern T, Miskelly, CM, Morrison KW, Scofield RP, Tennyson AJ, Thompson DR. 2019. Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world\u2019s most diverse penguin clade. \u003Cem\u003EMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution\u003C/em\u003E 131: 72\u201379.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESouthern New Zealand is home to several representatives of the diverse crested penguin genus\u00a0\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEudyptes\u003C/em\u003E,\u00a0\u003C/em\u003Ebut prehistoric fossil and archaeological deposits suggest these birds once occupied a larger range, perhaps even breeding in the North Island. This paper analyses\u00a0ancient, historic and modern\u00a0DNA sequences\u00a0to explore two hypotheses regarding the recent history of\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EEudyptes\u003C/em\u003E\u00a0in New Zealand, testing for (1) human-driven extinction of\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EEudyptes\u003C/em\u003E\u00a0lineages; and (2) reduced\u00a0genetic diversity\u00a0in surviving lineages.\u00a0\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsIngiLDQ2XQ/crestedpenguins.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDIwMV0/crestedpenguins.jpg","Type":"publication natural-history 2019 2018","PageLink":"/research/published-work/ancient-dna-of-crested-penguins-testing-for-temporal-genetic-shifts-in-the-worlds-most-diverse-penguin-clade/"},{"ID":707,"Title":"Pheromone chemical could control redback spider spread","Sort":25,"Date":"Mon, 22 Oct 2018","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBryan SA, Vink CJ, Barratt BIP, Seddon PJ, \u0026amp; van Heezik Y. 2017. Investigation of two new putative pheromone components of the invasive Australian redback spider, Latrodectus hasseltii, with potential applications for control.\u00a0\u003Cem\u003ENew Zealand Journal of Zoology.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn acrid-smelling chemical produced by virgin female redback spiders could be key to controlling these invaders in New Zealand, researchers from Canterbury Museum, the University of Otago and AgResearch have found.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDNd/Redback-1202.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEzNV0/Redback-1202.jpg","Type":"natural-history online-article publication 2018","PageLink":"/research/published-work/pheromone-chemical-could-control-redback-spider-spread/"},{"ID":1171,"Title":"Both sides of the Tasman: History, politics and migration between New Zealand and Australia","Sort":51,"Date":"Sun, 14 Oct 2018","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFraser L. 2019. Both sides of the Tasman: History, politics and migration between New Zealand and Australia. In: Heinrich E, Simpson JM, editors. \u003Cem\u003EHistory, Historians and the Immigration Debate: Going Back to Where We Came From\u003C/em\u003E. London: Palgrave Macmillan; p. 55\u201370.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDI0MV0/fraser-book2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDExMV0/fraser-book2.jpg","Type":"human-history publication 2018","PageLink":"/research/published-work/both-sides-of-the-tasman-history-politics-and-migration-between-new-zealand-and-australia/"},{"ID":1172,"Title":"Review: Christopher Pugsley, The Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War","Sort":52,"Date":"Mon, 01 Oct 2018","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaley JM. 2018. Review: Christopher Pugsley, The Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War. \u003Cem\u003ENew Zealand Journal of History\u003C/em\u003E 52: 155\u2013157.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr Jill Haley, Canterbury Museum Curator Human History, reviews Christopher Puglsey's history of early film in New Zealand,\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EThe Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDI0Nl0/nz-history-journal.JPG","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDExNV0/nz-history-journal.JPG","Type":"human-history publication 2018","PageLink":"/research/published-work/review-christopher-pugsley-the-camera-in-the-crowd-filming-new-zealand-in-peace-and-war/"},{"ID":1169,"Title":"Overwintering habitat and the survival of the biocontrol beetle, Cassida rubiginosa","Sort":49,"Date":"Sun, 09 Sep 2018","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECripps MG, Jackman SD, van Koten C,\u00a0Vink CJ, Dodd MB. 2018. Overwintering habitat and the survival of the biocontrol beetle, \u003Cem\u003ECassida rubiginosa\u003C/em\u003E. In Johnson S, Weston L, Wu H, Auld B, editors.\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the 21st Australasian Weeds Conference\u003C/em\u003E; 2018: The Weed Society of New South Wales Inc.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis paper presents the results of tests of the overwintering survival of the leaf-feeding beetle,\u00a0\u003Cem\u003ECassida rubiginosa\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u00a0M\u00fcller, which\u00a0\u003C/em\u003Ewas introduced to\u00a0\u003Cspan class=\"indexed-hide\"\u003ENew Zealand\u003C/span\u003E\u00a0in 2007 as a biological control agent against the pasture weed Californian thistle.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDNd/beetle.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEzNV0/beetle.jpg","Type":"natural-history conference-presentation publication 2018","PageLink":"/research/published-work/overwintering-habitat-and-the-survival-of-the-biocontrol-beetle-cassida-rubiginosa/"},{"ID":553,"Title":"Great Scott","Sort":24,"Date":"Tue, 05 Dec 2017","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003ECuratorial Manager Sarah Murray presents the story of the Christchurch memorial to Robert Falcon Scott and the Polar Party who perished on their return journey from the South Pole in 1912. 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A new fossil from the mid-Paleocene of New Zealand reveals an unexpected diversity of world\u2019s oldest penguins. The Science of Nature 104: 9.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fossilised lower leg bones of a giant penguin that lived 61 million years ago in New Zealand have provided scientists with new insights into the early evolutionary history of penguins.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDY2XQ/20170222-Penguin-Heights-1200-Crop2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDQyXQ/20170222-Penguin-Heights-1200-Crop2.jpg","Type":"2017","PageLink":"/research/published-work/worlds-oldest-penguins-more-diverse-than-previously-thought/"},{"ID":292,"Title":"Extinct New Zealand Raven was one species","Sort":22,"Date":"Sat, 01 Oct 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER Paul Scofield, Kieren J Mitchell, Jamie R Wood, Vanesa L De Pietri, Scott Jarvie, Bastien Llamas, Alan Cooper (2016) The Origin and Phylogenetic Relationships of the New Zealand Ravens\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA new DNA study of the extinct New Zealand Raven and Chatham Island Raven, published in \u003Cem\u003EMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution\u003C/em\u003E (2016), has found that they formed a single species with one or two subspecies, and were not two species with two subspecies as previously thought.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDMwNV0/MA-I043754-1200.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDE0MF0/MA-I043754-1200.jpg","Type":"","PageLink":"/research/published-work/extinct-new-zealand-raven-was-one-species/"},{"ID":225,"Title":"Captain Cook's lost chickens rediscovered?","Sort":21,"Date":"Wed, 03 Aug 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Scofield et al.\u00a0Origin and timing of New Zealand's earliest domestic chickens: Polynesian commensals or European introductions?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ultimate fate of New Zealand's first chickens, released by Captain James Cook on his second visit to the country in 1773, has never been known. 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Human\u2010mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn international research team led by University of Otago scientists has shown that New Zealand\u2019s Chatham Islands were once home to a unique population of sea lion, that was driven to extinction soon after first human settlement.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDQzXQ/Sealion.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDcxXQ/Sealion.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/stark-warning-from-chathams-sea-lions-prehistoric-demise/"},{"ID":146,"Title":"T-shirts Unfolding","Sort":13,"Date":"Sun, 15 May 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarguerite Hill, \u003Cem\u003ET-shirts Unfolding\u003C/em\u003E at Canterbury Museum.\u00a0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ET-shirts Unfolding\u003C/em\u003E considered the people, design and popular culture of the T-shirt as the most commonly worn article of clothing in the world. 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A Festschrift in honour of Professor Robert R Jackson.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA special issue of the \u003Cem\u003ENew Zealand Journal of Zoology\u003C/em\u003E has been published in honour of Professor Robert R Jackson from the University of Canterbury.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDJd/Hypoblemum-albovittatum-male-LR2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDBd/Hypoblemum-albovittatum-male-LR2.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/journal-honours-prof-robert-jackson/"},{"ID":145,"Title":"Taonga of HMS New Zealand","Sort":12,"Date":"Thu, 07 Apr 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarguerite Hill, The taonga of HMS New Zealand.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe story behind Canterbury Museum's hei tiki, credited with seeing \u003Cem\u003EHMS New Zealand\u003C/em\u003E safely through the First World War's largest naval battle.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDExMF0/HeiTiki-002-650.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsZmFsc2UsMF0/HeiTiki-002-650.jpg","Type":"human-history online-article 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/taonga-of-hms-new-zealand/"},{"ID":144,"Title":"A bloody road home","Sort":11,"Date":"Fri, 01 Apr 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarguerite Hill, Review: A bloody road home: World War Two and New Zealand's Heroic Second Division.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA review of\u00a0\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Bloody Road Home\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u00a0by Dr Christopher Pugsley, the first history to cover New Zealand\u2019s Second Division as a whole.\u00a0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDQzN10/A-Bloody-Road-Home.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDE4M10/A-Bloody-Road-Home.jpg","Type":"human-history publication 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/a-bloody-road-home/"},{"ID":80,"Title":"Losing power of flight no impact on penguins' brains","Sort":5,"Date":"Tue, 01 Mar 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Scofield et al. \u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: \u0026#039;Arial\u0026#039;,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003ENovel insights into early neuroanatomical evolution in\u003Cbr\u003Epenguins from the oldest described penguin brain endocast.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have reconstructed the brain of the world's oldest-known penguin which lived in Waipara, North Canterbury 60 million years ago and concluded that losing the power of flight had no impact on the structure of penguins brains.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDBd/WaimanuLR.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDBd/WaimanuLR.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/losing-power-of-flight-no-impact-on-penguins-brains/"},{"ID":67,"Title":"Long lost family found","Sort":1,"Date":"Thu, 25 Feb 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVanesa De Pietri, Paul Scofield et al, The unexpected survival of an ancient lineage of anseriform birds into the Neogene of Australia: the youngest record of Presbyornithidae.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 22 million year-old-old fossil remains of a long-lost family of waterfowl - thought to have disappeared about 48 million years ago - have been identified by researchers from Canterbury Museum and Flinders University, Australia.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDBd/presbyornis-pervetus-by-willemsvdmerweLR-d94152i5.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDBd/presbyornis-pervetus-by-willemsvdmerweLR-d94152i5.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/long-lost-family-found/"},{"ID":78,"Title":"Little blue penguins recent invaders","Sort":3,"Date":"Wed, 03 Feb 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Scofield et al.\u00a0Invader or resident? Ancient-DNA reveals rapid species turnover in New Zealand little penguins.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe little penguin species (popularly known as little blue penguins) found in southern New Zealand is a surprisingly recent invader from Australia, according to a new study.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsIngiLDdd/otago515401.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDE1MF0/otago515401.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/little-blue-penguins-recent-invaders/"},{"ID":140,"Title":"Rediscovering voices from the past","Sort":7,"Date":"Fri, 01 Jan 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFyfe R,\u003C/strong\u003E\u00a0'\u003Cstrong\u003EThe ancestors speak: Koiwi Tangata, Matauranga Maori\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eand the development of biological anthropology in New Zealand' 2016.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent years Maori and biological scientists are starting to recognise the benefits of a mutual dialogue concerning the scientific study of k\u014diwi tangata/human remains. 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New avian remains from the Paleocene of New Zealand: the first early Cenozoic Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) from the Southern Hemisphere.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from Canterbury Museum and Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany have discovered near Waipara, North Canterbury what is probably the oldest example of a relative of today's tropicbirds.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDU3XQ/20151111-Tropicbird-Brent-Stephenson-Eco-Vista-1202.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDUyXQ/20151111-Tropicbird-Brent-Stephenson-Eco-Vista-1202.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/oldest-fossil-tropicbird-found/"},{"ID":72,"Title":"Collecting and Exhibiting the Canterbury Earthquakes","Sort":2,"Date":"Thu, 05 Nov 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Murray, Collecting and Exhibiting the Canterbury Earthquakes.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/strong\u003ECanterbury Museum's approach to collecting and staging exhibitions about the Canterbury earthquakes.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDNd/Quake-City-Catholic-Cathedral-of-the-Blessed-Sacrament-bell-detail-LR3.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEzNV0/Quake-City-Catholic-Cathedral-of-the-Blessed-Sacrament-bell-detail-LR3.jpg","Type":"human-history conference-presentation 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/collecting-and-exhibiting-the-canterbury-earthquakes-sarah-murray/"},{"ID":190,"Title":"Redbacks threaten Cromwell beetle","Sort":15,"Date":"Thu, 29 Oct 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECor Vink et al, Invasive redback spiders (\u003Cem\u003ELatrodectus hasseltii\u003C/em\u003E) threaten an endangered, endemic New Zealand beetle (\u003Cem\u003EProdontria lewisii\u003C/em\u003E).\u00a0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E(\u003Cem\u003ELatrodectus hasseltii\u003C/em\u003E) are preying on the endemic, nationally endangered Cromwell chafer beetle (\u003Cem\u003EProdontria lewisii\u003C/em\u003E), which is only found an 81 hectare reserve near Cromwell.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDExMF0/RedbackThumb.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsZmFsc2UsMF0/RedbackThumb.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/redbacks-threaten-cromwell-beetle/"},{"ID":224,"Title":"New species find links Australian and South American shorebirds","Sort":20,"Date":"Tue, 13 Oct 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVanesa L De Pietri, Paul Scofield et al. 2015.\u00a0Wading a lost southern connection: Miocene fossils from New Zealand reveal a new lineage of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) linking Gondwanan avifaunas\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EA new species of shorebird, dating from a time when New Zealand was covered in subtropical forests and crocodiles roamed parts of the South Island, has been found near St Bathans in Central Otago.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDBd/Hakawai-image3.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEyOF0/Hakawai-image3.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/new-species-find-links-australian-and-south-american-shorebirds/"},{"ID":139,"Title":"Bird eggs harvesting","Sort":6,"Date":"Wed, 30 Sep 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERoger Fyfe et al. Harvesting of ng\u0101 hua manu(birds eggs) in Te Waipounamu (South Island), New Zealand.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEggshell is frequently found in archaeological sites throughout New Zealand, but its research potential has largely been ignored. This paper attempts to redress this omission.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsIngiLDNd/20150707-Figure-Fyfe-and-Davis-Fig-1-Eggs.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDE0NV0/20150707-Figure-Fyfe-and-Davis-Fig-1-Eggs.jpg","Type":"human-history publication 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/bird-eggs-harvesting/"},{"ID":198,"Title":"Barcoding Spiders","Sort":18,"Date":"Tue, 18 Aug 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECor Vink et al. 2015. Barcoding New Zealand spiders.\u00a0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDetails of a project to sequence DNA barcodes from over 1,000 New Zealand spider specimens were presented at the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference in Guelph, Canada.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDExMF0/Z2.CrassaThumb.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsZmFsc2UsMF0/Z2.CrassaThumb.jpg","Type":"natural-history publication 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/barcoding-spiders/"},{"ID":191,"Title":"Capturing trapdoor spiders using tethered beetles","Sort":16,"Date":"Wed, 01 Jul 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECor Vink et al 2015. 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