Published Work

[{"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":"publication natural-history 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":"publication natural-history 2019","PageLink":"/research/published-work/evidence-for-a-giant-parrot-from-the-early-miocene-of-new-zealand/"},{"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":"online-article publication natural-history 2018","PageLink":"/research/published-work/pheromone-chemical-could-control-redback-spider-spread/"},{"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. Recording of a talk to the Friends of Canterbury Museum on 5 December 2017.\u003C/p\u003E","ProcessedVideoURL":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX0Dz5AuxJk","ImageSmlLink":"assets/HomeTileImages/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDBd/19XX.2.3546-Scott-Statue-1200.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/HomeTileImages/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDBd/19XX.2.3546-Scott-Statue-1200.jpg","Type":"presentation human-history 2017","PageLink":"/research/published-work/great-scott/"},{"ID":757,"Title":"Understanding donor motivations","Sort":26,"Date":"Wed, 24 May 2017","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoanna Szczepanski (2017) Understanding donor motivations, \u003Cem\u003EMuseum Management and Curatorship\u003C/em\u003E, 32:3, 272\u2013280\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past people who donated items to Museums often sought prestige, but today's donors are looking for a way to divest the responsibility of items they consider historically significant.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDZd/donations.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEwOF0/donations.jpg","Type":"publication human-history 2017","PageLink":"/research/published-work/understanding-donor-motivations/"},{"ID":453,"Title":"World's Oldest Penguins More Diverse than Previously Thought","Sort":23,"Date":"Thu, 23 Feb 2017","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMayr G, De Pietri V L, Scofield R P (2017). 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. However, in a study just published in the journal \u003Cem\u003ERoyal Society Open Science\u003C/em\u003E, researchers report that they have identified chicken bones from New Zealand archaeological sites that appear to date from the time of Cook.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDM3XQ/Chicken-Bone.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDc5XQ/Chicken-Bone.jpg","Type":"publication natural-history 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/captain-cooks-lost-chickens-rediscovered/"},{"ID":143,"Title":"Curating under pressure","Sort":10,"Date":"Wed, 22 Jun 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Murray, Curating Under Pressure: Collecting and Exhibiting the Canterbury Earthquakes.\u00a0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis paper presented a global perspective on contemporary collecting and interpretation following a period of trauma.\u00a0\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDM0XQ/Quake-City-cross-lying-down2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDIyMF0/Quake-City-cross-lying-down2.jpg","Type":"conference-presentation human-history 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/curating-under-pressure/"},{"ID":79,"Title":"Fossil remains reveal wren's past","Sort":4,"Date":"Wed, 08 Jun 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-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026#039;Times New Roman\u0026#039;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003EAncient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary\u00a0history of New Zealand\u2019s enigmatic acanthisittid wrens. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA DNA analysis of living and extinct species of mysterious New Zealand wrens may change theories around the country's geological and evolutionary past.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsIngiLDBd/Wren2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDBd/Wren2.jpg","Type":"publication natural-history 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/fossil-remains-reveal-wrens-past/"},{"ID":147,"Title":"Stark warning from Chathams sea lion's prehistoric demise","Sort":14,"Date":"Wed, 01 Jun 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Scofield et al. 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":"publication natural-history 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. The paper discusses the development of the exhibition and the community response.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDVd/holly-hawkins-t-shirts-unfolding-01.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEzN10/holly-hawkins-t-shirts-unfolding-01.jpg","Type":"conference-presentation human-history 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/t-shirts-unfolding/"},{"ID":142,"Title":"The Empire Called and the Dominions Responded","Sort":9,"Date":"Tue, 10 May 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Murray, The Empire Called and the Dominions Responded: Remembering the First World War in New Zealand.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe First World War centenary commemorations offer a timely opportunity to reflect on the extent to which experiences during this conflict were shared by those on the periphery of Empire.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDEwN10/Arthur-Alderton-Amberley-1999.128.43.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDBd/Arthur-Alderton-Amberley-1999.128.43.jpg","Type":"conference-presentation human-history 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/the-empire-called-and-the-dominions-responded/"},{"ID":197,"Title":"Journal honours Prof Robert Jackson","Sort":17,"Date":"Mon, 09 May 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECor Vink et al. 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":"publication natural-history 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":"online-article human-history 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":"publication human-history 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":"publication natural-history 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":"publication natural-history 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":"publication natural-history 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. This paper examines two case studies that exemplify this dynamic change.\u00a0\u003C/p\u003E","Type":"publication human-history 2016","PageLink":"/research/published-work/rediscovering-voices-from-the-past/"},{"ID":141,"Title":"Sharing a Passion for History: The Quake City Experience","Sort":8,"Date":"Wed, 02 Dec 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Murray, Sharing a Passion for History: The Quake City Experience. \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBehind the scenes of one of Canterbury's Museum's most successful exhibitions, exploring the development and delivery of \u003Cem\u003EQuake City.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsIngiLDBd/japan2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDBd/japan2.jpg","Type":"conference-presentation human-history 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/sharing-a-passion-for-history-the-quake-city-experience/"},{"ID":219,"Title":"Oldest fossil tropicbird found","Sort":19,"Date":"Mon, 30 Nov 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGerald Mayr and Paul Scofield. 2015. 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":"publication natural-history 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":"conference-presentation human-history 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":"publication natural-history 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":"publication natural-history 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":"publication human-history 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":"publication natural-history 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. Beetling: a method for capturing trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae) using tethered beetles.\u00a0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA novel method has been developed to capture trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae) using a beetle tethered by a length of cotton. This method has been used successfully to capture New Zealand trapdoor spiders (\u003Cem\u003ECantuaria\u003C/em\u003E spp.) from localities around New Zealand.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDFd/tethered-beetle2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDEzOV0/tethered-beetle2.jpg","Type":"publication natural-history 2015","PageLink":"/research/published-work/capturing-trapdoor-spiders-using-tethered-beetles/"}]