Thinking ki uta ki tai 🌱🌊 Seagrass meadows sit where freshwater meets the sea, trapping sediments and nutrients before they move offshore. These habitats connect catchments to the ocean, helping coastal ecosystems function and stay resilient. Protecting seagrass protects the whole system.

Trailer out now for an inspiring new film on seagrass 🌊🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=quyQ... Seagrass meadows support biodiversity, store carbon & stabilise sediments. This is why Restore the Meadows is working to bring them back 💚

Rangitahi from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tuia Te Matangi joined #RestoreTheMeadows researchers @al-alder.bsky.social, Halle and Ellie in the seagrass meadow 🌱 Thanks to Ngāti Tama for helping bring mātauranga Māori into science! 🎥 Treena Shee www.youtube.com/shorts/lrKsG...

Great to host the Clare Foundation this week to share our #RestoreTheMeadows work. We visited a seagrass meadow and our nursery at the #Cawthron Aquaculture Park, showing how research translates to practical restoration while supporting Te Tau Ihu iwi, students, and community outreach.

🌿 International Women’s Day 🌿 #RestoreTheMeadows is proudly co-led by women (Dana Clark & Anna Berthelsen) and has supported 12 students/interns. With researchers like @maureen-ho.bsky.social Ho, we’re committed to growing women in marine science and restoring our coasts. 💚 #IWD #WomenInSTEM

New year, new growth 🌱 The #RestoreTheMeadows team is kicking off new nursery experiments to optimise light conditions and sediment types for growing seagrass. Building on @Ellie Brettle’s PhD research, this is a key step toward scaling up seed-based restoration.

Season’s greetings from the #RestoreTheMeadows team 🌿 We’ve wrapped up seagrass flowering collection for the season, harvesting ~20,000 flowers. These will support experiments next year to optimise light & sediment conditions for growing seagrass. Thanks to everyone who supported us this year 🌊

#RestoreTheMeadows spent Fri–Sat at Waimea Inlet with amazing volunteers from the Boathouse Society collecting seagrass flowers 🌿 Seeds from these will support nursery experiments. It takes many seeds, so we’re grateful for the help!

🌿 Our latest #RestoreTheMeadows update is out! Catch up on 8 months of seagrass restoration progress, new partnerships, and seedling breakthroughs at Cawthron. 👉 mailchi.mp/79994b350043... #Seagrass #NewZealand #MarineRestoration #MarineConservation #SeagrassRestoration

🌊 Call for Papers: Fish & Fisheries of the Pacific Islands 🐟 New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research invites papers on Pacific small-scale fisheries — ecology, culture, governance & more. 🗓️ Titles due 30 Jan 2026 www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjm-pa... #PacificFisheries #CallForPapers

If you’re in NZ 🇳🇿 and want to help us learn when and where seagrass flowers, download our new app and start spotting flowers in your local meadows! 🌿💚 #RestoreTheMeadows #Seagrass #CitizenScience

Our #RestoreTheMeadows team was excited to see this discovery — the first known green turtle feeding habitat in NZ, found in Rangaunu Harbour’s seagrass meadows! 🐢🌿 A great reminder why seagrass restoration matters. 👉 earthsciences.nz/news/first-k...

Excited to share our new paper in Ocean Sustainability! 🌊 “The right tools for the job: Considerations for implementing ecosystem-based management for marine ecosystems.” Funded by the NZ Sustainable Seas Challenge. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s441... #EBM #OceanSustainability

A study conducted by the University of Liège at the marine and oceanographical research station STARESO (Calvi, Corsica) reveals that transplantation method directly influences the root microbiome, which is essential for the survival of seagrass plants. Read more:

Big news for #RestoreTheMeadows! 💙🌿 We’re partnering with the Clare Foundation for Phase 2, with renewed support from Port Nelson, OneFortyOne & Friends of Nelson Haven and Tasman Bay. This 3-year funding will help us refine techniques for growing & planting #seagrass. 🌱🌊 #MarineRestoration