POU HERENGA WAKA/AUT RESEARCH NETWORK

Our publicationsNgā hua

See below for a selection of recent publications that explore trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural regenerative research.

  • Blaschke, P., Pedersen Zari, M., Chapman, R., Randal, E., Perry, M., Howden-Chapman, P., & Gyde, E. (2024). Multiple roles of green space in the resilience, sustainability and equity of Aotearoa New Zealand’s cities. Land, 13(7), 1022. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13071022
  • Buckley, H. L., Hall, D., Jarvis, R. M., Smith, V., Walker, L. A., Silby, J., Hinchliffe, G., Stanley, M. C., Sweeney, A. P., & Case, B. S. (2023). Using long-term experimental restoration of agroecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve implementation of nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.950041
  • Case, B., Hall, D., Day, N., Hermans, S., & Buckley, H. (2023). What is the role of biodiversity in mediating the effects of climate change on New Zealand’s future agroecosystems?. New Zealand Economic Papers, 57(2), 139-143.
  • A. Che, H.G. Hampton, A.J.M. Sabadel, G. Thomson Laing, T. Miller and X. Pochon (2025) Release and degradation of environmental DNA and RNA from eels in Aotearoa New Zealand. Environmental DNA 7: e70128. [doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70128]
  • Dhami, M. K., Matheson, P., Bird, S., Walker, L., Hohaia, H., & McGaughran, A. (2025). Revisiting Genetic Data Stewardship Practices in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Call to Action on Integrating Māori Data Sovereignty. Molecular Ecology Resources, e70021. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70021
  • Dionisio, R., Dombroski, K., & Yates, A. (2023). Testing practices for testing times: Exploring Indigenous-led governance. Dialogues in Human Geography, 13(2), 301-305. doi:10.1177/20438206231177079
  • Dionisio, M. R. D. J., Schindler, M., Challies, E., McNabb, T., & Yates, A. (2025). Community actions to revitalize urban blue and green capitals: learnings from Abberley Park, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Ecology and Society, 30(2). doi:10.5751/ES-15906-300214
  • Diprose, G., Dombroski, K., Sharp, E., Yates, A., Peryman, B., & Barnes, M. (2023). Emerging transitions in organic waste infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Geographer, 79(1), 15-26. doi:10.1111/nzg.12348
  • Dombroski, K., Conradson, D., Diprose, G., Healy, S., & Yates, A. (2023). Cultivating commoners: Infrastructures and subjectivities for a postcapitalist counter-city. Cities, 143. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2023.104635
  • Hermans, S. M., Buckley, H. L., Case, B. S., Curran‐Cournane, F., Taylor, M., & Lear, G. (2025). Soil Plant Growth‐Promoting Bacterial Diversity Changes With Land Use Intensity and Environmental Conditions. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(7), e70092.
  • Kawiti, D., Refiti, A., Yates, A., Heta, E., Bloomfield, S., Chanse, V., & Zari, M. P. (2025). Indigenous knowledge, architecture, and nature in the context of Oceania. Nature-Based Solutions, 7. doi:10.1016/j.nbsj.2025.100213
  • Latai-Niusulu, A., Taua'a, S., Lelaulu, T., Pedersen Zari, M., & Bloomfield, S. (2024). Working with nature, working with Indigenous knowledge: Community priorities for climate adaptation in Samoa. Nature-Based Solutions, 6, 100144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100144
  • Louisson, Z., Hermans, S. M., Buckley, H. L., Case, B. S., Taylor, M., Curran-Cournane, F., & Lear, G. (2023). Land use modification causes slow, but predictable, change in soil microbial community composition and functional potential. Environmental Microbiome, 18(1), 30.
  • MacKinnon, M.; Pedersen Zari, M.; Brown, D.K. (2023). ‘Improving Urban Habitat Connectivity for Native Birds: Using Least-Cost Path Analyses to Design Urban Green Infrastructure Networks’. Land Vol. 12, No. 7, 1456 https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071456
  • MacKinnon, M.; Pedersen Zari, M.; Brown, D.K.; Benavidez, R.; Jackson, B. (2023). ‘Urban Biomimicry for Flood Mitigation Using an Ecosystem Service Assessment Tool in Central Wellington, New Zealand’. Biomimetics, Special Issue: Biomimetic Architectural and Urban Design 2.0. Vol. 8, No. 9, https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010009
  • McAllister, T. G., Walker, L. A., Smiles, N. D., Jennings, L., Moggridge, B., Naepi, S., Kamai, B., & Milligan-McClellan, K. (2025). Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them. Nature, 644(8076), 331–334. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02516-8
  • McNeill, H. N., Linda Buckley, H., & Marunui Iki Pouwhare, R. (2024). Decolonizing Indigenous burial practices in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A tribal case study. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 89(1), 207-221.
  • Mihaere, S.; Holman-Wharehoka, M.; Mataroa, J.; Kiddle, G.L.; Pedersen Zari, M.; Blaschke, P.; and Bloomfield, S. (2024). ‘Centring localised Indigenous concepts of wellbeing in urban nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: case-studies from Aotearoa New Zealand and the Cook Islands’. Frontiers in Environmental Science.https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1278235
  • Reid, J., & Yates, A. (2025). The Te Kāhui Kahukura wellbeing index. Nature-Based Solutions, 8. doi:10.1016/j.nbsj.2025.100257
  • Rodgers, M., Mercier, O.R., Kiddle, R., & Pedersen Zari, M. (2023). ‘Plants of place: justice through (re) planting Aotearoa New Zealand’s urban natural heritage’. Architecture_MPS, 25(1).   
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  • C. Stewart, B. Harper, J. Couper, S.J. Bury and A.J.M. Sabadel (2024) Can non-native perch (Perca fluviatilis) support native eel populations in a wetland complex? Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 33 (2), e12749. [doi.org/10.1111/eff.12749]
  • Suryaningrum, F., Case, B. S., Jarvis, R., & Buckley, H. L. (2023). Beyond carbon sequestration: Opportunities for multifunctionality of woody vegetation on New Zealand sheep and beef cattle farms. Nature-Based Solutions, 4, 100073.
  • Varshney, K., MacKinnon, M., Pedersen Zari, M., Shanahan, D., Woolley, C., Freeman, C., & van Heezik, Y. (2024). ‘Biodiverse Residential Development: A Review of New Zealand Policies and Strategies for Urban Biodiversity’. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 94(128276). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128276
  • L.C. Wing, S.R. Wing, R.L. Kinaston, and A.J.M. Sabadel (2025) Sentinels of Change: Divergence in trophic niche of New Zealand sea lions and fur seals from first human contact to today. Marine Ecology Progress Series e 755:151–162. [Read more]
  • L.C. Wing, S.R. Wing, R.L. Kinaston, A.J.M. Sabadel, and I Smith (2025) You can't go home again: Changes in trophic niche following extinction and recolonization of the New Zealand sea lion. Ecosphere 16(6): e70287. [doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70287]
  • Yates, A. (2025). Mauri-Centred Care Methodologies and Tools for Regenerative Urbanism. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. doi:10.1111/apv.70005
  • Yates, A., Dombroski, K., & Dionisio, R. (2023). Dialogues for wellbeing in an ecological emergency: Wellbeing-led governance frameworks and transformative Indigenous tools. Dialogues in Human Geography, 13(2), 268-287. doi:10.1177/20438206221102957
  • Yates, A., Pedersen Zari, M., Bloomfield, S., Burgess, A., Walker, C., Waghorn, K., . . . Palmer, F. (2023). A transformative architectural pedagogy and tool for a time of converging crises. Urban Science, 7(1). doi:10.3390/urbansci7010001
  • Yates, A., Pedersen Zari, M., & Juni, Q. (2025). Transformative nature-based urban and architectural design values for socio-ecological wellbeing and adaptation in New Caledonia. Nature-Based Solutions, 7. doi:10.1016/j.nbsj.2025.100239