Updates
Keep up to date with the latest Soilsafe news.
Here we post the most exciting and latest news from the programme so you can get to know us better and keep up with our progress.
Goodbye to Simon – the person behind the emails!
This week we bid a fond farewell to Simon, who has been the 'voice' behind the Soilsafe emails you receive when you take part in our soil metal screening programme. Simon has been working with Soilsafe since 2022, through some tumultuous COVID times, and has worked...
We have moved!
Kia ora Soilsafers We have moved! If you're looking to submit your soil to our citizen science programme for metals screening, you should now send your samples to: Soilsafe Aotearoa c/o School of Environment University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142...
Congratulations to Lianne!
CONGRATULATIONS are due to Lianne Edwards-Maas who is the first Honours student to have completed their research dissertation with Soilsafe Aotearoa, on our Soilsafe Kids programme! Lianne's excellent dissertation examined the ways that outputs from children's...
Soilsafe Aotearoa Activity and Impact Report – 2023
In 2023 we've been talking about and presenting Soilsafe Aotearoa, Dustsafe Aotearoa, and delivering more workshops for Soilsafe Kids. This has meant more work with different schools and community groups in different parts of the country, researching alongside...
1000 household gardens tested!
This month we received soil samples for screening from our 1000th garden! We've now returned 4767 sample results to 1035 households! THANK YOU to everyone who has taken part and spread the word so that we might better know our soil, and think a bit more about why...
Are there pesticides in my commercially bought compost?
Good question! Over the last two years, we, at Soilsafe Aotearoa, have received many enquiries about possible pesticide residues in soil and compost. Pesticides are very expensive to analyse and while we cannot offer pesticide analysis as a routine service, a small...