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.
Listen to the RNZ interview on our soil testing programme.
Dr Melanie Kah spoke with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ about our free soil testing programme and what we hope to learn about the soil in Aotearoa. Take a listen by clicking here link below:...
Soilsafe stall at Kelmarna Market Day.
Our team member Lauren set up a stall at Kelmarna Market Day to help spread the word about our free soil testing project and learn about soil values straight from the gardening community. If you would like to get involved, head to our Soil Testing page or get in...
bFM interview with Emma and Melanie.
Emma and Melanie had a chat with 95bFM about Soilsafe Aotearoa. Take a listen here: https://95bfm.com/bcast/soilsafe-aotearoa-w-dr-melanie-kah-and-dr-emma-sharp
Our MSc student Cody Lim heads down to GNS in Dunedin.
Cody has learnt how to operate the handheld magnetic susceptibility metre, the pXRF (under supervision) and generated mag susceptibility and chemistry data sets for the programme.
Our summer scholar Fiona Porter heads back to Otago.
Our wonderful Summer Scholarship holder Fiona Porter, departs after a summer helping us with our soil values questionnaire amongst other things. During her time at Soilsafe Aotearoa, she was able to learn the pXRF under supervision at GNS Science in Dunedin. Fiona...
Teacher Tonya Watt joins the Soilsafe Aotearoa team for a semester.
We are excited to have Tonya Watt join the team in the School of Environment as part of the Science Teaching in Leadership programme sponsored by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Tonya is bringing her incredible teaching experience to help produce educational soil...