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Kia ora, I’m Ora Barlow from Raukūmara Pae Maunga, Aotearoa. We’re restoring an ancestral forest through Indigenous leadership and science. I’m seeking bold partners to rethink how we restore, invest in and sustain living landscapes for generations.

We are biggest regional council in New Zealand. We can provide testbeds and demo site (NbS, Living Labs etc) in the space of nature restoration, climate mitigation and adaption do a lot of work with communities, including Māori, indigenous people of NZ.

EnviroStrat NZ turns nature-based solutions into investable projects via geospatial modelling, natural capital accounting and blended finance across land, water and climate. Our transdisciplinary team works across science, policy and finance.

We bring advanced AI to nature restoration and biodiversity conservation. Our work combines AI, multimodal environmental data and wildlife monitoring to understand ecosystem change, detect threats and support better decisions.

Representing VUW and two of New Zealand’s leading research engines in biobased innovation: the Centre for Biodiscovery and the Ferrier Research Institute.

I am the international funding lead within the University of Canterbury pre-awards team, focussing on research collaboration, engagement and bid development.

I facilitate the weaving together of traditional/indigenous knowledge with science and technology. Ngāti Pūkenga partners with the University of Waikato to find durable solutions to persistent problems.

Marine scientist and satellite remote sensing specialist at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand. I am interested in ecosystem services, climate-smart and nature-based solutions to respond to extreme events in the land to sea continuum.

I work across iwi, research and environmental projects in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a focus on mātauranga Māori, te taiao and building meaningful partnerships between mana whenua and research teams.

I am an Indigenous researcher with Adjunct Research roles at three universities, a biotechnology entrepreneur and Indigenous rights advocate, I connect community priorities with research, policy and commercialisation.

Proxima enables cross-sector collaboration for systemic change. We bring expertise in governance, engagement, systems mapping, co-design and capability building, and seek partners to build and test inclusive, locally led, nature-positive solutions

I am an economist and Senior Fellow with Motu Economic Research and Public Policy Trust, based in Wellington. We are a non-profit think-tank with deep expertise in economics and econometrics, experimental design, survey research, and remote sensing.

I lead Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, a 'living lab' urban restoration project in Wellington, New Zealand. My interests include biodiversity recovery, nature-positive cities, conservation innovation, and collaborative research that delivers real-world impact.

Demographer and public health researcher specialising in population health, health inequalities, demographic analysis, and translating evidence into policy and practice.