The software ecosystem is a complex system, and this complexity is a byproduct of evolution, collaboration and innovation.

In an inaugural lecture, newly-minted professors often talk about their journey. But Te Pūnaha Matatini Co-Director Priscilla ...

Backyards can be refuges for nature, dens for children, sources of food and nourishment, and spaces of speculation on what might have gone on before and what may be happening out of sight. They can ...

Te Pūnaha Matatini warmly invites you to the 2026 Capital City Complex Systems Symposium in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The theme ...

As a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence comprised of members from diverse backgrounds, organisations, and lived experiences, we are committed to the open exchange of ideas, freedom of thought ...

Te Pūnaha Matatini is the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems, with researchers and students based across the country. We coordinate an internship scheme for partner ...

An excerpt from Shaun Hendy’s new book, The Covid Response – A Scientist’s Account of New Zealand’s Pandemic and What Comes Next. Just after 1.48 p.m. on Monday 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Jacinda ...

A new study from researchers at Te Pūnaha Matatini and the University of Canterbury has developed a powerful new method to understand and address gender pay gaps in New Zealand’s public research ...

7 April 2025 Anna Matheson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Governments like to boast that “data-driven” policies are the best way to make fair, efficient decisions. They collect ...

How many people in Aotearoa speak te reo Māori? This may seem like a simple question to answer, but what looks simple often hides complexity.

I slowly open my groggy eyes to see my six-year-old daughter staring at me with a look of concern on her face. It’s 6am on a Monday morning, and I’m not ready for this. But it is kind of my job. And ...