Do you want to play a vital role in protecting New Zealand’s natural treasures?
Biosecurity and Conservation explores courses in Biology, Environmental Management and Environmental Science to provide training in biodiversity, conservation science, biosecurity and invasion biology, with a focus on Aotearoa-New Zealand’s unique indigenous environments.
You’ll learn about the science behind current biosecurity and conservation issues, while working alongside our researchers, some who are leaders in their field. You’ll also be provided with opportunities to learn from biosecurity and conservation practitioners from Auckland Council, the Department of Conservation and the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Postgraduate study in Biosecurity and Conservation
You will work on a wide range of biosecurity, biodiversity and conservation topics, and network with future employers, gaining the confidence and skills to contribute to the rapidly growing fields of biosecurity and conservation.
Skill development includes writing risk assessments for new-to-New Zealand species, developing incursion response plans, biodiversity management plans and research proposals, as well as gaining advanced science communication skills.

If you are a Master of Science (MSc) student, research interests open to exploration include:
- Comparative stress physiology of grey-faced petrels
- Improving outcomes for water quality monitoring in Samoa via environmental DNA
- The impact of hedgehogs on urban forest fragments
- The ecological relationship between Cook’s scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum s.s.) and seabirds
- The legacy effect of soil conditions on ecological restoration of retired pastures
- The spatial extent of biodiversity outcomes from mammalian predator pest management
- The establishment and dispersal of invasive insects
- Impacts of introduced herbivores on sand dune restoration
- Estimating a damage function for feral pig impacts
- The importance of invertebrates in decomposing coarse woody debris
- Trophic interactions between geckos and honeydew-producing scale insects
- Pollination ecology of native New Zealand orchids and the role of introduced species