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Te Niwha has five Research Priority Areas, drawn from our Charter. These areas are part of ensuring our commitment to ensuring Aotearoa New Zealand's preparedness for ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.
Te Niwha offered its first summer studentships in late 2022 and the findings will make for valuable contributions to infectious disease research. For one particular student this has been an important step towards her postgraduate studies.
Collecting environmental samples such as bird faeces will help understand how and where avian influenza and other potentially devastating viruses could impact Aotearoa New Zealand as the highly infectious H5N1 spreads globally.